Accelerated Testing of SOFC Components (AccelenT)

• Research unit: SFOE
• Project number: 102746

Short description (English)

This proposal intends to lay the ground for accelerated testing activities in SOFC technology. The project will do so by investigating the means to accelerate single degradation effects in isolation from the others in order to avoid overlaying effects complicating the interpretation of results. Specific experiments will be built that give full control of the operating environment and allow the investigation of the kinetic behaviour of single mechanisms. From these studies, it will be learned how phenomena can be accelerated and correlated with the effects ensuing from ¿normal¿ operation of an SOFC device. In order to reliably speed up the testing time it is necessary to ensure that the accelerated testing results fully correspond to the effects seen after standard operation. Models will be used to plan the experiments and compare the outcome to the expected results.