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Manufacturing Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for the Sulzer Hexis Stationary System
Author(s) -
Voisard Cyril
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of applied ceramic technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1744-7402
pISSN - 1546-542X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2004.tb00152.x
Subject(s) - cogeneration , solid oxide fuel cell , raw material , process engineering , cost reduction , materials science , ceramic , production (economics) , fuel cells , productivity , manufacturing engineering , oxide , waste management , electricity generation , business , chemical engineering , engineering , metallurgy , chemistry , power (physics) , physics , macroeconomics , organic chemistry , electrode , quantum mechanics , marketing , economics , anode
Concomitantly to its main objective of cost reduction per electrical kilowatt of stationary fuel cell stacks, Sulzer Hexis Ltd. (Switzerland) is developing the first commercial cogeneration solid oxide fuel cell system (SOFC) available on the market. This will be possible by fine technology optimization combined with using mass‐production compatible equipment. After several years of R&D in ceramic processing techniques, Sulzer Hexis is now able to manufacture solid oxide fuel cells with competitive production costs. Moreover, these costs will be further reduced thanks to scale effect given by large production volumes. The tight collaboration with both raw material and equipment suppliers has enabled Sulzer Hexis to significantly improve both the cell performance and productivity.