High-Temperature Fuel Cells for Mobile and Stationary Applications

SOFC Systems For Aircraft and Unmanned Vehicle Applications

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Selected Publications in This Research Area

Design of Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell Systems and Their Potential as a Distributed Power Generator with Electric Efficiencies Exceeding 70% (working paper)

A. Dubois, K. Ferguson, R.J. Braun

Journal of Power Sources, (2020)

Development of kW-Scale Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells and Systems

R.J. Braun, A. Dubois, K. Ferguson, C. Duan, C. Karakaya, R.J. Kee, … A. Wood

ECS Transactions, 91(1):997–1008, (2019)

Steady-State and Dynamic Modeling of Intermediate-Temperature Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells

K.J. Albrecht, A. Dubois, K. Ferguson, C. Duan, R.P. O’Hayre, R.J. Braun

Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166(10):F687–F700, (2019)

Development of a Novel High Efficiency, Low Cost Hybrid SOFC/Internal Combustion Engine Power Generator

R.J. Braun, E. Reznicek, C. Cadigan, N.P. Sullivan, R. Danforth, T. Bandhauer, S. Garland, D. Olsen, B. Windom, B. Schaffer

ECS Transactions, 91(1):355–360, (2019)

Highly Durable, Coking and Sulfur Tolerant, Fuel-Flexible Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell

C. Duan, S. Ricote, H. Zhu, N. Sullivan, C. Karakaya, R.J. Kee, R.J. Braun, R. O’Hayre

Nature557:217–222, (2018)

Design and Dispatch Optimization of a Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Assembly for Unconventional Oil and Gas Production

G. Anyenya, R.J. Braun, K. Lee, N.P. Sullivan, A. M. Newman

Optimization & Engineering, 19:1037–1081, (2018)

Benchmarking the Expected Stack Manufacturing Cost of Next Generation, Intermediate-Temperature Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology

A. Dubois, S. Ricote, R.J. Braun

Journal of Power Sources, 369:65–77, (2017)

Modeling and Simulation of a Novel 4.5 kWe Multi-Stack Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Prototype Assembly for Combined Heat and Power

G.Anyenya, N.P. Sullivan, R.J. Braun

Energy Conversion & Management, 140:247–259, (2017)

Experimental Testing of a Novel Kilowatt-Scale Multistack Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Assembly for Combined Heat and Power

G.Anyenya, B. Haun, M. Daubenspeck, R. J. Braun, N.P. Sullivan

ASME Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion & Storage, 13(4):041001, (2016)

Readily Processed Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells with High Performance at Low Temperatures

C. Duan, J. Tong, M. Shang, S. Nikodemski, M. Sanders, S. Ricote, A. Almansoori, R. O'Hayre

Science, 349(6254):1321–1326, (2015)

Modeling Intermediate Temperature Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells

K.J. Albrecht, C. Duan, R. O’Hayre, R.J. Braun

ECS Transactions, 68(1):3165–3175, (2015)

A Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Program for the Optimal Design and Dispatch of Distributed Generation Systems

K. Pruitt, A. Newman, S. Leyffer, R.J. Braun

Optimization and Engineering15:167–197, (2014)

Evaluating Shortfalls in Mixed-Integer Programming Approaches for the Optimal Design and Dispatch of Distributed Generation Systems

K. Pruitt, R.J. Braun, A. Newman

Applied Energy102:386–398, (2013)

Establishing Conditions for the Economic Viability of Fuel Cell-Based, Combined Heat and Power Distributed Generation Systems

K. Pruitt, R.J. Braun, A. Newman

Applied Energy, 111:904–920, (2013)

Application of SOFCs in Combined Heating, Cooling and Power Systems

R.J. Braun and P. Kazempoor

Chap. 12 in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: From Materials to System Modeling, T.S. Zhao and M. Ni, editors, Energy and Environment Series No. 7, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, U.K. (2013)

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MODELING AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION SYSTEMS

RENEWABLES AND GRID-ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS