Review Article

Modelling of Physical, Chemical, and Material Properties of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Table 2

Existing literature on selected topical areas of modelling SOFCs.

Topical areaLiteratureComments

Multilevel modelling 1–5, 11Design point, off-design, and transient operation of standalone SOFC stacks

Alternative
fuels
34–45, 28, 29, 35, 38–40, 43, 44Selected aspects of fuel processing, typical impurities, and clean-up systems

Reforming31, 32, 42Internal, external, and partial prereforming

Effects of working conditions18, 29, 31, 33Effects of temperature, pressure, and fuel composition

Thermal effects 18, 20–22, 27, 29Evaluation of different heat transfer phenomena in manifolds, stacks, and single cells

Different architectures7–10, 17, 22, 30, 36, 40, 44Planar and tubular designs, varied thickness of interlayers and different materials

Degradation35, 36, 38, 46Degradation mechanisms due to impurities and thermal cycling

System-level studies12, 13, 15, 16, 22–25, 42Evaluation of the influence of single cell properties on the entire power unit