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Hannes Weckmann Aspekte industrieller Fertigung von Festelektrolyt-Brennstoffzellen (SOFC) mittels thermischer Beschichtungsverfahren ISBN: 978-3-8322-9339-0 Prijs: 49,80 € / 99,60 SFR |
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| The present thesis deals with measures to optimize the large-volume production of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) based on thermal spraying technology. Based on the well-established Vacuum Plasma Spraying (VPS) at DLR the potential of alternative thermal spraying techniques as well as alternative base materials was investigated in order to deposit SOFC-anode, electrolyte and insulating layers. Production costs, reproducibility and long-term stability of the production process as well as the fuel cell performance were major target criteria. Depending on the parameter set applied when using the cost efficient Atmospheric Plasma Spraying (APS) in combination with Nickel-Graphite as base material a significant improvement of gas permeability and electrical conductivity was achieved in comparison to the VPS sprayed reference anode. The power density of a fuel cell with an APS-Nickel-Graphite anode (184 mW/cm{sup 2}) was slightly better than the performance with a VPS reference anode (159 mW/cm{sup 2}). In comparison to the VPS process, ceramic electrolyte layers of fully stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) with significantly higher gas tightness could be demonstrated when high energy processes such as Low Pressure Plasma Spraying (LPPS). Thin-film Low Pressure Plasma Spraying (LPPS-Thin-film) and High Velocity Oxy Fuel Spraying (HVOF) were applied. The power density of a fuel cell equipped with an HVOF electrolyte was significantly improved to 234 mW/cm{sup 2} as compared to 187 mW/cm{sup 2} with the VPS sprayed reference cell. Further improvement of the power density was achieved with an LPPS-electrolyte (273 mW/cm{sup 2}). HVOF and VPS sprayed layers of pure Spinel in composite with metallic active braze (equivalent to the sealing between individual layers in the fuel cell stack) could exceed the demanded charge transfer resistance of >1 k{omega}cm{sup 2} at 800 C operating temperature only in few cases. When blended base powder of Spinel and Magnesia in combination with the VPS was applied significantly higher charge transfer resistance of up to 1,7 M{omega}cm{sup 2} could be demonstrated at layer thicknesses between 20 {mu}m and 117 {mu}m. In the further course of the thesis an online controller was developed for the VPS process based on insitu process diagnostic systems in order to reproducibly produce thermal sprayed functional layers. In pretests the process diagnostic system Accuraspray appeared to be cable of identifying changes in the process by detecting particle properties in the spray torch. In order to serve as a knowledge base for the controller the plasma spraying process was successfully modelled as correlation between machine parameters, spray torch- und layer properties by using artificial neural networks (ANN). The ability for the generalization as well as the accuracy of the model was improved further by measures such as active learning (additional experiments at poorly represented regions) and the combination of several models with different network architectures as an ensemble (mixture of experts). Based on the artificial neural network model, an online process controller was developed, which manipulates major process parameters in case of a deviation in order to get back to the initial state. The ability of the prototype controller could be demonstrated successfully in most cases. (orig.) | |
| Bron: ETDE - Energy Database-production no.:DE10GD688 | |
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