A Simple Pressurized SOFC Test Rig for Measurements of Cell Performance, Impedance and Various Overvoltages

摘要

This paper reports a newly designed high-pressure full button cell test platform for measurements of various effects on pressurized solid oxide fuel cells (PSOFC). The test platform has several parts, from inside out including two especially thread-designed housing carriers for the full button cell, a serpentine heating pipe system for uniform heating of the supplied fuel and air gases, a temperature-controlled furnace, and a large high-pressure vessel together with measuring devices and their associates. Hence, current-voltage curves and AC impedance spectra of any full button cell can be conveniently measured. In this study, we present power-generating characteristics and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) data of an anode-supported full button cell over a range of pressures (p = 1～5 atm) at a temperature T= 800°C. Analyses of activation and concentration overvoltages using the Butler-Volmer equation and the related concentration overvoltage equation based on a 1D diffusion model are also discussed.