SOFC plate heat exchanger smk
- This plate heat exchanger is a counterflow heat exchanger
- It has heat transfer plate geometry with corrugated profile
- Heat transfer and pressure drop can be adjusted by profile characteristics
- Pressure drop and efficiency are scalable via number of gas channels
- There is no standard dimensions since this plate heat exchanger can be completely customized
- SOFC plate heat exchanger can also be customized for SOEC systems
- The heat exchangers are designed with CFD and thermomechanical simulations
- Thus in customer’s overall system it contributes to,
- Excellent electrical efficiency : > 65 %
- High thermal efficiency : >95 %
- With low pressure drop : < 20 mbar
- Enable stable operation of the system even in the low partial load range
- Usable for all SOFC and SOEC applications (air and/or fuel flows)
- SMK is supplier for two largest manufacturers in USA and Germany
- They have delivered 50+ units for first equipment of 20 kW stationary power generation units
- They have delivered first equipment for 110 kW / 240 kW reversable system (power generation and hydrogen electrolysis / rSOC)
Key features
- Interfaces:
- Connection positions/sizes/geometries are adapted to customers application
- Customized integration of interfaces for sensors
- Easy integration – all connections on one side
- Materials and manufacturing process:
- Corrosion resistant steels for high temperature air/hydrogen applications
- 100% laser-welded heat exchangers with process monitoring
- 100% leak testing of gas channels before further processing
- Scale of heat exchanger:
- Customer specific design from single stand-alone units till large industrial cluster applications
Application areas
- SOFC systems for electricity generation
- SOEC systems for hydrogen generation
- Facilities for synthetic fuel generation
Recent SOFC heat exchanger projects
- SMK are part of the government project “hydrogen future” and develop a modular hot box design
- Cooperative projects with educational and research institutions on catalytic coating for heat exchangers
- Robustness increase project for pressures up to 9 bar in large electrolyser plants
- Cooperation with 17 companies worldwide for SOFC/SOEC projects
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