Modeling Framework to Analyze Performance and Structural Reliability of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells

Bao, Jie; Karri, Naveen; Recknagle, Kurtis; Wang, Chao; Koeppel, Brian; Marina, Olga A.

doi:10.1149/1945-7111/ac6f87

Title: Modeling Framework to Analyze Performance and Structural Reliability of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells

Journal Article · 23 May 2022 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac6f87 · OSTI ID:1878292

Bao, Jie ^[1];

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Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC) have been receiving significant attention recently because of their high energy efficiency and fast hydrogen production. In this study a multi-physics model to simulate the SOEC performance and structural reliability of a state-of-the-art planar SOEC design was developed. The electrochemical reactions, fluid dynamics, species transport, electron transfer, and heat transfer were modeled in the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software STAR-CCM+. The thermomechanical analysis and the associated structural reliability evaluations were conducted using the commercial finite element analysis software ANSYS. The electrochemistry model was validated by using the experimentally obtained current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the electrode-supported SOECs. The reliability analysis using a risk-of-rupture approach showed low failure probabilities under standard operating conditions considered in this study. For cells operated at voltages well above a thermoneutral voltage, the reliability evaluations indicated a potential risk of cell failure, but the damage was concentrated locally in specific areas of the cell which typically do not lead to total loss of cell function. The presented approach provides insights for evaluating representative cell and stack performances and structural reliability without intensive testing and for developing optimally performing and structurally reliable SOECs for efficient hydrogen generation.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Fuel Cell Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1878292

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-170581

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 169; ISSN 0013-4651

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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