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Experimental Procedures & First Results of an Innovative Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Test Rig: Parametric Analysis and Stability Test

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  • Luca Del Zotto

    (Department of Engineering Sciences, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, 00193 Rome, Italy)

  • Andrea Monforti Ferrario

    (ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources (TERIN-PSU-ABI), 00123 Rome, Italy)

  • Arda Hatunoglu

    (Department of Engineering Sciences, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, 00193 Rome, Italy)

  • Alessandro Dell’Era

    (Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate per l’Ingegneria, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Stephen McPhail

    (ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources (TERIN-PSU-ABI), 00123 Rome, Italy)

  • Enrico Bocci

    (Department of Engineering Sciences, Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi, 00193 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells are a promising technology for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) are a promising technology For high-efficiency electrochemical conversion of a vast range of fuel gas mixtures, thigh operating temperature conditions (650–900 °C) represent a challenge both at system level and at laboratory testing level, in terms of material properties and performance dynamics. In this work a detailed procedural analysis is presented for an innovative all-ceramic compact SOFC test rig and first experimental testing results are reported in terms of polarization curves obtained under parametric variation of operating conditions (H 2 content, air ratio λ and temperature) and short-term voltage stability test under load (140 h at 0.3 A/cm 2 ). The electrochemical characterization results confirm the validity of the used all-ceramic cell holder, showing excellent cell performances in terms of polarization. H 2 content has the most impact on SOFC performance, followed by temperature and finally air ratio, whose impact in the analyzed range is hardly seen. From the short-term stability test, the test bench setup reliability is demonstrated, showing no significant performance degradation after 140 continuous hours under load, which confirms the high quality and reproducibility of the results.

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  • Luca Del Zotto & Andrea Monforti Ferrario & Arda Hatunoglu & Alessandro Dell’Era & Stephen McPhail & Enrico Bocci, 2021. "Experimental Procedures & First Results of an Innovative Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Test Rig: Parametric Analysis and Stability Test," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-19, April.
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