15th Annual SECA Workshop

15th Annual SECA Workshop
Sheraton-Station Square
Pittsburgh, PA
July 22-23, 2014

Tuesday July 22, 2014

Plenary Talks Moderator: Travis Shultz, U.S. DOE, NETL

• Welcome and Introduction
  Heather Quedenfeld, Director of Advanced Energy Systems Division
  U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• NETL’s Fuel Cell Program Overview
  Shailesh Vora, Technology Manager for Fuel Cells
  U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Reliable Electricity Based on Electrochemical Systems (REBELS) Lower Cost Devices with New Functionality           
  John Lemmon, U.S. Department of Energy, ARPA-E Program Director
• IGFC and NGFC Pathway Studies – Estimation of Stack Degradation Costs and Salient Results      
  Arun Iyengar, Booz Allen Hamilton 

Industry Teams Moderator:  Joseph Stoffa, U.S.  DOE, NETL
National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Power System Development                      
  Rick Kerr, Delphi
• LGFCS SOFC Technology and SECA Program Update
  Rich Goettler, LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc.
• Advances in Development of SOFC Technology at FuelCell Energy
  Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh, FuelCell Energy, Inc.

PNNL, ORNL, and NETL - ORD Support for SECA: Joseph Stoffa, U.S.  DOE, NETL

• Joint presentation from PNNL and ORNL on Engineered Glass Seal for SOFCs
  Jeff Stevenson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  Edgar Lara-Curzio, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• SOFC Operational Degradation: Models and Diagnostic Tools
  Kirk Gerdes, U.S. Department of Energy
  National Energy Technology Laboratory

Cathodes Moderator: Briggs White, U.S. DOE, NETL

• Revealing Cathode Surfaces under Operations
  William Chueh, Stanford University

Wednesday July 23, 2014

Plenary Talks Moderator: Joseph Stoffa, U.S. DOE, NETL

• Interconnect Studies under the SECA program
  Briggs White, Advanced Energy Systems Division,
  U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Cathodes Moderator: Briggs White, U.S. DOE, NETL

• Enhancement of SOFC Cathode Electrochemical Performance Using Multi-Phase Interfaces
  Dane Morgan, University of Wisconsin
• Carbon Dioxide Effects on LSCF Cathodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Srikanth Gopalan, Boston University
• Study of the Durability of Doped Lanthanum Manganite and Cobaltite Based Cathode Materials under “Real World” Air Exposure Atmospheres
  Prabhakar Singh, University of Connecticut
• Mechanistic Enhancement of SOFC Cathode Durability
  Eric Wachsman, University of Maryland Energy Research Center
• Understanding the Effect of Contaminants on Cathode Performance
  Meilin Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Fundamental Understanding of Oxygen Reduction and Reaction Behavior and Developing High Performance and Stable Hetero-structured Cathodes
  Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University
• Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Enhancement Through a Vacuum-Assisted Infiltration Technique
  Greg Tao, Materials and Systems Research Inc.

Core Technology Projects Moderator: Patcharin Burke U.S. DOE, NETL

• Modeling Tools for SOFC Design and Analysis
  Brian Koeppel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• SOFC Protection Coatings Based on a Cost-Effective Aluminization Process
  Neil Kidner, NexTech

Posters

• Nickel Coarsening Study on SOFCs Operated at High Fuel Utilization
  Olga Marina, Larry Chick, Dan Edwards, Jeff Stevenson
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Development of Dip Coating Processed Reactive Air Aluminization for Planar SOFC Stacks
  Jung Pyung Choi, Jeff Stevenson, Diana Tran, Jeff Bonnett, Yeong-Shyung Chou
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• In-Operando XRD of LSCF Cathodes on Anode-Supported SOFCs in Humid Air
  John Hardy, Jared Templeton, Chris Coyle, Jeff Stevenson
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Evaluation of Stack Performance Using Updated SOFC-MP Modeling Tools
  Kevin Lai, Brian Koeppel, Wei Xu
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Recent Progress of Stack Fixture Tests at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  Yeong-Shyung Chou, Jung-Pyung Choi, Jeff Stevenson, Elizabeth Stephens
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Mechanical Reliability Predictions for Compliant Engineering Seal Designs
  Wei Xu, Elizabeth Stephens, Brian Koeppel
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Compliant Glass Seal Development at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  Y-S Matt Chou, Jung-Pyung Choi, Jeffry Stevenson
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Engineered Glass Seals for SOFCs
  Edgar Lara-Curzio
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Alkali-Free Viscous Sealing Glasses for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  CW Kim, Joe Szabo, Ray Crouch, Rob Baird
  MO-SCI Corporation
• Development of Cost-Effective YSZ Coating Methods for SOFC Interconnects
  CW Kim, Joe Szabo, Duage Spurgin
  MO-SCI Corporation
• YSZ Coated Ferritic Stainless Steel
  Raymond Winter
  InnoSense, LLC
• Cost Effective Highly Robust SOFC Interconnect Process
  Jeff Roeder, Peter Van Buskirk, Joe Barton, Carl Willman, Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh
  Sonata, LLC
• Electrodeposited Mn-Co Alloy Coating for SOFC Interconnects
  H.A. McCrabb, Savidra Lucatero, T.D. Hall, H. Zhang, X. Liu, S. Synder, E.J. Taylor
  Faraday Technology, Inc./WVU
• On the Mechanisms of Cathode Degradation in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A phase-field model
  Liang Hong, Jia-Mian Hu, Linyun Liang, Kirk Gerdes, Long-Qing Chen
  NETL/Penn State University
• Bayesian Calibration in Electrical Conductivity Relaxation and Electrode Modeling
  David Mebane, Josh Blair, Giuseppe Brunello, Kirk Gerdes
  WVU/NETL
• Surface Transport Mechanism & Bi-pathway ORR Kinetics for SOFC Cathode
  Hui Zhang, Mingyang Gong, Kirk Gerdes, Xingbo Liu
  NETL/WVU
• Transient Aging Behavior of LSM in Response to Thermal Gradients
  Harry Abernathy, Harry Finklea, David Mebane, Xueyan Song, Yun-Chen, Kirk Gerdes
  NETL/WVU
• Electrochemical Impedance Analyses of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Harry Finklea, Kirk Gerdes, Shiwoo Lee, Lynn Fann, Gregory Hackett, Harry Abernathy
  WVU/NETL
• Analysis of SOFC Impedance Using Simulation and Experiment Together
  I. B. Celik, T. Yang, H. O. Finklea , K. Gerdes
  WVU/NETL
• Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Study of Metal Ferrite Infiltrated LSM/YSZ Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Yueying Lynn Fan, Shiwoo Lee, Kirk Gerdes
  NETL
• Bio-Template Assisted Nano-Catalyst Impregnation of SOFC Electrodes
  Ozcan Ozmen, Shiwoo Lee, Kirk Gerdes, John Zondlo, Katarzyna & Edward Sabolsky
  NETL/WVU
• Long Term Operation Stability of Interfacial Nanostructure from the Anode and Cathode of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Xueyan Song, Yun Chen, Shiwoo Lee, Kirk Gerdes
  WVU / NETL
• Nanoscale X-ray Computed Tomography of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes
  Billy Epting, Shawn Litster, Kirk Gerdes, Paul Salvador
  NETL/Carnegie Mellon University
• Electrochemical Evaluation of a Planer SOFC Under Phosphine Induced Degradation
  H Sezer, T Yang. IB Celik
  NETL/WVU
• Mitigation of Degradation Associated with Elevated Steam Content in SOFC Cathode Oxidant by Surface Modification
  Shiwoo Lee, Gregory Hackett, Kirk Gerdes
  NETL
• Strategies to Mitigate the Degradation of LSCF Cathodes Exposed to Various Contaminants (Cr, H₂0, and CO₂)
  Dong Ding, Xiaxi Li, Samson Lai, Meilin Liu
  Georgia Institute of Technology
• Carbon Dioxide Effects on LSCF Cathodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Srikanth Gopalan
  Boston University
• Mechanistic Understanding of LSM Cathode Interaction with H₂0 and CO₂
  Boxun Hu, Manoj Mahapatra, Vinit Sharma, Rampi Ramprasad, Nguyen Minh, Scott Misture, Prabhakar Singh
  U Conn/Univ of CA San Diego/Alfred Univ
• Understanding and Mitigating Reactivity of LSM with YSZ
  Kyle McDevitt, Boxun Hu, Manoj Mahapatra, Vinit Sharma, Rampi Ramprasad, Nguyeh Minh, Prabhakar Singh, Scott Misture
  Alfred U/U Conn/U Cal-San Diego
• Cationic Surface Segregation in Doped LaMnO₃ : A first Principles Thermodynamics Study
  Vinit Sharma, Sridevi Krishnan, Boxun Hu, Manoj Mahapatra, Nguyen Minh, Scott Misture Prabhakar Singh, Rampi Ramprasad
  U Conn/U Cal-San Diego/Alfred U
• Microstructural and Performance Changes in LSM-Based SOFC Cathodes Under Extended Operation
  Naima Hilli, Hsiang-Jen Wang, Harshil Parikh, Zhengliang Xing, Zhien Liu, Richard Goettler, Mark R. De Guire, Arthur H. Heuer
  LG and Case Western
• Understanding the Performance of p-type Perovskite Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes Using Non-Linear Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
  TJ McDonald, TC Geary, SB Adler
  U Washington-Seattle
• Ab initio Based Modeling of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes
  Yueh-Lin Lee, Milind Gadre, Dane Morgan
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
• The effect of (La,Sr)2CoO4±δ/La0.8Sr0.2MO3-δ (M = Co, Fe) Hetero-interface on Oxygen Surface Exchange Kinetics and Stability
  Dongkyu Lee1, Yueh-Lin Lee1, Wesley T. Hong1, Michael D. Biegalski2, and Yang Shao-Horn1
  MIT and ORNL
• Effects of Sr Doping on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Kinetics of La2NiO4+δ Cathode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Bo Guan, Hui Zhang, Wenyuan Li, Xingbo Liu
  West Virginia University
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Application to Unconventional Oil and Gas Recovery from Oil Shale
  Rick Kerr, J Bonadies, M Wall
  Delphi
• Pressurized Operation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stacks
  John Izzo
  NUWC
• Carbon-based Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
  Steven Chuang
  University of Akron
• Long-Term Degradation of LSM-Based SOFC Cathodes:
  Mark R. De Guire, Arthur H. Heuer,
  Case Western Reserve
• Use of a Proven Accelerated Test Regimen
  Zhien Liu
• Development and Characterization of High Performance and Robust Mixed Conducting Cathodes Supportive of Lower Cost SOFCs
  Xiao-Dong Zhou, Hwa-Young Jung, Zhengliang Xing, Zhien Liu, and Rich Goettler
  U. South Carolina/LGFCS
• Durable, Impermeable Brazes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  Yue Qi, Thomas R. Bieler, Stephanie Surface, Rick Kerr, and Jason D. Nicholas
  Michigan State U and Delphi
• SOFC Quality Control and the Role of Manufacturing Defects on Stack Longevity
  Neil Fernandes, Wensheng Wang, Michael Ulsh
  Acumentrics
• Materials and Approaches for the Mitigation of SOFC Cathode Degradation in SOFC Power Systems
  Prabhakar Singh, Manoj Mahapatra, Boxun Hu, and Rampi Ram Prasad
  UConn
• Mitigation of Chromium Impurity Effects and Degradation in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Understanding Transport and Thermodynamics
  Soumendra Basu, Uday Pal, Emily Ryan and Srikanth Gopalan
  Boston
• Scalable and Cost-effective Barrier Layer Coating to Improve Stability and Performance of SOFC Cathode
  Xingbo Liu, Scott Barnett
  WVU/Northwestern U.
• Cost-Effective Manufacturing and Morphological Stabilization of Nanostructured Cathodes for Commercial SOFCs
  Anthony Yu, RJ Gorte, JM Vohs, K Huang, H Ghezel-Ayagh
  UPenn/U of SC/FCE

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