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Fuel Cells/Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA)
News Archive
- FuelCell Energy’s Stack Boosts Power and Minimizes Degradation
FuelCell Energy has developed a new solid oxide fuel cell stack design that boosts the overall power output of the fuel cell stack by nearly 50%. FuelCell Energy also achieved a voltage degradation rate of 1.3% per 1000 hours after testing the fuel cells for 26,000 hours of operation. This breakthrough by FuelCell Energy of greater power from the fuel cell stack while minimizing fuel cell degradation pushes it further towards meeting SECA’s goal of a market ready, affordable solid oxide fuel cell ready by the year 2010. (5/05)
- Siemens New Stack Design Increases Power Density
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation has developed a new design for its SECA solid oxide fuel cell stack. Their new design increases the surface area of the fuel cell by 40%, increasing its areal power density -- the power a fuel cell can produce per a unit area and important for reducing material cost . The new design also increases cell power and permits packing 50% more cells into the same volume required for the old stack design, thus reducing manufacturing and packaging cost. These developments reduce the size and material used in the stack, a significant step towards producing a market ready $400/kW SOFC by 2010. (5/05)
- New Electronic Technology Advances Fuel Cell Development
Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a converter that can boost low direct current voltage produced by solid oxide fuel cells to the higher voltage required for conversion to alternating current for household and commercial applications.(2/05)
- Major Milestone Met in Government-Industry Drive to Develop Affordable Fuel Cell
Delphi Corp., a partner in the U.S. DOE's advanced fuel cell development program, has reported that it has exceeded the power density level required to meet the government's $400 per kilowatt cost goal for fuel cells. (1/05)
- Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Surpasses Fuel Utilization Goal
The fuel cell designs of all SECA Industrial Teams (Acumentrics, Delphi , FuelCell Energy, General Electric, and Siemens Westinghouse) each achieved fuel utilization values exceeding the interim program goal of 60%. Fuel utilization is the fraction of fuel entering the cell that reacts electrochemically to produce electric power, and it relates directly to the efficiency of a fuel cell and its associated lack of emissions. High fuel utilization is a key early performance milestone for reaching the cost goal of $400 per kilowatt and the system net-electrical efficiency goal of 40-60% by 2010. (1/05)
- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells to Advance Zero-Emissions Energy, New Research Will Help Fuel Cells Move to Commercial Viability
This Techline announces eleven new SECA Core Technology Program projects. (7/04)
- NETL Opens Fuel Cell/Turbine Hybrid Research Facility
This Techline announces the newly operational Hybrid Performance Facility—called the HYPER facility. (5/04)
- World’s First Coal Mine Methane Fuel Cell Powers Up in Ohio, New Technology Mitigates Coal Mine Methane Emissions, Produces Electricity
This Techline announces the FuelCell Energy coal mine methane demonstration. (10/03)
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