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Solid oxide electrolyzer cell
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This paper suggests two novel designs for the electric vehicle charging stations using LiMn2O4 Lithium-ion battery and based on a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) and absorption refrigeration cycle (ARC) technologies to provide electricity and cooling, respect ...
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022Integrated solar-driven high-temperature electrolysis operating with concentrated irradiation
Jan Van Herle, Sophia Haussener, Stefan Diethelm, Clemens Gregor Suter, Meng Lin
High-temperature electrolysis for reducing H2O (and CO2) to H2 (and CO) converts concentrated solar energy into fuels and chemical feedstock. We invented an integrated reactor concept comprising a solar cavity receiver for reactant heating, a solid oxide e ...
2022Organic Rankine Cycle as the Waste Heat Recovery Unit of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: A Novel System Design for the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Using Batteries as a Backup/Storage Unit
Jan Van Herle, Hossein Pourrahmani, Chengzhang Xu
The novelty of this study is to suggest a novel design for electric vehicle charging stations using fuel cell technology. The proposed system benefits from the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) to utilize the exhaust energy of the Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) st ...
MDPI2022Evaluation of inkjet-printed spinel coatings on standard and surface nitrided ferritic stainless steels for interconnect application in solid oxide fuel cell devices
Inkjet printing technology was employed for the application of protective layer coatings in SOFC metallic interconnects. Aqueous-based spinel coatings were inkjet-printed on standard and surface nitrided K41 ferritic stainless-steel substrates. Inkjet-prin ...
ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022A novel control strategy with an anode variable geometry ejector for a SOFC-GT hybrid system
A novel control strategy was developed with an anode variable geometry ejector for a solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine (SOFC-GT) system. The anode inlet temperature was controlled by combining two modes to achieve a greater controllable range: anode variab ...
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022Economies of Scale in PEMEC and SOEC Manufacturing based on a Bottom-up Model
Under the scope of net zero emission, a large-scale deployment of renewable technologies, especially clean hydrogen technologies are required. Hydrogen is a clean fuel and an ideal energy carrier that can be used to store, move, and deliver energy. Nowaday ...
2022Activation of stainless steel 316L anode for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis
Jan Van Herle, Suhas Nuggehalli Sampathkumar, Peter Hugh Middleton, Thomas Benjamin Ferriday
The increased emphasis on renewable energy has resulted in a surge of R&D efforts into hydrogen and battery research. The intensive electrochemical environment surrounding the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) has plagued both the activity and stabili ...
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC2022Optimization and dynamic responses of an integrated fuel cell and battery system for an 800 kW ferry: A case study
Jan Van Herle, Martin Daniel Gay, Hossein Pourrahmani
The recent targets by different countries to stop the sales or registrations of internal combustion engines (ICE) have led to the further development of battery and fuel cell technologies to provide power for different applications. The main aim of this st ...
ELSEVIER2022Poisoning effects of chlorine on a solid oxide cell operated in co-electrolysis
Jan Van Herle, Stefan Diethelm, Guillaume Jeanmonod
Although the effects of impurities on the Ni-YSZ electrode of a solid oxide cell in fuel cell operation have been studied, reports on their effects during electrolysis operation are limited. Here, short-term experiments at various current densities and a d ...
ELSEVIER2021Effects of impurities and local behavior characterization using active thermography on solid oxide electrolysis cells
Ambitious policies are needed from every country to drastically curtail the anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases responsible for the on-going modification of the earth's climate. A quick transition towards a society fully based on renewable materials ...
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