The European Electrolyzer & Fuel Cell Forum (www.efcf.com) in Lucerne, Switzerland was held last week and is one of the premier events for high temperature solid oxide electrochemical cell technology advancements and commercialization efforts. The conference had a record attendance and also included a marine technology status symposium on sustainable shipping for water born transport. It is a beautiful setting for a conference and it was great to see so many colleagues, former students, and industry professionals and old friends (from Shell, KIT, DLR, Noon Energy, Dynelectro, and Ceres).
We were pleased to present our work through five different presentations (main stages and posters) on the following topics:
โผ Prof. Rob Braun, โPressurized testing of metal-supported solid oxide fuel cell & electrolyzer stacks,โ which featured our work on kW-scale, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ test modules for both stationary power and hydrogen production using stacks from our close collaboration with Ceres.
โผ Dr. Omid Rizvandi, Mines research professor, โNumerical Analysis of Variations in SOC Characteristics under Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Operation Modes,โ underscored the necessity of employing distinct sets of material property parameters for both SOFC and SOEC ย model parameter data in order to properly fit performance.
โผ Ph.D. student Akhil Ashar, โAssessing the performance of GDC10 electrolyte-based solid oxide fuel cells for high power-density operation,โ which is aimed at accelerating the development of SOFC stacks and systems for ๐บ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, including ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐.
โผ Ph.D. student Gus Floerchinger & Prof. Rob Braun, โModeling and Experimental Characterization of a 30-kW Multi-Stack Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Module,โ reported on methods for incorporating engineering science into the design and analysis of ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ-๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
โผ Ph.D. student Akhil Ashar, Profs. Greg Jackson and Rob Braun, et al., โHigh efficiency and low weight integrated solid-oxide fuel cell system for aviation applicationsโ, provided a project summary of our work on ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ stack and system development for future aircraft in our ARPA-E REEACH Program project with the University of Maryland.
Many thanks to the conference chairs and organizers for an excellent program and conference agenda.
