Experimental analysis on performance and durability of SOFC demonstration unit

Fuel Cells

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 440-452

  Halinen, M ^a   Saarinen, J ^a   Noponen, M ^a,c   Vinke, I C ^b   Kiviaho, J ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c Product Centre Ecotech   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balance of plant; Durability; Experimental results; Solid oxide fuel cell; Stack; Voltage degradation

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF PLANT; CHARACTERISTIC VOLTAGES; ELECTRIC GRIDS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; PERFORMANCE LOSS; POWER CONVERSION UNITS; RECIRCULATIONS; RESEARCH CENTRES; SOFC STACK; SOFC SYSTEM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL STACK; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; VOLTAGE DEGRADATION; VOLTAGE DROP;

DEGRADATION; DROPS; DURABILITY; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

EID: 77953213648     PISSN: 16156846     EISSN: 16156854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fuce.200900152     Document Type: Article

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