Clean energy from a carbon fuel cell

• Autorzy: Kacprzak A. , Kobyłecki R. , Bis Z.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The direct carbon fuel cell technology provides excellent conditions for conversion of chemical energy of carbon-containing solid fuels directly into electricity. The technology is very promising since it is relatively simple compared to other fuel cell technologies and accepts all carbon-reach substances as possible fuels. Furthermore, it makes possible to use atmospheric oxygen as the oxidizer. In this paper the results of authors. recent investigations focused on analysis of the performance of a direct carbon fuel cell supplied with graphite, granulated carbonized biomass (biocarbon), and granulated hard coal are presented. The comparison of the voltage-current characteristics indicated that the results obtained for the case when the cell was operated with carbonized biomass and hard coal were much more promising than those obtained for graphite. The effects of fuel type and the surface area of the cathode on operation performance of the fuel cell were also discussed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

biocarbon; biomass; carbonization; coal; fuel cell; torrefaction

PL

biomasa; biowęgiel; ogniwo paliwowe; prażenie; węgiel; zwęglenie

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Maszyn Przepływowych PAN ; Komitet Termodynamiki i Spalania PAN
• Czasopismo: Archives of Thermodynamics
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 32, no. 3
• Strony: 145--155
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 13 poz.,

Twórcy

autor

Kacprzak A.

autor

Kobyłecki R.

autor

Bis Z.

• Czestochowa University of Technology, Department of Energy Engineering, ul. Brzeźnicka 60a, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland

Bibliografia

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