Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Ceramic

Ceramic fuel cells ltd cfcl a csiro spin off company was established in 1992 to research develop and commercialise the solid oxide fuel cell technology.

Solid oxide fuel cell ceramic. In this chapter the basic characteristics of sofcs are introduced. It withstands temperatures of up to 1 800 f 980 c. Over 21 000 intechopen readers like this topic. The waste heat of bluegen produced by the process of generating electricity can optionally be used to heat water.

Help us write another book on this subject and reach those readers. Glass and glass ceramic sealants in a fuel cell stack 1. Fuel cells are characterized by their electrolyte material. It was based on the pioneering research and development performed at csiro into electrical electrochemical and thermo mechanical properties of high temperature ceramic materials based on.

Ceramic fuel cell sofc. The sofc has a solid oxide or ceramic electrolyte. A solid oxide fuel cell sofc is a device in totally solid state that can convert chemical energy of various fossil fuels into electric energy directly via electrochemical reaction at a low pollution level and it possesses high efficiency. Bluegen is powered by the fully integrated fuel cell module which by using solid oxide ceramic fuel cells ranks among the most efficient energy conversion systems currently available on the market.

The bloom energy server or bloom box is a solid oxide fuel cell sofc power generator made by bloom energy of sunnyvale california that takes a variety of input fuels including liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons produced from biological sources to produce electricity at or near the site where it will be used. A solid oxide electrolyzer cell soec is a solid oxide fuel cell that runs in regenerative mode to achieve the electrolysis of water and or carbon dioxide by using a solid oxide or ceramic electrolyte to produce hydrogen gas and or carbon monoxide and oxygen the production of pure hydrogen is compelling because it is a clean fuel that can be stored easily thus making it a potential. Platinum is used in many fuel cells but the fraunhofer institute researchers used a ceramic material as the anode in this solid oxide i e. Molten carbonate fuel cells mcfcs are high temperature fuel cells that operate at temperatures of 600 c and above.

A solid fuel cell is less. Advantages of this class of fuel cells include high combined heat and power efficiency long term stability fuel flexibility low emissions and. Ceramic materials for solid oxide fuel cells advances in ceramics synthesis and characterization processing and specific applications costas sikalidis intechopen doi.