Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) are expected to become a key technology of future decentralised energy supply. Electrical efficiencies of more than 50 % at a power of only 1 kW obtained with natural gas from the grid show the outstanding potentials of this technology.

The SOFC has reached by now a maturity, where the integration into real-world products can be tackled. Stacks with more than 15,000 operation hours with degradation rates lower than 1 % / 1000 h and 150 thermal cycles without any degradation have been successfully operated. Nevertheless, considerable investment is required to proof stack durability of 40,000 and more hours, bring systems out of the laboratory status and decrease costs by mass-manufactured stacks and system components.

Applications like Combined Heat and Power Units (CHP) or stationary and mobile power generators are predestined for the usage of the SOFC. In environments, where an all the year round heat demand exists, SOFC systems are ideally suited to satisfy customers demands with long service intervals, low noise levels and minimal emissions.

EBZ has developed and operated several generations of fuel cell systems with different gas processing types and stack technologies. Only recently, the 3 kW_el Research and Demonstration Unit in cooperation with stack manufacturer staxera as well as the 2 kW_el SOFC system that was developed in the framework of the European project Flame-SOFC were successfully integrated and operated.

EBZ offers it competences in stack integration and system development to bring the SOFC technology to the market. It has 8 years of experiences in the SOFC technology and 4 generations of system development experiences. EBZ cooperates with leading research institutes and companies in the SOFC sector. In addition EBZ has gained comprehensive expertise as member in several EU research projects. Contact us and profit from our expertise!

EBZ and staxera, one of the world-wide leading SOFC stack suppliers, have agreed into a cooperation to develop SOFC systems in the 20 kW range with electrical efficiencies between 50 and 60 %.