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1 SOFCOM A project financed in the frame of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Mid Term Review Meeting Short Summary of Status Prof. Massimo Santarelli, Politecnico di Torino Project Manager SOFCOM Bruxelles, November 28 th, 2013

2 Research balance: Demonstration and development: development and testing of two proof-of-concept systems (2-10 kwe SOFC CCHP systems); analysis of operation with two different fuels through proper design and regulation of the fuel processing; in one plant, analysis of the operation in CHP configuration, integration of a process for the CO2 separation from the anode exhaust gases in order to demonstrate the feasibility and interest of SOFC as advantageous systems for CO2 separation. Objectives of Demonstration and Development Demonstration 1 (Torino, Italy): installation and operation of: (1) biogas production system; (2) biogas cleaning system; (3) biogas processing system; (4) SOFC CHP system Demonstration 1 (Torino, Italy): installation and operation of: (1) anode exhaust catalytic burner; (2) CO2 separation from anode exhaust; (3) CO2 management and disposal system Demonstration 2 (Helsinki, Finland): installation and operation of: (1) BOP-module of proof-of-concept SOFC system; (2) SOFC stack module of proof-of-concept SOFC system Analysis of the specific test session on the complete system for Demonstration 1 (Torino, Italy) Analysis of the specific test session on the complete system for Demonstration 2 (Helsinki, Finland) Analysis of the monitoring on the complete system on the long run, and the repair and maintenance activities developed on the complete system for Demonstration 1 (Torino, Italy) Relative content: 50%

3 Research balance: Applied targeted research Objectives of Lab-scale Experimental Analysis Lab-scale results on influence of pollutants on SOFC anodes and fuel processing reactions, and gas cleaning (both WWTU biogas and gasification gas): Guidelines for implementation of proofs-of-concepts. Lab-scale results on influence of pollutants on SOFC anodes and fuel processing reactions, and gas cleaning (both WWTU biogas and gasification gas): Scientific advances in poisoning mechanisms Lab-scale: carbon sequestration technologies: Guidelines for implementation of proofs-of-concept 1 Objectives of Macro-scale Analysis Axis (Energy-Environmental analysis, Industrial Scale-Up analysis, repair strategies) Conceptual and Techno-economic study of the two typologies of energy systems: (1) combined waste water plant and SOFC system (50 kw 1 MW); (2) combined gasification plant and SOFC system (50 kw 1 MW) Repair Strategies Manual for Demonstration 1 (Torino, Italy) and Demonstration 2 (Helsinki, Finland) Operation and Maintenance Manual Technical report on the WWTU-SOFC plant: (1) optimal plant configuration; (2) potential impact of biogas exploitation with the SOFC technology in waste-water treatment plants; (3) LCA of biogas exploitation with the SOFC technology in waste-water treatment plants Technical report on the wood gasification - SOFC plant: (1) potential impact of biomass exploitation with the SOFC technology in gasification plants; (3) LCA of biomass exploitation with the SOFC technology in gasification plants Guidelines for the scale-up and lessons learned for RC&S development Relative content: 50%

4 Bottlenecks and Risks: Claim 1. Define and operate new proof-of-concept fuel cell systems fully integrated with biomass processing units and carbon sequestration and handling technologies; GO: 90% probabilities that the project will achieve it by the project end The two DEMO are in the construction step. Of course, some problems could occur as the DEMO is a proof-of-concept plant (especially the DEMO in Torino), but at this stage we do not have still encountered these kinds of problems which could compromise the achievement of the target.

5 Bottlenecks and Risks: Claim 2. Fuel issues considering detailed poisoning mechanisms, advancing in cleaning and processing technologies; GO: 80% probabilities that the project will achieve it by the project end The Consortium has decided in the M6 meeting Copenhagen (May 2012) an extension of WP2 (Lab-scale: influence of pollutants on SOFC anodes and fuel processing reactions, and gas cleaning). This is motivated by considerations which are classical in case of lab-activities dealing with gas blends and contaminants: statistical analysis of the contaminants; order of special mixtures for the tests. Therefore, the first significant tests with contaminants have started with some months of delay. If we consider the complete session of 10 long term tests of 1 month each, and the potential delays typical of lab activities (maintenance, ruptures, ) the Consortium has decided to ask for an extension of the activities of WP2 from M18 to M30, in order to present a significant and complete set of experimental analysis. In particular: the first part of WP2, dealing with Guidelines for implementation of proofs-of-concepts, has been extended from M12 to M18 (and already completed). the second part of WP2, dealing with Scientific Advances in poisoning mechanisms, is extended from M18 to M30 (still running).

6 Bottlenecks and Risks: Claim 3. Maintenance, safety, repair and de-commissioning of fuel cell systems on a demonstration scale. GO: 90% probabilities that the project will achieve it by the project end This activity has still to be started, as it will follows a significant advancement of the DEMO activities. Therefore, its probability is linked to the one of the Claim 1.

7 Exploitation and Post-Project Activities: At the end of the project, workshops will be organised at the location of the Demonstration 1 (Torino, Italy) and Demonstration 2 (Helsinki, Finland) in order to directly visit the real plants. In fact, the demonstrators will remain active also after the end of the project for a reasonable amount of months (3 to 6). From the two demonstration activities, some feedback to other RD&D activities to remove technical barriers to successful larger scale demonstration could be available: the whole project is structured in such a way to accomplish larger scale demonstration after specific lab and conceptual activities have been assed. WP2 and WP3 will provide specifications to design proper cleaning, processing and CO2 recovery components. WP4 and WP5 will provide the layout of the integrate plants to be demonstrated. The WP8 will provide a scale-up analysis, following the real life experience gained from the two demonstrators. In this sense, especially the two real demonstrations (described in WP6 and WP7) and the final WP8 (with the reports issued: Repair Strategies Manual, Operation and Maintenance Manual, Guidelines for the Scale-Up, Lessons Learned for RC&S Development) will represent a useful feedback to other RD&D activities at a larger scale. The timescale to have a industrial scale DEMO plant could be inside Horizon In fact, following our small-scale project, it could be of interest a validation project of larger scale (could be order of 1 MW) concerning the potential of SOFC as the core of complex energy systems fed by biogenous fuels and ended with a full recovery (and reuse) of Carbon and Hydrogen atoms in by-product synthetic fuels.

8 SOFCOM project Mid Term Review Meeting THANK YOU QUESTIONS?