DEVICE FOR STUDYING STRUCTURE AND PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC G09B23/18 

FIELD: power industry; educational equipment.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to educational equipment in the field of power industry, namely to a device that is a visual and methodological tutorial; it can be used to conduct laboratory and practical classes in educational institutions, when studying an alternative energy course. The proposed device is a kind of simulator for working with a solid oxide fuel cell (hereinafter – SOFC). The device for studying the structure and principle of operation of the fuel cell includes a cell for the studied SOFC equipped with a heater, a flow meter, at least one regulator of fuel gas flow, at least one nozzle for supplying fuel gas to the device, a means for displaying information and entering data, a control board, a system of pipes and wired connections, wherein the control board is connected by means of wired connections to the heater and the means for displaying information and entering data, and the flow meter is installed directly on the board or connected to it by a wired connection, in addition, the control board contains wired connections for electrical contact with the studied SOFC. The device can additionally be equipped with an exhaust gas afterburner located at an outlet of the cell, as well as a reformer located on a line for supplying fuel gas to the cell for the studied SOFC. In addition, the device can be equipped with a means of forcibly feeding an oxidizer into the cell for the studied SOFC and/or into the reformer and afterburner.

EFFECT: invention is aimed at expanding the functionality of educational and methodological equipment, namely a device (stand) for studying the structure and principle of operation of a fuel cell; the proposed technical solution is also aimed at providing visual control of the process of optimizing operating parameters of the device, in particular, the proposed invention makes it possible to get more effectively acquainted with the operation of the SOFC due to the direct visual regulation of processes taking place in it by selecting optimal parameters.

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