Solid carbon can be used as a fuel in the direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC). The chemical oxidation of carbon with alkali carbonates was investigated in this work. Decreasing the weight ratio of carbon to carbonate from 5 g : 5 g to 5 g : 20 g had an insignificant effect on the amount and concentration of gases. However, changing the amounts from 5 g : 5 g to 20 g : 20 g tripled the total amount of gases produced with similar gas compositions. The gas compositions ranged from 62.2-67.5 mol% CO, 13.9-14.7 mol% H2, and 5.7-16.8 mol% CO2 at 800℃ . Thus CO was the dominant gas species in the conditions. With increasing temperature, CO generation was activated, especially over 700 ℃ . The carbonate species did not affect carbon oxidation. Steam was supplied to the carbon and carbonate mixture at a fixed flow rate of N2 or air. H2 was the highest composition at both cases.

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