SOFC
HELP Design
HELP Applications
Appendix
Fuel Cells in General
SOFC's in General
Terms & Conditions
Hydro-pyrolysis
Welcome to SOFC.nl Holding B.V. fuel cells.
A novel SOFC type fuel cell, invented by Jaspers and van Dongen
Link to licensee Circonica
We present a novel non-sinterbonded Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) with Hollow Electrodes and Loose Plates (HELP) which:
- has ultra low cost by use of loose stacking of planar single material elements
- has ultra low cost by use of conventional ceramic injection molding manufacturing techniques (CIM)
- gas channel design in hollow electrode enables direct internal reforming of (e-)fuel feeds (DIR)
- avoids the sinter bonding related cracking and material compatibility problems
which are common in existing "conventional" SOFC designs - no Triple Phase Boundary; full hollow electrode inner surface is active
- increases reliability with low pressure drop over hollow electrode chambers
- the non-monolythic design poses a large freedom of material choice,
because matching of expansion coefficients is no longer required - its tubular connectors prevent gas leakages at the manifolds
This site explains how this new Solid Oxide Fuel Cell design solves cracking and material compatibility problems during thermal cycling, shows its electrochemistry and mentions several interesting fields of application.
Also it is revealed how a high degree of reliability can be gained and why application of a currently available and thus cost effective injection molding production technique can be used.
Interesting possibilities arise for wide application of SOFC's in the field of environmental friendly and efficient energy conversion of a range of fossil fuels, bio-fuels as well as renewable hydrogen.
Thus, it very well serves the seemless transition from the current fossil energy economy into a sustainable energy economy.