Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance SECA

Nowak, R.J., A DARPA perspective on small fuel cells for the military, in Proceedings Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Workshop, Arlington, VA, 29 March 2001. 

In a much more optimistic article in (Williams, 2002), the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) predicts 400/kW from versatile 3-10 kW SOECs from Siemens Westinghouse or Cummins Power/McDermott Technology. Vehicle applications of the SOEC are included in a wide range of market values. 

The DOE has continued its support of McDermott s program by selecting the Cummins Power Generation/McDermott team for a 74 million award under its Solid-State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA). The team will develop a 10 kW SOFC system for auxiliary power in RVs and commercial work vehicles and for emergency power at remote telecommunications sites. MTI has offices in Alliance, Ohio and Lynchburg, Virginia." ... 

The last edition of the Fuel Cell Handbook was published in November, 2002. Since that time, the Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA-www.seca.doe.gov) has funded activities to bring about dramatic reductions in fuel cell costs, and rates as the most important event to report on since the 2000 edition. SECA industry teams have continued to evaluate and test fuel cell designs, candidate materials, manufacturing methods, and balance-of-plant subsystems. SECA s goal is to cut costs to as low as 400 per kilowatt by the end of this decade, which would make fuel cells competitive for virtually every type of power application. The initiative signifies the Department s objective of developing a modular, all-solid-state fuel cell that could be mass-produced for different uses much the way electronic components are manufactured and sold today. 

Surdoval, W., S.C. Singhal, and G.L. McVay. The Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) - A U S. Department of Energy Initiative to Promote the Development of Mass Customized Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Low-Cost Power, in SOFC VII. 2000. Tsukuba, Japan The Electrochemical Society Proceedings. 

Minh, N., Andrews, R. and Campbell, T. (2(X)4) General Electric Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) solid oxide fuel cell program. Fuel Cell program Annual Report, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, pp. 27-32. 

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