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Assessment of ammonia as energy carrier in the use with reversible solid oxide cells

Zendrini, Michele
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Testi, Matteo
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Trini, Martina
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July 9, 2021
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Ammonia represents one of the most promising potential solutions as energy vector and hydrogen carrier, having a higher potential to transport energy than hydrogen itself in a pressurized form. Furthermore, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can directly be fed with ammonia, thus allowing for immediate electrical power and heat generation. This paper deals with the analysis of the dynamic behavior of commercial SOFCs when fueled with ammonia. Several measurements at different temperatures have been performed and performances are compared with hydrogen and a stoichiometrically equivalent mixture of H2 and N2 (3:1 M ratio). Higher temperature led to smaller drops in voltage for both fuels, thus providing higher efficiencies. Ammonia resulted slightly more performant (48% at 760 °C) than hydrogen (45% at 760 °C), in short stack tests. Moreover, different ammonia-to-air ratios have been investigated and the stack area-specific resistance has been studied in detail by comparing numerical modeling predictions and experimental values.

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