Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell System Model

3 Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell System Model 

High-temperature fuel cells (MCFC and SOFC) operate at temperatures exceeding 950 K and produce an exuberant amount of heat that can be either given off 

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He, W. (1998) Dynamic model for molten carbonate fuel-cell power-generation systems. Energy Convert. Manage., 39 (8), 775-783. 

In the development of molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs), many issues require mathematical models. Some of them, for example, the design of controllers and the integration of an MCFC stack in a larger plant system, can be solved with spatially lumped models. Other questions such as the analysis of an inhomogeneous current density profile or the optimal design and operation of a fuel cell with respect to temperature Hmitations, need spatially distributed models. Because the latter are usually the more complex models, this chapter is focused on these models. 

Gemmen, R.S., Liese, E., Rivera, J., Jabbari, F. and Brouwer, J. (2000a) Development of dynamic modeling tools for solid oxide and molten carbonate hybrid fuel cell gas turbine systems, International Gas Turbine Institute Meeting of the ASME, May 8-12, 2000. 

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