Progress in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy's Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Program. (13th January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vora, Shailesh D; Jesionowski, Gary; Williams, Mark Christopher
• Is Part Of: ECS transactions. Volume 96:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 11
• Page End: 23
• Publication Date: 2020-01-13
• Subjects: Electrochemistry -- Periodicals; Electrochemistry; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Electronic journal; 541.37
• DOI: 10.1149/09601.0011ecst
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1938-5862

Abstract

Abstract : The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy (FE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Program is committed to developing efficient, low-cost electricity from natural gas for MWe-class distributed generation applications in the near-term. In the long-term, the Program is focused on natural gas and coal based central power generation applications with carbon capture; maintaining cell development and core technology research to increase the reliability, robustness, and durability of cell, stack, and system technology; and providing the technology base to permit cost-competitive distributed generation applications. The program is a unique balance of strategically oriented research and development activities spanning fundamental research to prototype testing. The SOFC Program collaborates and coordinates with other fuel cell programs government-wide, including ARPA-E and DOE EERE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Office. The progress of these activities, along with the status of the program's integrated systems tests and the roadmap to deploy a MWe-class natural gas-fueled distributed generation system, will be presented.