Development of an autonomous transportable SOFC system operating on C-based fuel

• Research unit: SFOE
• Project number: 101515

Key words (German)

TP0076;F-Brennstoffzellen

Short description (German)

Development of an autonomous transportable SOFC system operating on C-based fuel

Final report (English)

The aim of the project is to adapt a prototype portable SOFC system to the requirements of demonstrator for educational institutions as niche market. This involves on the one hand stable operation of the unit with reformed fuels, on the other hand the integration and control of auxiliaries such as fan and visualization. The result is aimed to be a practical communication vector, letting people touch SOFC technology. As intended, 2 redesigned systems have been realised and mounted. While design simplification allowed an easier construction of the units, more technical challenges than anticipated were encountered on the level of thermal management. The re-designed thermal system did not improve the thermal management to the level expected. Eat transfer to the stack chamber was on the lower limit, leading to rather high exhaust temperatures and also affected stack performance and robustness. Reforming of methanol worked to satisfaction on the short term, long term data have not been obtained to date. Electronic controls, visualisation and auxiliaries have been elaborated based on the given specifications, but could not be validated on the complete system within the project time-frame. After a major personnel change within HTceramix, it is intended to pursue the activity next year with a new team.

Auftragnehmer/Contractant/Contraente/Contractor:
HTceramix SA

Autorschaft/Auteurs/Autori/Authors:
Bucheli,Olivier
Ihringer,Raphaël
Diethelm,Stefan

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