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Title: Value and manufacturing costs of planar solid oxide fuel cell stacks. Topical report, January 1994-July 1996

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:394521

In the first part of this report, the authors analyze the economics of three different fuel cell applications, 200 kW cogeneration, 50 MW stand alone power generation, and a central power plant application of a fuel cell integrated into a 225 MW gas turbine/combined cycle power plant. In the second part of this report, the authors estimated the cost of fabricating a planar SOFC stack using a variety of manufacturing techniques. For a facility producing 200 MW/year of fuel cell systems, the authors obtained vendor equipment quotations, material cost estimates, utility requirements, and projected labor and overhead costs. The authors used a minimum after tax rate of return requirement of 20% to estimate SOFC stack costs.

Research Organization:
TDA Research, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO (United States)
OSTI ID:
394521
Report Number(s):
PB-96-202114/XAB; CNN: Contract GRI-5087-260-1543; TRN: 62752142
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Jul 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English