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The effect of SO2 on the Ni-YSZ electrode of a solid oxide electrolyzer cell operated in co-electrolysis

Jan Van Herle, Stefan Diethelm, Guillaume Jeanmonod

In this work, the effect of sulphur poisoning of the Ni-YSZ electrode of an SOEC operated in co-electrolysis mode was investigated. Short-term tests with exposure up to 5 ppmv of SO2 were performed at OCV and under polarization (0.25 A cm−2). The two-stage ...

2020

Fabrication and Characterisation of Cathode Support-tubes for Micro-tubular SOFC Application

Jan Van Herle, Heinrich Hofmann, Paul Bowen, Stefan Diethelm, John Espen Rossen

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2009

Performance assessment and fast diagnosis of a μ-CHP solid oxide fuel cell system

Florian Bernard Berset, Jan Van Herle, Philippe Aubin, Hangyu Yu, Cédric Frantz

Online performance characterization and faulty condition diagnosis of micro-combined-heat-and-power (μ-CHP) solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system is crucial for ensuring safe in-house operation and lifespan prolongation. However, fast accurate detection of f ...

2025

Quantitative study of anode microstructure related to SOFC stack degradation

Jan Van Herle, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Antonin Faes

As the performances of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) get attractive, long term degradation becomes the main issue for this technology. Therefore it is essential to localise the origin of degradation and to understand its processes in order to find solution ...

Springer-Verlag2008

Solid oxide fuel cell anode degradation by the effect of siloxanes

Jan Van Herle, Stefan Diethelm, Hossein Madi

Lifetime and durability issues connected with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology are strongly related to the amount of contaminants that reach the stack. In this study the focus is on organic silicon compounds (siloxanes) and their highly detrimental ...

2015

Anode supported solid oxide fuel cells with screen-printed cathodes

Jan Van Herle

To increase power density at reduced temperature operation of SOFC, thin film 8YSZ electrolytes were deposited on Ni-YSZ anode support plates by tape casting and cofiring. Cathode behaviour, limiting cell output at lower temperature, was studied in more de ...

2001

Performance evaluation and the implementation of the turbocharger, fuel cell, and battery in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Jan Van Herle, Hossein Pourrahmani

The current study evaluates integrating fuel cell technology into the batteries as an alternative for internal combustion engines (ICEs) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). To further improve the performance of the UAV, a turbocharger is also integrated to ...

Elsevier2023

Nickel-Zirconia Anode Degradation and Triple Phase Boundary Quantification from Microstructural Analysis

Jan Van Herle, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Antonin Faes

Microstructural evolution of anode supported solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) during medium-term stack testing has been characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Low acceleration voltage SEM imaging is used to separate the three anode phases (nicke ...

2009

Influence of Operational Parameters on LSCF and LSF Stability

Jan Van Herle

(La0.6Sr0.4)0.95FeO3-δ/ Sm0.2Ce0.8O2 (70:30 w/w) and (La0.6Sr0.4)0.995Co0.2Fe 0.8O3-δ/Gd0.1Ce0.9O 2 (50:50 w/w) cathodes screen printed on anode-supported cells were tested for 500 h under different conditions by using a Taguchi matrix that combined cathod ...

2011

Fuel cell-battery hybrid systems for mobility and off-grid applications: A review

François Maréchal, Jan Van Herle, Ligang Wang, Xun Liao

The global demand for fossil fuels in the transportation sector is increasing rapidly due to the continuous growth of internal combustion engine vehicles. This leads to severe environmental problems, including greenhouse gas emissions and air-quality deter ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

Progress in the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (pemfcs) Water/ Thermal Management: From Theory to the Current Challenges and Real-time Fault Diagnosis Methods

Jan Van Herle, Hossein Pourrahmani

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) are known as a promising alternative for internal combustion engines (ICE) to reduce pollution. Recent progress of PEMFCs is heading towards achieving higher power densities, reducing the refueling time, and dec ...

ELSEVIER2022

Mechanical reliability and durability of SOFC stacks. Part I: Modelling of the effect of operating conditions and design alternatives on the reliability

Jan Van Herle, Daniel Favrat, Arata Nakajo

Electrochemical and mechanical aspects in solid oxide fuel cell stack must be understood to meet the reliability targets for market implementation. This study presents a stack modelling framework that combines thermo-electrochemical models, including degra ...

Elsevier2012

TEM investigation on zirconate formation and chromium poisoning in LSM/YSZ cathode

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

Cell durability is a crucial technological issue for SOFC commercialization, and considerable progress has been made in recent years. A number of degradation pathways have been established, amongst which microstructural changes, poisoning effects and forma ...

Springer Verlag2011

Effect of Steam-to-Carbon Ratio on Degradation of Ni-YSZ Anode Supported Cells

Jan Van Herle, Stefan Diethelm, Hossein Madi

Internal steam reforming (IR) of methane was investigated on Ni- YSZ anode supported cells, looking in particular at the effect of the steam to carbon (S/C) ratio on the degradation rate. The cells were fed with different H2O/CH4 mixtures during 100 hours ...

2013

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

Nd-nickelate solid oxide fuel cell cathode sensitivity to Cr and Si contamination

Jan Van Herle, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Josef Andreas Schuler, Henning Lübbe

The stability of Nd-nickelate, considered as an alternative solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) cathode material, was evaluated in this work on its tolerance towards contaminants. ...

Elsevier2012

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

Simulation and optimization of the impacts of metal-organic frameworks on the hydrogen adsorption using computational fluid dynamics and artificial neural networks

Jan Van Herle, Hossein Pourrahmani

One of the barriers to further commercialization of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is hydrogen storage. Conventional methods are based on pressurizing the hydrogen up to 700 bar. The focus of this study is to characterize the hydrogen stora ...

Nature Portfolio2023

Water management of the proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Optimizing the effect of microstructural properties on the gas diffusion layer liquid removal

Jan Van Herle, Hossein Pourrahmani

The formation of water columns inside the gas diffusion layer (GDL) of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), which is harmful phenomenon, can be controlled by the GDL's microstructure and material. Using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), a thre ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022