火焰燃料电池技术研究进展

The flame fuel cell (FFC) is a novel kind of solid oxide fuel cell, which direct combines the fuel-rich flame and the SOFC. The FFC is a promising technology for small scale natural gas distributed power systems and mobile applications due to its simple setup, wide fuel flexibility and rapid start-up. The working principles and research status of the FFC were introduced at first. Then, the progress made on FFCs were reviewed from aspects of fuel-rich combustion characteristics, the cell performance in fuel-rich flames, as well as the stack integration and system analysis. At last, the development trends of FFCs were forecasted by discussing the super-high temperature fuel cells, the degradation mechanisms, and system scale-up issues.