Objective Today ceramic anode-supported SOFC cells represent the state-of-the-art with respect to high-temperature fuel cells. However the use of ceramic SOFC cells inherently impose limits in terms of reliability, cost and ability to handle transients. The objective of the METSOFC project is to develop the next generation of metal based SOFC stack technology. Within the project metal supported SOFC cells will be developed and tested and new metallic stack materials will be developed and tested as well, including new robust insulating seals between layers. Finally, the developed stacks will be tested up to the 1 kWe level. The METSOFC project consists of six work packages: WP1 Product and test definition WP2 Materials and components WP3 Cells WP4 Stacks WP5 Testing WP6 Dissemination and exploitation of project results The METSOFC consortium comprises a strong vertically integrated team, representing all core competences necessary to carry out the development. Between them, the partners have the sufficient experience and position to ensure that the technology developed will be market oriented and industrially relevant. The members of the METSOFC consortium have also been selected to provide the LEANEST and most efficient organisation possible. All the members have prior collaboration experience in other bilateral and multilateral partnerships. Metal based SOFC stack technology will improve functionality, reliability and reproducibility and reduce manufacturing cost of SOFC stacks, in particular for APU applications which require fast start up and thermal cycling, carbon containing fuel gas, high current density, chock vibration resistance, fast transients in electrical loads, and red-ox cycling. Current state-of-the-art anode-supported cells rely upon nickel/zirconia materials that will not be able to meet neither the technical requirements, nor the future allowable total cost for SOFC systems (such as the approximately 350 EUR per kilowatt). Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramicsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfuel cells Keywords Auxiliary Power Units (APU) SOFC SOFC interconnect fuel cells metal based metal supported SOFC stack technology Programme(s) FP7-ENERGY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy Topic(s) ENERGY-2007-1.1-02 - Basic research on materials and processes for High Temperature Fuel Cells (SOFC & MCFC) Call for proposal FP7-ENERGY-2007-1-RTD See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator TOPSOE FUEL CELL A/S EU contribution € 778 791,00 Address Nymoellevej 55 2800 LYNGBY Denmark See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nikolai Saxil Jørgensen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALLEIMA TUBE AB Sweden EU contribution € 306 561,00 Address Storgatan 2 811 81 Sandviken See on map Region Norra Sverige Norra Mellansverige Gävleborgs län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Mikael Schuisky (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SANDVIK OSPREY LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 170 952,50 Address Milland Road, Red Jacket Works SA11 1NJ NEATH See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Martin Kearns (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 1 107 843,50 Address ANKER ENGELUNDS VEJ 101 2800 Kongens Lyngby See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Københavns omegn Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Séverine Ramousse (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AVL LIST GMBH Austria EU contribution € 370 690,00 Address HANS-LIST-PLATZ 1 8020 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Josef Affenzeller (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOGSKOLA AB Sweden EU contribution € 581 688,00 Address - 412 96 GOTEBORG See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Christina Sjogren (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE Germany EU contribution € 271 320,00 Address KAISERSTRASSE 12 76131 Karlsruhe See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Bettina Von Hagens (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data