Abstract
The Finnish solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) project (FINSOFC) was initiated
in 2002 as a five-year project. It forms the core of the publicly funded SOFC
research in Finland. The purpose of the project is to support the industry in
its development of SOFC systems and components and other possible SOFC-based
business to be created in the future. The project is coordinated by the VTT
Technical Research Centre of Finland in cooperation with universities and
industrial enterprises. The project is executed in close cooperation with
several European partners both bilaterally and within Real-SOFC. The focus is
to construct and run a natural gas-fueled 5 kWe SOFC power plant
demonstration connected to heat and electricity grids. The power plant
demonstration contains a stack and all BOP components from fuel processing to
power conditioning and grid connections. The aim is also to thoroughly
understand the behavior of the system. The subprojects needed to do this are
(i) fuel processing, (ii) testing of fuel cells and stacks, (iii) construction
of a 5 kWe power station demonstration, and (iv) system modeling.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 392-396 |
Journal | Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |