NG-SOFC-COGEN: Natural gas fuelled solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for cogeneration of electricity and chemicals

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 00.0437

Key words (English)

Solid oxide fuel cell; SOFC; methane; cogeneration; electrochemical promotion;
Coordination; Cooperation; Scientific Research

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: ICA2-2000-10030

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 2.1 Industrial and materials technologies

Short description (English)

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Partners and International Organizations (English)

Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, Platani Achaias (EL), University of Keele, Staffordshire (UK), Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry, Ekaterinburg (RU), Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk (RU), University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia (BG), Institute of Organic Catalysis and Electrochemistry, Almaty (KZ), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (CH)

Abstract (English)

The objective of this proposal is the study and development of improved methane fuelled solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for cogeneration of electric power and useful chemicals (e.g. synthesis gas). This will be done by a careful search for and characterization of new anode electrode materials with improved catalytic and electrocatalytic properties for selective oxidation of methane to synthesis gas (CO/H2). In parallel with this, the known conventional technology will be improved by study and subsequent development of innovative alternative fuel cell configurations and modes of operation, namely
(i) simplified SOFCs with no separation of the oxidant and fuel streams and
(ii) SOFCs operating under force d periodic reversal of flow.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 00.0437