Rolls Royce Fuel Cell Systems

Personal Communication, Mr. Stephen H. Pike, Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems, Ltd., Chamwood Building, Holywell Park, Ashby Road, Loughborough LE11 3GR, UK, Phone 444 1509 225439. 

Scale-up of the IP-SOFC to multi-tens of kW Level (MF-SOFC) (Rolls-Royce Fuel Cells systems (UK), Ris0 National Laboratory (DK), Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (UK), Caz de France (F), Advanced Ceramics (F)). 

This case is of particular importance because it represents the configuration of the Integrated Planar SOFC (IP-SOFC) developed by Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems, the tubular configuration developed by Siemens Power Corporation, and the segmented configuration. 

An integrated planar stack as a hybrid between tubular and planar technology, as, for instance, developed by Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems [32], referred to in the following as IP design ... 

The integrated planar (IP) SOFC stack concept, for instance, applied by Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems, uses an array of series-connected cells deposited by screen printing onto a flat support tube, a schematic cross section of which is shown Fig. 21.23. The support tube, an inert, porous ceramic, is fabricated from a magnesia magnesium aluminate spinel (MMA), whereby the desired coefficient of thermal expansion is adjusted by the ratio of the base materials [76]. 

Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank the teams at Forschungszentrum Mich (FZJ), Deutsches Zentrum fiir Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems (RRFCS), ECN, and EdF/EIfER for their support in the project Real-SOFC, as well as the other consortium members for the fruitful discussions on life cycle analysis issues. 

Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Limited (2008) Life cycle inventory analysis of the IP-SOFC stack concept. Real-SOFC Project, Realising reliable, durable energy efficient and cost effective SOFC systems. Integrated EU project nnder the 6th framework programme... 

Fact Sheet Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell System for Stationary Power Generation , Rolls-Royce, Fuel Cell Systems Limited, Leicestershire, England October, 2006. 

A number of companies are working with SOFCs. Some of the main players relevant to this text are Ceramic Fuel Cells, Ceres Power, Kyocera, MHI, Rolls Royce Fuel Cells, Siemens Westinghouse and Versa Power Systems (Figures 2.12 and 2.13). 

Figure 6.8 Mockup of the Rolls Royce 1 MW SOFC/turbine hybrid system Source Rolls Royce Fuel Cells...

Agnew G D, 2001, The Rolls Royce development programme for pressurised hybrid fuel cell systems. In Seventh Grove Fuel Cell Symposium, London, Article in Delegates Manual. 

The components of a Rolls-Royce 1 MW SOFC system, in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 10 (SOFC-X) - lOih Interna-tional Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-X), June 3 8, 2007, Nara, Japan, ECS Transactions, vol. 7 (1) (eds. K. Eguchi, J. Mizusaki, S. Singhal, and H. Yokokawa), Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, p. 105. 

Magistri L, Bozzolo M, Tamowski O, Agnew G, Massardo AF (2007) Design and off-design analysis of a MW hybrid system based on Rolls-Royce integrated planar solid oxide fuel cells. J Eng Gas Turbines Power 129 792-797... 

Rolls Royce is working on developing a 1 MW fuel cell/turbine hybrid system, with a demonstration product date of 2008. The system, of which an artist s impression is shown in Figure 6.8, has four 250kW units linked together. 

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