Performance of a 10 kW SOFC Demonstration Unit

Matias Halinen; Markus Rautanen; Jaakko Saarinen; Jari Pennanen; Antti Pohjoranta; Jari Kiviaho; Michael Pastula; Todd Machacek; Ben Nuttall; Brian Borglum

doi:10.1149/1.3569985

Performance of a 10 kW SOFC Demonstration Unit

Matias Halinen, Markus Rautanen, Jaakko Saarinen, Jari Pennanen, Antti Pohjoranta, Jari Kiviaho, Michael Pastula, Todd Machacek, Ben Nuttall, Brian Borglum

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Versa Power Systems Ltd.

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Abstract

Experimental results of the performance of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) unit are presented. The unit was designed, manufactured and tested at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The 10 kW power class SOFC stack and stack module were designed and manufactured by Versa Power Systems (VPS). A successful commissioning test of the unit was conducted in 2010. Long term testing of the unit was started in November 2010. The unit has been operated with natural gas for over 1500 hours supplying electricity to the local grid. The unit has shown robust and uninterrupted performance. Stack DC efficiency of 60% and system net AC efficiency of 43% has been measured during the operation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-120
Journal	ECS Transactions
Volume	35
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3569985
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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SOFC
system
performance
control

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