Design, fabrication and testing of a solid oxide fuel cell stack for a 25 kW to 200 kW generator. Volume 1, Executive summary; Volume 2, Final report: March 1986--December 1990

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:10177831

The effort reported herein was carried out over the period from March 1986 through December 1990, modifications (A030 through A056) to Contract DE-AC21-17089 (prior number: DE-AC02-17089), The High Temperature Solid Oxide Electrolyte Fuel Cell Power Generation System. Prior effort under the contract covered the period since June 1980 and culminated in placing on test a 5 kilowatt (kW) generator. Intermediate steps included testing of many materials and single cells ({approximately}15 watts), a three cell bundle ({approximately}45 watts) that was operated successfully for nearly 9000 hours, and a 24 cell ({approximately}400 watts) submodule that was operated successfully for more than 2000 hours. The technical effort in the current modification is organized under three technical tasks that have objectives as follows: (1) To define a reference design, subsystem design, and component requirements for a tubular solid oxide fuel cell plant with the greatest potential to be commercialized; (2) To develop and verify cell performance, which satisfies the component requirements; and, (3) To develop and verify stack performance, which satisfies the component requirements.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Science and Technology Center
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-80ET17089
• OSTI ID: 10177831
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/17089--3120; ON: DE92012462
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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