Num. Contratto:
621227

Coordinatore: ENEA (Italia)

Responsabile ENEA: MC PHAIL STEPHEN JOHN - TERIN-PSU-ABI (CASACCIA)

Ruolo ENEA: COORD

Sito Web: http://www.nellhi.eu/project

Programma Quadro: Settimo Programma Quadro R&ST (2007-2013)

Programma UE: JTI - Hydrogen - Joint Technology Initiatives - Idrogeno

Area Tematica: Energy - hydrogen

Tipo Progetto: CP - Progetto di collaborazione

Descrizione:

This project combines European know-how in single cells, coatings, sealing, and stack design to produce a novel 1 kW SOFC stack of unprecedented performance, together with the proof of concept of a 10 kWe SOFC stack. Improvements over the state of the art in cost, performance, efficiency, and reliability will be proven, covering all top-level objectives mentioned in the topic. The stacks will be developed according to system integrators’ requirements guided by an industrial steering group. The target application of the development is stationary and residential combined heat and power production based on natural gas, and will form the basis for Elcogen Oy’s commercial SOFC stack technology. All manufacturing methods, stack designs, and materials are chosen so that they are suitable for mass production and enable 1000 €/kW profitable stack price, which is a significant improvement to current state of the art. These methods, designs, and materials have been demonstrated successfully in small-scale and require the scale-up to suit manufacturing of 10 kWe SOFC stacks. For example, high performance of Elcogen cells and short stacks were already demonstrated with 100x100 mm2 cell size, but in this project cells and stack will be further improved and scaled up to larger 120x120 mm2 size. The project is based on the products of industrial partners and motivated by their interest to consolidate an optimized supply-chain and subsequently commercialize a high-performance product at very sharp prices. To this effect, the activity will pay great attention to designing the stack for mass production processes. One industrial partner is involved for each key function: Elcogen AS (cells), Elcogen Oy (stack assembly and production), Sandvik (interconnects and coatings), and Flexitallic Ltd (sealing). Selected research institutions complete the partnership to focus the development process towards a reliable product.

Attività svolta da ENEA:

L'ENEA coordina il progetto e supervisiona le fasi di disseminazione dei risultati. L'ENEA è anche coinvolta nelle attività di R&S sperimentale previste. L'attività di ricerca ENEA ha l'obiettivo la caratterizzazione delle celle prodotte da ELCOM AS, il feed back nel processo di ottimizzazione e la qualità delle celle finali ottenute con il processo di produzione che rifletterà il processo su scala industriale. La stessa attività vale per la qualifica dei piatti bipolari sviluppati da Sandvick che si svolgeranno presso il Centro Ricerche ENEA CASACCIA.

Note:

Posizione:
1337

Codice Atto:
0HI15

Atto di approvazione ENEA:
121/2014/COMM

Unità alla stipula:
UTRINN-IFC

Costo eleggibile del Progetto: 2.858.447,00

Contributo al Progetto: 1.633.895,00

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Costo eleggibile per ENEA: 510.560,00

Contributo ad ENEA: 335.856,00

Anno di stipula:
2014

Durata in mesi:
37

Data di inizio:
01-04-2014

Data di scadenza:
30-04-2017