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It is well established that sulfur compounds even in low parts per million concentrations in fuel gas are detrimental to MCFCs. The principal sulfur compound that has an adverse effect on cell performance is H2S. A nickel anode at anodic potentials reacts with H2S to form nickel sulfide. Chemisorption on Ni surfaces occurs, which can block active electrochemical sites. The tolerance of MCFCs to sulfur compounds is strongly dependent on temperature, pressure, gas composition, cell components, and system operation (i.e., recycle, venting, and gas cleanup). Nickel anode at anodic potentials reacts with H2S to form nickel sulfide. Moreover, oxidation of H2S in a combustion reaction, when recycling system is used, causes subsequent reaction with carbonate ions in the electrolyte [1]. Some researchers have tried to overcome this problem with additional device such as sulfur removal reactor. If the anode itself has a high tolerance to sulfur, the additional device is not required, hence, cutting the capital cost for MCFC plant. To enhance the anode performance on sulfur tolerance, ceria coating on anode is proposed. The main reason is that ceria can react with H2S [2,3] to protect Ni anode. 

Synthetic organic molecules may be used as sources of required elements other than carbon. Microorganisms need N, P, and S, and hence these nutrient requirements may be satisfied as the responsible species degrade the compound of interest. It is common for the element in the organic compound to be converted to the inorganic form before it becomes utilized for cell components. The following are some examples reported by several authors [43,47,49-51,90-92] ... 

AFC s for remote applications (i.e., space, undersea, military) are not strongly constrained by cost. On the other hand, the consumer and industrial markets require the development of low cost components if the AFC is to successfully compete with alternative technologies. Much of the recent interest in AFC s for mobile and stationary terrestrial applications has addressed the development of low cost cell components. In this regard, carbon based porous electrodes play a prominent role. 

Electrolyte management, that is, the control over the optimum distribution of molten carbonate electrolyte in the different cell components, is critical for achieving high performance and endurance with MCFCs. Various processes (i.e., consumption by corrosion reactions, potential driven migration, creepage of salt and salt vaporization) occur, all of which contribute to the redistribution of molten carbonate in MCFCs these aspects are discussed by Maru et al. (4) and Kunz (5). 

Table 6-1 Evolution of Cell Component Technology for Molten Carbonate Fnel Cells...

One of the common ways in which fuel cell components experience degradation is through corrosion. Carbon particles in the CL are susceptible to electrochemical (voltage) corrosion and contain Pt particles that catalyze oxidation reactions. The carbon fibers in CFPs and CCs and the carbon black in MPLs are not as susceptible to these issues because they are not part of the electrochemical reactions and do not contain Pt particles. However, they can still go through chemical surface (hydrogen peroxide) oxidation by water or even by loss of carbon due to oxidation to carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide [256,257]. 

High temperature fuel cells (solid oxide and molten carbonates) efforts must be guided to materials development (catalysts, electrodes, electrolytes, plates, seals, etc), fuel cells components development and its manufacturing methods and fuel cells prototypes development. 

The weakness of MRI technique is mainly in the requirement that the materials have to be nonmagnetic. For this reason, the fuel cell components must be carefully chosen, of which many are not the same size or composition as in industrial cells. Additionally, the water content in the CL and GDL, either made from nonwoven carbon paper or from woven carbon cloth, will be difficult to visualize with MRI.54... 

Fig. 1. Variation of the cell components cx and a., the cell edges a, b, and c, and angles a, /3, and y during the first 2500 MC moves in the simulation of carbon tetrachloride, indicating the rotation of the cel). Angles are in degrees and the lengths in A. (From Yashonalh and Rao (19).)...

Polyaniline-grafted carbon black was prepared by Srinivas [3] and then platinized with chloroplatinic acid, as illustrated below, and used as a fuel cell component. Sulfurized analogues, (II), were prepared by Srinivas [4] and were also used as fuel cell components. 

The cell components are hermetically sealed in a steel shell that is in contact with the zinc and acts as the negative terminal of the battery. A fresh zinc-carbon dry cell generates a potential difference of 1.5 V. 

Petri, R.J. Benjamin, T.G. Molten carbonate fuel cell component design requirements. Proceedings of the 21st Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, American Chemical Society Washington, DC, 1986 Vol. 2, 1156-1162. 

Paetsch, L. Pigeaud, A. Chamberlin, R. Maru, H. Development of Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Components, Final Report to EPRI, Report No. AP 5789, Jul 1989. 

The chosen electrode material should be conductive and inert within the potential range of the cell. Materials composed of allotropes of carbon and, to a lesser extent, gold are most commonly used. The cell should be designed to minimize overpotentials due to kinetics, ohmic resistance, and mass transfer of fuel in order to maximize cell voltage (A ) and current (i) generation. In addition, all cell components should be mechanically stable within their operating environment... 

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