Creep Damage of Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with Different Arrangements of Flow Channels

doi:10.3901/JME.2023.10.076

Abstract

Abstract: During the long-time operation of solid oxide fuel cell(SOFC) under high temperature condition, creep deformation of component of SOFC is inevitable and will lead to damage and crack. Different fuel-air-channel designs will have significant impacts on the creep damage of SOFC. A multiphysics-coupled model of planar SOFC is developed. The non-uniform temperature distribution calculated by multiphysics-coupled finite element model in COMSOL is applied to ABAQUS model as a heat load. Based on Wen-Tu creep ductility depletion model, a creep damage subroutine is developed to study the creep behavior of planar SOFC under the fuel-air-channel designs of co-flow, counter-flow and cross-flow. The results show that the creep damage of the planar SOFC reaches the critical value after 19 800 h, 24 000 h and 78 500 h of operation in the co-flow, the counter-flow and the cross-flow channel designs, respectively. Besides, among the channel designs mentioned above, the creep crack initiation is located at the upper interconnector. After 50 000 h of operation, there are two cracks and four cracks occurred in the co-flow and the counter-flow designs, respectively. However, there is no crack occurred in the condition of cross-flow channel design. The operation life of planar SOFC can be maximized by applying the cross-flow channel design. The conclusion can provide an important theoretical basis for the optimization design of planar SOFC to achieve long-term, efficient and stable operation.

Key words: multiphysics coupled, creep and damage, non-uniform temperature distribution, crack initiation

CLC Number:

TM911

SONG Ming, MA Shuai, DU Chuansheng, JIANG Wenchun, WANG Bingying. Creep Damage of Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with Different Arrangements of Flow Channels[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2023, 59(10): 76-84.

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