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Design of experiment approach applied to reducing and oxidizing tolerance of anode supported solid oxide fuel cell. Part I: Microstructure optimization
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Electrochemical devices and computer science: water/thermal management of proton exchange membrane fuel cells and electrolyzers in different scales
The current restrictions on the registration of combustion engines in different countries and the harmful impacts of fossil fuels on the environment and human health have motivated decision-makers to use batteries and/or fuel cells as alternatives for comb ...
EPFL2024Degradation study of a reversible solid oxide cell (rSOC) short stack using distribution of relaxation times (DRT) analysis
Jan Van Herle, Stefan Diethelm, Philippe Aubin, Suhas Nuggehalli Sampathkumar, Maria del Mar Perez Fortes
Reversible solid oxide cells (rSOC) can convert excess electricity to valuable fuels in electrolysis cell mode (SOEC) and reverse the reaction in fuel cell mode (SOFC). In this work, a five - cell rSOC short stack, integrating fuel electrode (Ni-YSZ) suppo ...
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2022Electric vehicle charging station using fuel cell technology: Two different scenarios and thermodynamic analysis
Jan Van Herle, Martin Daniel Gay, Hossein Pourrahmani
This study evaluates two different scenarios of an integrated system to generate electricity for a charging station using proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). To improve the efficiency, the exhaust heat of these two ...
ELSEVIER2021Fuel cell system for portable applications
In a fuel cell system component, the fuel cell system component comprises a glass ceramic composite. ...
2020(Invited) Exchanging Degradation for Durability: Accelerated Stress Test Protocols for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Electrolysers
The longer lifetimes of solid oxide cells (SOC) – obtained and still required, both in fuel cell and electrolysis operation – exacerbate the need for accelerated stress tests, since neither reliable degradation models are currently available nor validated ...
2020Enforcing optimal operation in solid-oxide fuel-cell systems
Dominique Bonvin, Jan Van Herle, Christophe Salzmann, Timm Faulwasser, Zacharie Wuillemin
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 ...
2019Dealing with fuel contaminants in biogas-fed solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) plants: Degradation of catalytic and electro-catalytic active surfaces and related gas purification methods
Jan Van Herle, Hossein Madi, Davide Papurello
Fuel cell and hydrogen technologies are re-gaining momentum in a number of sectors including industrial, tertiary and residential ones. Integrated biogas fuel cell plants in wastewater treatment plants and other bioenergy recovery plants are nowadays on th ...
2017Strontium Migration at the GDC-YSZ Interface of Solid Oxide Cells in SOFC and SOEC Modes
Jan Van Herle, Marco Cantoni, Emad Oveisi, Arata Nakajo, Pierre Burdet, Giorgio Rinaldi
Strontium migration from the oxygen electrode to the interface between the electrolyte and interlayer was investigated in solid oxide cells in fuel cell (SOFC) and electrolysis (SOEC) modes. Four samples were imaged by focused ion beam scanning electron mi ...
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