Advanced alternate planar geometry solid oxide fuel cells

Elangovan, S; Prouse, D; Khandkar, A; Donelson, R; Marianowski, L

doi:10.2172/6622800

Title: Advanced alternate planar geometry solid oxide fuel cells

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The potential of high temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells as high performance, high efficiency energy conversion device is well known. Investigation of several cell designs have been undertaken by various researchers to derive the maximum performance benefit from the device while maintaining a lower cost of production to meet the commercialization cost target. The present investigation focused on the planar SOFC design which allows for the use of mature low cost production processes to be employed. A novel design concept was investigated which allows for improvements in performance through increased interface stability, and lowering of cost through enhanced structural integrity and the use of low cost metal interconnects. The new cell design consisted of a co-sintered porous/dense/porous zirconia layer with the electrode material infiltrated into the porous layers. The two year program conducted by a team involving Ceramatec and the Institute of Gas Technology, culminated in a multi-cell stack test that exhibited high performance. Considerable progress was achieved in the selection of cell components, and establishing and optimizing the cell and stack fabrication parameters. It was shown that the stack components exhibited high conductivities and low creep at the operating temperature. The inter-cell resistive losses were shown to be smallmore »« less

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Elangovan, S; Prouse, D; Khandkar, A; Donelson, R; Marianowski, L ^[1]

Ceramatec, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

Publication Date:: Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

Research Org.:: Ceramatec, Inc., West Valley City, UT (United States; Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 6622800

Report Number(s):: DOE/MC/25168-3291
ON: DE93000248

DOE Contract Number:: AC21-88MC25168

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; DESIGN; FABRICATION; PERFORMANCE TESTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; LOSSES; OXIDES; PROGRESS REPORT; CHALCOGENIDES; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS; DOCUMENT TYPES; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TESTING; 300501* - Fuel Cells- Design & Development; 300502 - Fuel Cells- Performance & Testing

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                    Elangovan, S, Prouse, D, Khandkar, A, Donelson, R, and Marianowski, L. Advanced alternate planar geometry solid oxide fuel cells.  United States: N. p., 1992. 
        Web.  doi:10.2172/6622800.

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                    Elangovan, S, Prouse, D, Khandkar, A, Donelson, R, & Marianowski, L. Advanced alternate planar geometry solid oxide fuel cells.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/6622800

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                    Elangovan, S, Prouse, D, Khandkar, A, Donelson, R, and Marianowski, L. 1992.  
        "Advanced alternate planar geometry solid oxide fuel cells".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/6622800.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6622800.

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  title        = {Advanced alternate planar geometry solid oxide fuel cells},

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  abstractNote = {The potential of high temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells as high performance, high efficiency energy conversion device is well known. Investigation of several cell designs have been undertaken by various researchers to derive the maximum performance benefit from the device while maintaining a lower cost of production to meet the commercialization cost target. The present investigation focused on the planar SOFC design which allows for the use of mature low cost production processes to be employed. A novel design concept was investigated which allows for improvements in performance through increased interface stability, and lowering of cost through enhanced structural integrity and the use of low cost metal interconnects. The new cell design consisted of a co-sintered porous/dense/porous zirconia layer with the electrode material infiltrated into the porous layers. The two year program conducted by a team involving Ceramatec and the Institute of Gas Technology, culminated in a multi-cell stack test that exhibited high performance. Considerable progress was achieved in the selection of cell components, and establishing and optimizing the cell and stack fabrication parameters. It was shown that the stack components exhibited high conductivities and low creep at the operating temperature. The inter-cell resistive losses were shown to be small through out-of-cell characterization. The source of performance loss was identified to be the anode electrolyte interface. This loss however can be minimized by improving the anode infiltration technique. Manifolding and sealing of the planar devices posed considerable challenge. Even though the open circuit voltage was 250 mV/cell lower than theoretical, the two cell stack had a performance of 300 mA/cm[sup 2] at 0.4V/cell with an area specific resistance of 1 [Omega]-cm[sup 2]/cell. improvements in manifolding are expected to provide much higher performance.},

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