Development of Agile and Cost Effective Routes for Manufacturing Reliable Ceramic Components for SOFC Systems

The lack of availability of durable, low-cost system and balance of plant (BOP) ceramic components represents a critical barrier to the widespread commercialization of the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology. Current ceramic manufacturing based on either “green machining,” or higher volume processes such as injection molding, have high CAPEX or tooling costs, limited flexibility for design modification, and lack a robust domestic supply chain. Saint-Gobain (SG) proposes to develop and test novel forming methods for the manufacture of ceramic BOP components critical to the design of robust SOFC platforms.