Auxiliary power units (APUs) offer the possibility to produce electricity onboard a vehicle, such as a truck, without using the main engine. For logistic reasons, APUs must use the same fuel as the main engine, and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) offer the advantage of being able to operate on reformates of fuels, such as diesel, gasoline, or jet fuel, not requiring further gas processing steps to convert the reformate into pure hydrogen. One characteristic feature of the catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX)/SOFC concept is that the system, including reformer and stack, operates at around 800°C. To improve robustness and reliability and to reduce the material cost of SOFC cells and stacks, a significant interest in metal‐supported SOFC has appeared during the last decade. Development of next generation stack technology based on metal‐supported SOFC for APU has been carried out in the European project METSOFC coordinated by Topsoe fuel cell (TOFC).
Fuel Cell Systems for APU. SOFCCell, Stack, and Systems
Fuel Cells : Data, Facts and Figures ; 248-256
2016-02-01
9 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English