Numerical Analysis of the Heat and Mass Transfer Characteristics in Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

금속지지체형 고체산화물 연료전지의 열 및 물질전달 특성에 대한 전산해석

The metal-supported SOFC has beed developed as a new concept of SOFC which has higher mechanical strength. However, the mass transfer rate in this type of SOFC may be decreased due to the contact layer and the support layer and that can cause the low performance. Therefore, numerical analysis of the heat and mass transfer characteristics in a metal-supported solid oxide fuel cell(SOFC) is studied in this paper. Governing equations and electrochemical equations are calculated simultaneously. And the numerical results are compared with the experimental results for the code validation. The current density, temperature, and pressure drop are suggested as numerical results.