Thermomechanical Stresses in the Ceramic and Cerametallic Layers of Tube Solid Oxide Fuel Elements

摘要

A model is proposed to calculate the residual thermomechanical stresses in the layers of a tube solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that are caused by the difference between the linear thermal expansion coefficients of these layers. The distributions of the residual stresses in the cell layers that appear during the production of SOFC and under operating conditions are determined, and the regions of probable failure in the cell are revealed.