Modeling of SOFC stacks and components

Services offered

 

• 3D modelling of the operating behavior (thermal, (electro-)chemical, mass transport) of SOFC stacks and structures
  
• Analysis of thermomechanical phenomena in SOFC stacks
  
• CFD-based optimization of mixture formation inside chemical reactors (reformer, tail gas oxidizers)
  
• Analysis of thermal stresses in chemical reactors
  
• Model-based parameter estimation

 

Examples and references

 

• In-house, adaptable 3D process model for planar SOFC stack configurations from different industrial partners
  
• Process model of tubular SOFC cells
  
• Detailed 2D MEA-model for essential mechanisms on structural level for SOFC counter flow unit cell
  
• CFD-based optimization (mixture formation , thermal stresses) of reformer und tail gas oxidizer protoypes in coporation with of industrial partners
  

 

Thermal model of a SOFC stack with integrated burner	CFD analysis of gas distribution inside a SOFC stack	Analysis of thermal stresses inside a single SOFC repeating unit