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Cell integrated thin-film multi-junction thermocouple array for in-situ temperature monitoring of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

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posted on 2016-01-13, 12:17 authored by Manoj Prasanna Ranaweera, Indae Choi, Jung-Sik Kim
A thin-film multi-junction thermocouple array was developed and tested for multi-point simultaneous temperature measurements from an operating SOFC stack. The array requires only {N+1} number of wires/ thermo-elements for N number of independent temperature measuring points. Hence, it requires less number of lead wires than any available contact-temperature sensors require for the same number of measurements. Because the multi-junction thermocouple array operates on the same principle of a conventional thermocouple, the Seebeck effect, it shares all the merits of a thermocouple. A thin-film multi-junction thermocouple array was sputter deposited on the cathode of a SOFC test cell and tested and evaluated up to 10500C from 200C. Temperature measured from the thermocouple array was compared with that from a commercial thermocouple placed adjacent to it during the test; they were in very good agreement within the entire temperature range that a SOFC stack generally operates.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

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  • Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

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IEEE sensors 2015

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RANAWEERA, M.P, CHOI, I. and KIM, J.-S., 2015. Cell integrated thin-film multi-junction thermocouple array for in-situ temperature monitoring of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells. IN: Proceedings, IEEE Sensors 2015, November 1st-4th, Pusan, South Korea, pp.5-8

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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2015

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9781479982028

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  • en

Location

Pusan, South Korea

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