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Dealing 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

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Ammonia as a fuel in solid oxide fuel cells

Jan Van Herle

The use of ammonia as a source of hydrogen for fuel cells has received little attention until now. Ammonia offers several advantages over hydrogen as a fuel and is produced commercially in massive quantities and as a biogas. This paper describes the result ...

2003

Production d'hydrogène dans un réacteur microstructuré

Pierre Reuse

The aim of this work was to operate the steam reforming of methanol and the total oxidation of methanol in a microstructured two-passage reactor. The steam reforming enables the production of hydrogen at relatively low temperatures (250 °C) with only a sma ...

EPFL2003

Energy balance model of a SOFC cogenerator operated with biogas

François Maréchal, Daniel Favrat, Jan Van Herle

A small cogeneration system based on a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) fed on the renewable energy source biogas is presented. An existing farm biogas production site (35 m3 per day), currently equipped with a SOFC demonstration stack, is taken for reference. ...

Elsevier2003

Combined optimisation and process integration techniques for the synthesis of fuel cells systems

François Maréchal

A method that combines process modelling and process integration techniques has been developed to tackle the design of complex integrated systems like fuel cell systems. This method uses the equations of the composite curves as constraints to model the ide ...

Elsevier2003

Alternative anode materials for methane oxidation in solid oxide fuel cells

Joseph Sfeir

Fuel Cells are electrochemical devices that are able to directly convert chemical energy to electrical energy, without any Carnot limitation. Hence, their energy efficiencies are relatively high. Among the various types of fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cell ...

EPFL2002

Optimisation of a fuel cell system using process integration techniques

François Maréchal

A model of a system including a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell and its fuel processing section has been developed. The goal was to investigate the process configurations to identify the optimal operating conditions and the optimal process structu ...

2002

Materials for Methane-fueled SOFC Systems

Jan Van Herle, Stefan Diethelm, Raphaël Ihringer, Joseph Sfeir

Abstract: A short overview of recent work on electroceramic materials relevant to methane-fueled SOFC systems is given. Various fuel feed options are considered, such as pure methane, biogas, and the addition of reforming agents. The principle and implemen ...

Trans Tech Publications LTD2002

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

Anode Supported Thin Zirconia Based Cells for Intermediate Temperature SOFC

Jan Van Herle, Raphaël Ihringer

Ni-YSZ anode supports show a fundamentally different microstructure from screenprinted Ni-YSZ anodes on YSZ electrolyte supports. Of high density and composed of fine zirconia and nickel oxide to allow for cofiring with a thin zirconia electrolyte film (5 ...

The Electrochemical Society2001

Concept and technology of SOFC for electric vehicles

Jan Van Herle, Raphaël Ihringer, Chung-Wen Liang

A SOFC concept based on microtubular cells is presented. Mechanical tests and modelling show viability for fast thermal cycling in air for both zirconia and ceria electrolyte tubes. To combine advantages of both these materials, the concept includes a thin ...

2000