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Real-SOFC
“Realising Reliable, Durable Energy Efficient and Cost Effective SOFC Systems”
The aim of the EU Integrated Project Real-SOFC is to solve the persisting problems of ageing with planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) in a concerted action of the European fuel cell industry and research institutions. This includes gaining full understanding of degradation processes, finding solutions to reduce ageing and producing improved materials that will then be tested in stacks. In this process further consideration will be given to the design of cost effective materials, low cost components and optimised manufacturing processes. During the first project year a joint effort was undertaken to harmonise cell and stack test procedure across the European Partners. From these cell and stack testing results the impact of operation conditions on the degradation was determined for different cell and stack designs. Up to now, the potential of new or optimised materials for electrodes electrolytes interconnects and coatings has been evaluated on a fundamental but also technically relevant level. Candidate materials are now being integrated into cells and stack to evaluate their performance. A list of publically available results from this projects can be 
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Significant improvement of GENERATION-3 SOFC stacks at
Forschungszentrum Jülich link HTceramix (S-Design) stack reached 5000 hours of operation EDF measured HTceramix stack over 3000 hours of operation with a
degradation rate of only 1% per 1000 hours Gaz de France takes up thermal cycling
of SOFC stacks Year 4 Real-SOFC progress summary report now available |
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