Background technology:
Traditional compact power adopts secondary cell as energy storage device, such as lead-acid battery, Ni-MH battery etc.The shortcoming of this series products is that energy density is low, the charging interval is long and the shortcoming such as environment is unfriendly.Along with the fast development of the electronic products such as mobile phone, portable computer, power supply is improved day by day in the requirement aspect energy density and lightweight.Conventional batteries has become these products of restriction principal element in cruising time, and the demand of development of new compact power is day by day urgent.
Fuel cell, as a kind of novel energy technology, has the plurality of advantages such as efficient, clean, safe and reliable.Fuel cell is aspect compact power in application, based on Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, PEMFC) direct methanol fuel cell (Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, DMFC) is studied and is most widely used.The DMFC advantage of portable electrical power applications the most is that battery operated temperature is low, so the power initiation time is fast, but catalyst poisoning and methanol crossover are the biggest obstacles of its application.
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, SOFC) is except the common advantage with above-mentioned fuel cell, and its all solid state, modular design makes it can meet the full application requirements from the small portable power supply to large power generating equipment.SOFC working temperature high (600-800 ℃), than PEMFC, can meet the requirement of carbon-containing fuel catalytic reforming, can directly adopt multiple hydrocarbon fuel to be generated electricity, so fuel selects to have popularity.During as portable electrical power applications, require can reach working temperature within the short time (a few minutes), so require high to the thermal shock resistance of SOFC monocell.Tubular type SOFC structure has good thermal shock resistance, is the configuration that current compact power development field generally adopts.Anode-supported tubular type SOFC is a kind of of tubular pole supporting construction, and than the cathode support tubular structure, its advantage is that preparation technology is simple, cost is low, battery polarization is low, and the mass preparation easily.General SOFC monocell voltage when work only has the 0.7V left and right, and electric current can reach several amperes, so need that in actual applications a plurality of monocells are carried out to connection in series-parallel, forms battery pile to improve output voltage and power output.Compact power with the design of SOFC battery pile also require battery pile structure simple, reliable, assemble simple, applicable pluralities of fuel.
Designing requirement for above-mentioned compact power by the SOFC battery pile, adopting anode-supported tubular type SOFC monocell assembled battery heap is the exploitation focus in this field, but also do not occur ripe commodity at present, so adopt portable pile design and the assembling of anode-supported tubular type SOFC monocell to there is good commercial promise.
Summary of the invention:
The invention provides tubular solid oxide fuel cell heap and assemble method thereof for a kind of compact power, simple in structure, dependable performance, for the portable pile design that adopts anode-supported tubular type SOFC monocell provides direction.
The present invention is by the following technical solutions:
A kind of compact power is piled with tubular solid oxide fuel cell, comprise generator unit, fuel master air inlet pipe, fuel air arm, and gas distributor, described generator unit is in series by a plurality of anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery units, each anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery unit is arranged in the preformed hole of gas distributor by the fuel air arm, fuel enters in gas distributor through fuel master air inlet pipe, then through the fuel air arm, distributes to each generator unit.
Further be provided with the reforming catalyst storehouse on described fuel master air inlet pipe, when fuel is pure hydrogen, fuel directly enters gas distributor, when fuel is carbon-containing fuel, enters gas distributor after the gaseous mixture that through the reforming catalyst storehouse, is restructured as hydrogen and carbon monoxide again.
Between the preformed hole of described fuel air arm and gas distributor, by seal, seal.
Described seal is formed by the glass paste calcining.
Described anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery unit is the tubular structure that an end seals an end opening, and blind end is provided with battery and connects the utmost point.
One end of described fuel air arm is inserted in the preformed hole of gas distributor, and an other end extends into the apical end of anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery unit.
Described battery connects the utmost point and adopts conducting ceramic material to be prepared from.
Described fuel air arm is made by aluminium oxide or zirconia ceramics material.
Described gas distributor and reforming catalyst storehouse and fuel master air inlet pipe are welded as a whole.
The assemble method of tubular solid oxide fuel cell heap for a kind of compact power, comprise the following steps: (1) gets the fuel air arm, wraps the hollow inside that the nickel felt is filled in anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery unit; (2) the fuel air arm is inserted into to the preformed hole of gas distributor, then the gap-fill between preformed hole and fuel air arm, as the glass paste of seal, after drying, in 900~1000 ℃ of calcinings, is realized sealing; (3) support tubular type SOFC battery unit by wire jointed anode successively, finally draw the both positive and negative polarity wire, complete assembling.
Compared with prior art, the present invention at least has the following advantages: in structure of the present invention, generator unit is arranged in the preformed hole of gas distributor by the fuel air arm, described fuel gas master air inlet pipe is arranged on gas distributor, like this, fuel enters in gas distributor through fuel gas master air inlet pipe, and the gas distributor distribution is distributed to each generator unit by the fuel air arm and generated electricity.The present invention is simple in structure, for the portable pile design that adopts anode-supported tubular type SOFC monocell provides direction.In addition, fuel exhaust gas is in generator unit exit and air mixed combustion, and combustion heat pre-heating fuel gas, maintain the battery pile operating temperature.
Embodiment
The tubular type SOFC battery pile (as shown in Figure 3) the present invention relates to comprising: fuel gas master air inlet pipe 1(is made by metal material), reforming catalyst storehouse 2(makes by metal material), anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery unit 3, gas distributor 7(made by metal material), fuel air arm (being made by ceramic material), sealant 5(made by glass), wire 4 etc.
Described anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery unit (as shown in Figure 1) is the tubular structure that an end seals an end opening, comprise anode-supported electrolyte complex film pipe 31, the periphery of this anode-supported electrolyte complex film pipe 31 is formed with dielectric substrate, in the dielectric substrate periphery, is formed with cell cathode 32; Blind end at described anode-supported electrolyte complex film pipe 31 is formed with the battery connection utmost point 33, for the series connection between monocell, it is the tube wall peripheries that are formed directly into anode-supported electrolyte complex film pipe 31 after the dielectric substrate by getting rid of blind end that described battery connects the utmost point 33, like this, battery connects the utmost point 33 and itself just contacts with galvanic anode, during series connection, only battery need to be connected to the utmost point 33 and be connected and get final product by wire 4 with the cell cathode 32 of other anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery unit.
Described battery connects the utmost point 3 and adopts the conducting ceramic material preparations such as gallic acid group of the lanthanides, needs satisfied conduction, densification not to reveal gas, oxidation-reduction stability requirement.
Described fuel gas master air inlet pipe 1, reformation catalysis storehouse 2, gas distributor 7 all adopt heat-resistance stainless steel materials processing to form.
Described fuel air arm 6 is aluminium oxide or zirconia ceramics material.
Described each building block function of anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery pile is:
1, fuel gas master air inlet pipe 1, required fuel during the operation of supply battery pile;
2, the reforming catalyst storehouse 2, fill different reforming catalysts, and reformation catalysis carbon-containing fuel, be translated into CO and H
2gaseous mixture;
3, anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery unit, generator unit 3;
4, gas distributor 7, and the fuel of fuel master air inlet pipe 1 is carried out to uniform distribution; Gas distributor 7 welds together with reforming catalyst storehouse 2, fuel master air inlet pipe 1; Adjust the quantity of gas distributing hole in gas distributor 7, generator unit quantity in the capable of regulating pile, thus reach the purpose of regulating the pile design power;
5, the fuel air arm 6, and the fuel gas in gas distributor 7 is transported to each generator unit, and ceramic material guarantees the insulation of each battery unit;
6, seal 5, and the hole of sealing gas distributor 7 and ceramic fuel air arm 6, guarantee that fuel gas is supplied to each generator unit;
7, wire 4, and 3 groups of heaps of series connection generator unit, collect and derive the electricity that battery pile is sent.
The number of assembling steps of described anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery pile can be divided into successively: monocell assembling, encapsulation process, the assembling of pile current collection.Each step master operation has:
The first step, in monocell anode support inboard, prepare the anode current collection layer (, then get ceramic fuel air arm 6, wrap the apical end that enough nickel felts are filled in anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery unit;
Second step is the sealing step, fuel air arm 6 is inserted in corresponding gas distributor 7 preformed holes, glass paste is poured into to the gap that fuel air props up 6 pipes and preformed hole, after its drying, calcine 30 minutes for 900~1000 ℃, complete the sealing of fuel air arm 6 and gas distributor 7, check sealing after dropping to room temperature, if leak air, repeat above-mentioned sealing step;
The 3rd step is pile current collection assembling, by wire each monocell 3 of connecting successively, finally draws the both positive and negative polarity wire of pile, completes the assembled battery heap.
The course of work of described anode-supported tubular type SOFC battery pile is: when pile, during in its working temperature when (600~800 ℃), fuel gas is passed into by fuel gas master air inlet pipe 1, enters gas distributor 7 behind reforming catalyst storehouse 2, and fuel gas can be H
2or carbon-containing fuel (as methane etc.), pure H
2directly enter gas distributor 7, carbon-containing fuel is restructured as H through reformation catalysis storehouse
2with enter gas distributor 7 after the gaseous mixture of CO; Fuel is distributed to each generator unit by fuel air arm 6 through gas and is generated electricity after distributor 7 uniform distributions, because fuel air arm 6 is the closed top end (that is to say that the fuel air arm is that the battery that extends to the generating unit connects the utmost point) that stretch to generator unit, so the fuel gas passed into is the closed top end from generator unit 3 to be back to the process of openend and to be generated electricity, the electricity sent is exported from the pile both positive and negative polarity through series conductor; The fuel gas of complete reaction is not at generator unit openend and oxygen generation fuel, and the heat that fuel produces is for fuel gas preheating and fuel reforming catalysis institute calorific requirement.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has following beneficial effect:
1, the battery connection utmost point 33 is positioned at blind end, and current collection is easy, has reduced the current collection resistance of battery pile;
2, battery connects the closed top end that the utmost point 33 is positioned at monocell, and the current collection wire is not subject to the calcination of tail gas flame, has improved hot operation stability and the life-span of battery pile;
3, in pile, battery does not need sealing, does not need tail gas recycle, has simplified battery pile structure;
4, fuel exhaust gas is in battery outlet port place and air mixed combustion, and the combustion heat can pre-heating fuel gas, maintain the battery pile operating temperature;
5, battery pile self, with the design of catalytic reforming storehouse, is applicable to multiple carbon-containing fuel generating.
The performance test of anode-supported tubular type SOFC monocell.
Monocell performance test process is:
At first carry out the monocell assembling, be fixed in the test electric furnace access fuel gas and oxidant air inlet pipe.When electric furnace is warming up to working temperature (600~800 ℃), utilize nitrogen to get rid of fuel gas pipeline Air, then pass into hydrogen and carry out the battery reduction.Treat that the battery reduction is complete, the chemical properties such as test battery I-V-P curve.
The area of the battery of test: negative electrode effective area 10.0cm
2, it is long-pending that battery connects pole-face: 3.1cm
2; Test gas: H
2, O
2.H
2flow is 105ml/min, O
2flow is 80ml/min.
Fig. 2 is the current density-voltage of this battery under different temperatures-power density curve, and wherein Fig. 2 (a) is 780 ℃, and Fig. 2 (b) is 850 ℃.780 ℃ of lower A-C(anode-cathode, anode-cathode) with I-C(interconnector-cathode connector-negative electrode) open circuit voltage (open circuit voltage, OCV) be respectively 1.07V and 0.96V; The A-C end is respectively 364.7mW cm with the maximum power density of I-C end
-2with 332.3mW cm
-2, the I-C end can be exported 91% of the whole power of battery, respond well.850 ℃ of test results and 780 ℃ similar, the I-C end is output as 382.5mW cm
-2, reach 91% of A-C end.This result shows that the monocell structure adopted has good performance output.
The test of tubular type SOFC battery pile
The experiment condition of power generation performance test is: fuel H
2, flow is 300ml/min, oxidant is air.
Fig. 4 be pile 750 ℃ with 850 ℃ under current-voltage-power.Can see, pile reaches 6.34V at 750 ℃ of lower open circuit voltages, and maximum power is 10.92W; 850 ℃ of lower open circuit voltages reach 6.11V, and maximum power is 17.05W.The battery of assembling, to successfully generating, has shown the feasibility of design.