first workshop

WORKSHOP

FROM BASIC TO APPLIED RESEARCH TOWARDS DURABLE AND RELIABLE FUEL CELLS

Focus on accelerated stress tests, degradation phenomena, fault modelling, advanced monitoring, diagnostics, prognostics and control of SOC and PEMFC

Workshop jointly organized by H2020 Projects AD ASTRA and RUBY

5 July 2022 – Lucerne (CH)

KKL – European Fuel Cell Forum 2022

TOPICS

The workshop gathers scientists and engineers from EU research and industry communities active on the broad area of Fuel Cell lifetime enhancement and advanced management. The speakers will describe the achievements on stress tests analysis and degradation of high temperature Solid Oxide Cells together with the work undergoing in the field of monitoring, diagnostics, prognostics and control of both SOFCs and PEMFCs. The partners of the projects AD ASTRA and RUBY will share the results of their efforts, connecting degradation phenomena, fault root causes and mathematical framework that serves for improved stack and balance of plant management. The event will address in a holistic framework the main topics that can lead to more performing stacks and competitive Fuel Cell Systems.

Accelerated stress test protocols for SOC

Prediction of degradation mechanisms for SOFC/SOEC stack components

Prediction of SOFC/SOEC Remaining Useful Life in real-time

Robust diagnosis of PEMFC via Artificial Intelligence and EIS

Data-driven and model-based diagnosis of SOFC cells and stacks

Data-driven and model-based diagnosis of PEMFC & SOFC BoP

Validation of performance of RUBY-tool for SOFC µ-CHP

Real Time Optimization control of Fuel Cell Systems

Degradation-aware energy management of Fuel Cells-based VPPs

Hardware for on-field EIS: state of the art, solutions and issues

presentations

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:00-9:05	Welcome	D. Pumiglia (ENEA) - C. Pianese (UNISA)
9:05-9:15	Improving FCs performance from basic phenomena to management	S. J. McPhail - C. Pianese (UNISA) - D. Pumiglia (ENEA)
9:15-9:25	Description of project AD ASTRA	D. Pumiglia (ENEA)
9:25-9:35	Description of project RUBY	P. Polverino (UNISA)
9:35-9:55	How cells and metal interconnects respond to operating parameters up to 40 kh	P. Piccardo (UNIGE)
9:55-10:15	Degradation assessment in solid oxide cell operated in electrolysis mode	A. Leon (EIFER)
10:15-10:25	Q&A
10:25-10:40	Coffee break & networking
10:40-11:00	Online THDA for rSOC diagnostic: Illustration for reactants depletion	H. Moussaoui (EPFL)
11:00-11:20	AST: The effect of pressure on the interconnect ageing	R. Spotorno (UNIGE)
11:20-11:40	SOFC degradation studies through a multiscale modelling approach	F. Bianchi (UNIGE)
11:40-12:00	Development of mathematical transfer functions for AST design	P. Polverino (UNISA)
12:00-12:20	Modeling the impact of electrode degradations on the SOC response	E. Da Silva (CEA)
12:20-12:30	Q&A
12:30-13:30	Lunch at the Canteen of the University of Lucerne
13:30-13:50	Robust diagnosis of PEMFC based on Artificial Intelligence and EIS	D. Chanal (UBFC)
13:50-14:10	Active and passive diagnosis of SOFC cells and stacks	D. Juricic (IJS)
14:10-14:30	Data-driven and model-based diagnosis of PEMFC & SOFC Balance of Plants	A. Pandolfi (UNISA)
14:30-14:50	Validation of performance of RUBY-tool for SOFC micro-CHP	A. Nieminen (VTT)
14:50-15:00	Q&A
15:00-15:20	Coffee break & networking
15:20-15:40	Enforcing optimal operation of FCS despite degradation via real-time optimization	T. De Avila Ferreira (HES-SO)
15:40-16:00	Degradation-aware energy management of fuel cell-based VPPs	M. Sorrentino (UNISA)
16:00-16:20	EU project REACTT-Advanced Field Diagnostics of SOEC & rSOC	D. Juricic (IJS)
16:20-16:40	Hardware for on-field EIS: state of the art, solutions and issues	G. Spagnuolo (UNISA)
16:40-16:50	Q&A
16:50-17:00	Feedback from Q&A sessions, discussion – Closure	D. Pumiglia (ENEA) - C. Pianese (UNISA)

Affiliation
CEA, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (F); EIFER, European Institute for Energy Research (D); ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (I); EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (CH); IJS, Jožef Stefan Institute (SI); HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH); UBFC, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté (F); UNIGE, University of Genova (I); UNISA, University of Salerno (I); VTT, technical Research Centre of Finland (FI).