Energies (Jan 2022)

Mathematical Model of Steam Reforming in the Anode Channel of a Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell

  • Lukasz Szablowski,
  • Olaf Dybinski,
  • Arkadiusz Szczesniak,
  • Jaroslaw Milewski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/en15020608
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 2
p. 608

Abstract

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The paper presents a mathematical model of a molten carbonate fuel cell with a catalyst in the anode channel. The modeled system is fueled by methane. The system includes a model of the steam reforming process occurring in the anode channel of the MCFC fuel cell and the model of the cell itself. A reduced order model was used to describe the operation of the molten carbonate fuel cell, whereas a kinetic model describes the methane steam reforming. The calculations of the reforming were done in Aspen HYSYS software. Four values of the steam-to-carbon ratio (2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 3.5) were used to analyze the performance of the reforming process. In the first phase, the reaction kinetics model was based on data from the literature.

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