Objective "Solid oxide fuel cells for stationary power have been researched since the late 1980s as potentially high efficiency and environmentally friendly means to generate electricity. Since that time substantial progress has been made however obstacles remain to reach industrial exploitation.For end users, the cost of electricity not only the cost of the fuel cell is of primary concern. This cost is driven by: the capital cost of the installed plant; the net plant efficiency that determines the fuel cost; the availability of the plant due to the reliability and ease of maintenance; and the emissions of pollutants including NOx and CO2 that may limit where the plant can be sited or incur additional costs. Most of these parameters are driven by the balance of plant which is hence critical to the success of SOFCs and to reaping their enormous benefits for Europe.Hybrid SOFCs offer the best potential for low cost and high efficiency but are also the most challenging in terms of balance of plant. Many components need to work together in a high temperature and pressure environment. Finding low cost and reliable solutions is therefore demanding and suitable ‘off the shelf’ components are not available.By changing the scale at which balance of plant functions are integrated, the C3SOFC project aims to develop solutions that satisfy the functional specifications of different users and achieve the corresponding measurable targets in terms of availability and cost. Large components with thermal expansion challenges will be reduced from system to block scale. Others requiring fabrication will be reduced to a scale where they can be integrated with other components manufactured by mass production techniques such as pressing. The future system architecture will be fault tolerant, greatly enhancing plant reliability.The final C3SOFC outcome will enable a technology and field demonstration that exceeds all the criteria of cost, performance and availability defined within the call." Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cells Programme(s) FP7-JTI - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Joint Technology Initiatives Topic(s) SP1-JTI-FCH.2010.3.3 - Component improvement for stationary power applications Call for proposal FCH-JU-2010-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme JTI-CP-FCH - Joint Technology Initiatives - Collaborative Project (FCH) Coordinator ROLLS-ROYCE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS LIMITED Address Moor lane DE24 8BJ Derby United Kingdom See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Philip Butler (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BOSAL EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS NV Belgium EU contribution € 716 036,00 Address Dellestraat 20 3560 Lummen See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Limburg (BE) Arr. Hasselt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Yves De Vos (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT - UND RAUMFAHRT EV Germany EU contribution € 463 974,00 Address Linder hohe 51147 Koln See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Maurer Matthias Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ISOLITE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 241 821,00 Address Industriestrasse 125 67063 Ludwigshafen See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Christian Eck (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA Italy EU contribution € 514 680,00 Address Via balbi 5 16126 Genova See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Pietro Zunino (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ARTTIC France EU contribution € 170 700,00 Address 39 rue des mathurins 75008 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Eric Papon (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
