Cm. Finnerty et Rm. Ormerod, Internal reforming over nickel/zirconia anodes in SOFCS oparating on methane: influence of anode formulation, pre-treatment and operating conditions, J POWER SOU, 86(1-2), 2000, pp. 390-394
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Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics","Environmental Engineering & Energy
Internal methane reforming over nickel/zirconia cermet anodes has been stud
ied in derail using a thin-walled extruded zirconia tubular SOFC reactor. T
he influence of anode formulation, anode pre-treatment, operating temperatu
re and methane/steam ratio on the reforming characteristics, resistance to
carbon deposition and durability of the anode have been investigated under
actual operating conditions. Post-reaction TPO has been used to determine t
he amount of carbon deposition and its strength of interaction with the ano
de. A 90-vol.% nickel/zirconia anode shows higher activity than a 50-vol.%
Ni anode at higher reforming temperatures, and shows very good durability.
Pre-reducing the anodes in H-2 at 1173 K leads to a more active reforming c
atalyst, Carbon is removed from the anodes in two processes during TPO, sug
gesting two types of carbon species. As the reforming temperature increases
both carbon types are removed at higher temperature, and there is an incre
ase in the relative population of the more strongly bound form of carbon. (
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