This project proposes to use poorly investigated functional materials and multifunctional coatings, to create a real – time kinetic model expressed by kinetic differential equations, which could evaluate undergoing processes of mass transfer and catalysis in single – chamber solid oxide fuel cells (SC-SOFC). Moreover, a model will be created, which could evaluate solid electrolyte phase structure of fuel cell, texture and roughness of the surface and their influence to the SOFC performance and basic characteristics. These activities will be carried out in order to develop methods for synthesis of functional oxides materials and their layers, to prepare the technologies for obtaining oxide materials and their layers, to investigate the opportunities to deposit the metallic coatings on dielectrics by using different types of reducers (charge transfer, hydrogen etc.); to investigate their physical and chemical properties, to optimize these processes and create technologies capable of fulfilling them (Order of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania on priority research and experimental (social, cultural) development and the development of innovation (smart specialization) direction; New Production Processes, Materials and Technologies; for the approval of priority action plans of 2015 February 20 No. V-133/4-88, 2.5.10 -11). The aim is to ensure that the R&D activities envisaged in the project will enable the introduction of functional oxidizing materials, their layers and the technologies for their production into the market. The aim of this project is to perform quantitative analysis of chemical – physical mass transfer and catalysis processes occurring in single – chamber solid oxide fuel cells (SCSOFC) and to determine the influence of morphology of functional films on solid oxide fuel cells performance and characteristics. This project will ensure ecosystem stability and promote economic orientation towards high benefit, sustainable use of resources.
Project funding:
This research project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund according to the 2014–2020 Operational Programme for the European Union Funds’ Investments, under measure’s No. 01.2.2-LMT-K-718 activity “Research Projects Implemented by World-class Researcher Groups to develop R&D activities relevant to economic sectors, which could later be commercialized”.
Project results:
The main project result is open source software that will enable the quantitative and qualitative description of the fuel cell components, e.g. solid electrolyte and electrodes, formation processes as well as the kinetic mass transfer and catalytic processes in SC-SOFC. The open source software developed during the project will be published at the website of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. It will be freely available and will be disseminated during the scientific events. The projects research aims to develop the technology of single-chamber solid oxide fuel cells and create preconditions for their commercialization at national and, preferably, international level. Scientific results will be published in international journals indexed in the Web of Science (5 articles) and presented at 9 international conferences.
Project documents:
Description of the software “SINGLE-CHAMBER SOFC PROCESS MODELLING”. | |
The software “SINGLE-CHAMBER SOFC PROCESS MODELLING”. | BIADKCMGGEQ7PDX |
Period of project implementation: 2017-12-20 - 2022-06-19
Project coordinator: Kaunas University of Technology
