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Anode Sub-System Development & Optimisation for SOFC systems

Coordinatore	TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT    more  Organization address address: TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A city: ESPOO postcode: 02044 VTT contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jari Cognome: Kiviaho Email: send email Telefono: +358 20 722 5298 Fax: +358 20 722 7048
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Finland [FI]
Totale costo	4˙651˙850 €
EC contributo	1˙954˙675 €
Programma	FP7-JTI Specific Programme "Cooperation": Joint Technology Initiatives
Code Call	FCH-JU-2008-1
Funding Scheme	JTI-CP-FCH
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-01-01   -   2012-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT  Organization address address: TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A city: ESPOO postcode: 02044 VTT contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jari Cognome: Kiviaho Email: send email Telefono: +358 20 722 5298 Fax: +358 20 722 7048	FI (ESPOO)	coordinator	270˙411.40
2	WARTSILA FINLAND OY  Organization address address: TARHAAJANTIE 2 city: VAASA postcode: 65380 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Kim Cognome: Eklund Email: send email Telefono: +358 10 709 5411 Fax: +358 10 709 5440	FI (VAASA)	participant	465˙046.10
3	EBZ Entwicklungs- und Vertriebsgesellschaft Brennstoffzelle mbH  Organization address city: Dresden postcode: 1307 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Eva Cognome: Spickenheuer Email: send email Telefono: 493515000000 Fax: 493515000000	DE (Dresden)	participant	356˙520.50
4	HEXIS AG  Organization address address: ZUM PARK 5 city: Winterthur postcode: CH-8404 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Martin Cognome: Liechti Email: send email Telefono: 41522628285 Fax: 41522626333	CH (Winterthur)	participant	335˙847.50
5	HTceramix SA  Organization address address: av des Sports 26 city: Yverdo-les-Bains contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Olivier Cognome: Bucheli Email: send email Telefono: +41 24 426 10 83 Fax: +41 24 426 10 82	CH (Yverdo-les-Bains)	participant	293˙025.00
6	FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH  Organization address address: Leo-Brandt-Strasse city: JUELICH postcode: 52425 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Anne Cognome: Bosch Email: send email Telefono: 492462000000 Fax: 492462000000	DE (JUELICH)	participant	233˙824.50

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The high temperature fuel cell technologies have potential for high electrical efficiency, 45-60%, and total efficiency up to 95%. SOFC has the added benefit of offering commercial applications from 1 kW residential to several MW stationary units with high fuel flexibility. Whilst much effort is devoted to cell and stack issues, less attention has been paid to the components and sub-systems required for an operational system. Components and sub-systems such as fuel processing, heat and thermal management, humidification, fluid supply and management and power electronics are as crucial to the successful commercialisation of fuel cell systems as the cell and stack. This project is focused on the development of fuel and water management for SOFC systems. The fuel management, and especially recirculation, is a key question in achieving high electric efficiency and rejecting external water supply. The recirculation increases the fuel utilization rate and can provide the water needed in the reforming of fuels. However, with current SOFC systems the anode circulation has been problematic from controllability and reliability points of view, and hence there is a need to develop the overall solution of the anode subsystem. This project will evaluate different process approaches for fuel and water management, e.g. blower-based approach, ejector-based approach, and water circulation by condensing from the anode off-gas/exhaust gas and evaporating back to the fuel loop. The aspects taken into account in the conceptual analysis are effects on electric efficiency and process simplicity implying easiness of controllability, and requirements on diagnostics accuracy to provide insights into failure mode prevention. In the detailed evaluation, the suitable approaches are analysed more thoroughly in terms of component availability and reliability, achievable diagnostics accuracy, controllability, effects on reformer, mechanical integration feasibility to whole system, cost effects etc.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Fuel cells and hydrogen have a potential for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, facilitating the increased use of renewable energy sources, raising overall efficiencies of energy conversion.