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Thermo-mechanical Reliability of SOFC Stacks During Combined Long-term Operation and Thermal Cycling

Jan Van Herle, Zacharie Wuillemin, Arata Nakajo, Fabio Greco

Thermo-mechanical issues in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) must be understood and overcome to meet the reliability standards for market implementation. This study presents a thermo-mechanical model of an SOFC-stack SRU. The analysis starts with the simulati ...

2015

Sofc system with anode off-gas recirculation

Jan Van Herle, Daniel Favrat, Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Zacharie Wuillemin, Patrick Hubert Wagner

The present invention concerns an SOFC system comprising an anode off-gas recirculation arrangement in which anode off-gas is pumped by a fan or pump of a coaxial turbine-fan assembly, the system comprising a condenser for condensing water contained in sai ...

2020

The Effects of Component Tolerances on the Thermo-Mechanical Reliability of SOFC Stacks

Jan Van Herle, Arata Nakajo, Zacharie Wuillemin, Fabio Greco

The reliability of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems is closing the gap to meet the requirements for market implementation. Finite-element (FE) stack models, typically used for stack reliability analyses, commonly consider idealized components. In reali ...

2017

Experimental Real-Time Optimization of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack via Constraint Adaptation

Dominique Bonvin, Grégory François, Zacharie Wuillemin, Arata Nakajo, Gene Bunin, Leonidas Tsikonis

The experimental validation of a real-time optimization (RTO) strategy for the optimal operation of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack is reported in this paper. Unlike many existing studies, the RTO approach presented here utilizes the constraint-adapta ...

2010

Local Activation and Degradation of Electrochemical Processes in a SOFC

Jan Van Herle, Zacharie Wuillemin, Hossein Madi

The local electrochemistry is studied in a SOFC repeat-element using a test setup that allows a local control of the polarization. During long-term tests, the local current densities evolve, following activation and degradation periods. Electrochemical imp ...

2013

Enforcing optimal operation in solid-oxide fuel-cell systems

Dominique Bonvin, Jan Van Herle, Christophe Salzmann, Timm Faulwasser, Zacharie Wuillemin, Tafarel de Avila Ferreira

This paper describes an optimization strategy for operating solid-oxide fuel-cell systems at optimal efficiency. Specifically, we present the experimental validation of a real-time optimization (RTO) strategy applied to a commercial solid-oxide fuel-cell s ...

2019

Impact of Materials and Design on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack Operation

Jan Van Herle, Stefan Diethelm, Zacharie Wuillemin, Arata Nakajo, Nordahl Autissier

Planar SOFC stack technology based on a unique concept (SOFConnex™) uses structured gas distribution layers between unprofiled metal sheet interconnects and thin Ni-YSZ anode supported electrolyte cells. The layers are flexible both in material and designa ...

2008

Redox stable Ni–YSZ anode support in solid oxide fuel cell stack configuration

Jan Van Herle, Antonin Faes, Zacharie Wuillemin, Pietro Tanasini

State-of-the-art nickel-based SOFC anode-supported cells are highly sensitive to reoxidation of the metal phase at the temperature of utilization. This work presents results on redox stable nickel–YSZ (yttria- stabilized zirconia) anode-supported cells, fo ...

Elsevier2011

Experimental characterization of a solid oxide fuel cell coupled to a steam-driven micro anode off-gas recirculation fan

Jan Van Herle, Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Stefan Diethelm, Zacharie Wuillemin, Patrick Hubert Wagner, David Constantin

While the global fuel utilization of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) is limited by the stack aging rate, the fuel excess is typically used in a burner, and thus limiting the system electrical efficiency. Further, natural-gas-fueled SOFCs require treated wat ...

2020

Design of experiment approach applied to reducing and oxidizing tolerance of anode supported solid oxide fuel cell. Part II: Electrical, electrochemical and microstructural characterization of tape-cast cells

Jan Van Herle, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Marco Cantoni, Zacharie Wuillemin, Stefan Diethelm, Antonin Faes, Pietro Tanasini, Henning Lübbe

One of the major limitations of the nickel (Ni) - yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) anode support for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) is its low capability to withstand transients between reducing and oxidizing atmospheres ("RedOx" cycle), owing to the Ni-to- ...

Elsevier2011

Experimental Real-Time Optimization of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack via Constraint Adaptation

Dominique Bonvin, Grégory François, Zacharie Wuillemin, Arata Nakajo, Gene Bunin, Leonidas Tsikonis

2012

PROGRESS IN STACK POWER DENSITY USING THE SOFCONNEX™ CONCEPT

Jan Van Herle, Stefan Diethelm, Zacharie Wuillemin, Nordahl Autissier, Diego Larrain, Raphaël Ihringer

Our SOFC stack development technology is based on the unique SOFConnexTM concept, using flexible gas distribution layers between metal sheet interconnect and thin ASE cells. Flexibility is given both in material and design. This ensures proper electrical c ...

The Electrochemical Society2005

Cr-poisoning in (La,Sr)(Co,Fe)O-3 cathodes after 10,000 h SOFC stack testing

Jan Van Herle, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Josef Andreas Schuler, Zacharie Wuillemin

After 10,000 h solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack operation, the Cr-poisoning situation in (La0.6Sr0.4) (Co0.2Fe0.8)O-3 (LSCF)-based cathode material is depicted in this work. Systematic Cr profiling by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), from post ...

Elsevier2012

Impact of Random Geometric Distortions on the Performance and Reliability of an SOFC

Zacharie Wuillemin, Thierry Mikaël Cornu

A method based on Monte Carlo simulations (MCS) is developed to assess the impact of manufacturing tolerances on the performance and reliability of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of the anode gas diffusion la ...

Wiley-Blackwell2011

Modeling and experimental validation of solid oxide fuel cell materials and stacks

Jan Van Herle, Daniel Favrat, Zacharie Wuillemin, Nordahl Autissier, Diego Larrain

Results on solid oxide fuel cell stacks tested at 800° C with H2 fuel and using planar Ni-zirconia anode supported cells, 80x80x0.2 mm in size, are presented. Modeling and numerical simulation is used to interpret observed results and develop improved desi ...

2005