Progress in the planar CPn SOFC system design verification

Conference · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:269300

Elangovan, S; Hartvigsen, J; Khandkar, A ^[1]

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1. SOFCo, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

SOFCo is developing a high efficiency, modular and scaleable planar SOFC module termed the CPn design. This design has been verified in a 1.4 kW module test operated directly on pipeline natural gas. The design features multistage oxidation of fuel wherein the fuel is consumed incrementally over several stages. High efficiency is achieved by uniform current density distribution per stage, which lowers the stack resistance. Additional benefits include thermal regulation and compactness. Test results from stack modules operating in pipeline natural gas are presented.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• OSTI ID: 269300
• Report Number(s): SAND-96-0945; CONF-9509355-; ON: DE96010752; TRN: 96:003872-0031
• Resource Relation: Conference: U. S. Russian workshop on fuel cell technologies, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 26-28 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings -- US Russian workshop on fuel cell technologies; Baker, B.; Sylwester, A. [comps.]; PB: 695 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS
PERFORMANCE
FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS
CAPACITY
CURRENT DENSITY
NATURAL GAS
STACKS