Tubular stabilized zirconia support tube

The tubular design is probably the best-known design. It has been developed by Westinghouse (now Siemens Power generation) [8]. The first concept that was pursued by Westinghouse consisted of an air electrode supported fuel cell tube. In earlier days the tubes were made from calcium-stabilized zirconia on which the active cell components were sprayed. Nowadays this porous supported tube (PST) is replaced by a doped lanthanum manganite (LaMn) air electrode tube (AES) that increases the power density by about 35 %. The LaMn tubes are extruded and sintered and serve as the air electrode. The other cell components are deposited on this construction by plasma spraying. 

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