Direct ethanol fuel cells have attracted attention as an alternative energy technology due to several advantages such as high theoretical energy density and abundant supply of ethanol.In spite of the advantages,commer...Direct ethanol fuel cells have attracted attention as an alternative energy technology due to several advantages such as high theoretical energy density and abundant supply of ethanol.In spite of the advantages,commercialization of direct ethanol fuel cells is hampered by the relatively low performance caused by its slow oxidation kinetics and difficulty of complete oxidation.In this study,formate,which has relatively faster oxidation kinetics,was mixed with ethanol to compensate the latter’s sluggish kinetics.Effects of p H,concentration,scan rate,and temperature on the mixed reactants oxidation on Pd were investigated by electrochemical experiments such as potential sweep and potentiostatic methods.Furthermore,the potential of the mixed reactants as fuel was evaluated by single cell experiments.As a result,we demonstrate that mixing formate with ethanol results in enhanced power performance in a single cell system.展开更多
针对基于混合物理论的两相多孔介质模型 ,采用 Galerkin加权残值有限元法 ,导出求解拟静态问题的基于 u S- u F- p变量的混合有限元方程 ,由于系统方程的系数矩阵非正定 ,进而针对该方程组提出了一种迭代求解方法 ,并由分片试验得出节...针对基于混合物理论的两相多孔介质模型 ,采用 Galerkin加权残值有限元法 ,导出求解拟静态问题的基于 u S- u F- p变量的混合有限元方程 ,由于系统方程的系数矩阵非正定 ,进而针对该方程组提出了一种迭代求解方法 ,并由分片试验得出节点压力插值函数的阶须低于固体相节点位移插值函数的阶的结论。算例结果表明 ,采用基于 u S- u F- p变量的混合法计算所得的固体相和流体相速度以及固体相的有效应力与罚方法一致 ,而压力值的精度高于罚方法。展开更多
基金supported by the New & Renewable Energy Core Technology Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning(KETEP)granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade,Industry & Energy,Republic of Korea(20153030031720)
文摘Direct ethanol fuel cells have attracted attention as an alternative energy technology due to several advantages such as high theoretical energy density and abundant supply of ethanol.In spite of the advantages,commercialization of direct ethanol fuel cells is hampered by the relatively low performance caused by its slow oxidation kinetics and difficulty of complete oxidation.In this study,formate,which has relatively faster oxidation kinetics,was mixed with ethanol to compensate the latter’s sluggish kinetics.Effects of p H,concentration,scan rate,and temperature on the mixed reactants oxidation on Pd were investigated by electrochemical experiments such as potential sweep and potentiostatic methods.Furthermore,the potential of the mixed reactants as fuel was evaluated by single cell experiments.As a result,we demonstrate that mixing formate with ethanol results in enhanced power performance in a single cell system.
文摘针对基于混合物理论的两相多孔介质模型 ,采用 Galerkin加权残值有限元法 ,导出求解拟静态问题的基于 u S- u F- p变量的混合有限元方程 ,由于系统方程的系数矩阵非正定 ,进而针对该方程组提出了一种迭代求解方法 ,并由分片试验得出节点压力插值函数的阶须低于固体相节点位移插值函数的阶的结论。算例结果表明 ,采用基于 u S- u F- p变量的混合法计算所得的固体相和流体相速度以及固体相的有效应力与罚方法一致 ,而压力值的精度高于罚方法。
