A numerical model for analyzing a tubular-type Indirect Internal Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (IIR-SOFC), which is expected to become one of the most important power generators in the near future, was developed. The model simultaneously treats momentum, heat and mass transfer, fuel reforming, electrochemical phenomena and an electric circuit. Calculations for the gas flow fields inside and outside the cell tube are conducted with a two-dimensional cylindrical coordinate system adopting the...