...Jihai Cheng; Xuhang Zhu; Wenyi Zhang Novel composite electrolyte Sm 0.2 Ce 0.8 O 1.9 –Pr 2 NiO 4 (SDC–PNO) for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) was prepared. The effects of sintering temperature on the performance of SDC–PNO composite electrolyte were studied. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis...

...Ryan J. Milcarek; Michael J. Garrett; Thomas S. Welles; Rhushikesh Ghotkar; Jeongmin Ahn Despite many efforts and improvements over the last few decades, two of the major challenges facing solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are slow heating rates to operating temperature (typically < 5 °C · min −1...

... Convergence Alliance (SECA) limit at the 626th thermal cycle. References [1] Chou , Y. S. , Stevenson , Z. W. , and Singh , P. , 2005 , “ Thermal Cycle Stability of a Novel Glass-Mica Composite Seal for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Effect of Glass Volume Fraction and Stresses ,” J. Power...

...Zachary K. van Zandt; George J. Nelson A distributed charge transfer (DCT) model has been developed to analyze solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) and electrolyzers operating in H 2 –H 2 O and CO–CO 2 atmospheres. The model couples mass transport based on the dusty-gas model (DGM), ion and electron...

...Lian Peng; Qingshan Zhu; Zhaohui Xie; Ping Wang Chemical compatibility of sealing glass with metal interconnects is a critical issue for planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). In this paper, interface reactions between a sealing glass and a ferritic metal interconnect (SS410) are tested under three...

...Lisa Deleebeeck; Kent Kammer Hansen The influence of the current collector on the performance of a hybrid direct carbon fuel cell (HDCFC), consisting of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with a molten carbonate–carbon slurry in contact with the anode, has been investigated using current–voltage curves...

...C. Schluckner; V. Subotić; V. Lawlor; C. Hochenauer Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can be operated on a wide range of fuels, including hydrocarbons. Such a fuel supply includes the risk of carbon formation on the catalytically active nickel centers within the porous anodic substrate. Coking is very...

... September 15, 2015; published online November 3, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Dr Masashi Mori. 15 06 2015 15 09 2015 Fuel cell applications Fuels Hydrogen Modeling Solid oxide fuel cells Infrastructure Hydrogen produces energy after reacting with oxygen, with water as the only...

...Wenchun Jiang; Yun Luo; Weiya Zhang; Wanchuck Woo; S. T. Tu The creep and failure probability of a planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) through a duty cycle is calculated by finite element method (FEM) and Weibull method, respectively. Two sealing methods, namely, rigid seal and bonded compliant...

...C. Wang In order to develop a predictive model of real cell performance, firm relationships and assumptions need to be established for the definition of the physical and microstructure parameters for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). This study explores the correlations of microstructure parameters...

...U. M. Damo; M. L. Ferrari; A. Turan; A. F. Massardo This paper presents a novel startup approach for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) hybrid systems (HSs) based on recompression technology. This startup approach shows a novel method of managing a complete plant to obtain better performance, which...

... the observed mechanical response. In addition, Weibull statistical analysis performed on cycled seals showed that Weibull modulus had decreased and Weibull characteristics strength had increased with multiple thermal cycles. Fuel cell applications Solid oxide fuel cells Seals must perform three...

... December 18, 2014; published online March 10, 2015. Editor: Nigel M. Sammes. 11 11 2014 18 12 2014 10 03 2015 Due to the tight coupling of physical processes inside solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), efficient control of these devices depends largely on the proper pairing...

... online January 28, 2015. Editor: Nigel M. Sammes. 30 10 2014 15 11 2014 28 01 2015 A numerical model has been developed for the performance analysis of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)/micro gas turbine (MGT) hybrid systems with prereforming of natural gas, in which a quasi two...

.... Assoc. Editor: Dr Masashi Mori. 22 04 2014 15 12 2014 10 03 2015 Microtubular anode-supported solid oxide fuel cells (μt-SOFC) were created with a metallic coil embedded in the anode to act as current collector. The electrochemical performance was experimentally examined...

... of 900 K with a deposition rate of 86 nm·min −1 at 50 Hz, without additional high-temperature annealing greater than 1273 K. The YSZ growth rates were faster than the rates for other gas-phase methods such as midfrequency and DC sputtering. Processing Solid oxide fuel cells Manufacturing...

... (HyPer) project in which a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) one-dimensional (1D), real-time operating model is coupled to a gas turbine hardware system by utilizing hardware-in-the-loop simulation. To assess the long-term stability of the SOFC part of the system, electrochemical degradation due to operating...

.... Energy Res. , 31 ( 6–7 ), pp. 548 – 575 . 10.1002/er.1280 [2] Yano , M. , Tomita , A. , Sano , M. , and Hibino , T. , 2007 , “ Recent Advances in Single-Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Review ,” Solid State Ionics , 177 ( 39–40 ), pp. 3351 – 3359 . 10.1016/j.ssi.2006.10.014...

... of stabilized zirconia in solid oxide fuel cells. This work was funded directly and indirectly by the Office of Naval Research, including the SMART Scholarship program and computer time provided by the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program, particularly on the Iceberg server at the Naval...

... results are presented in terms of energy and material balances of the proposed cycles. All simulations have been carried out with the proprietary code GS, developed by the GECOS group at Politecnico di Milano. Balance of plant Fuel cell applications Reforming Solid oxide fuel cells...