Report on stack lifetime prediction

Hamza Moussaoui, Fabio Greco, Giorgio Rinaldi, Nakajo Arata, Jan Van Herle
2020 Zenodo  
This deliverable presents the activities carried out within the task WT1.5. The objective is to provide in-depth insights and practical recommendations on how to operate the CH2P stack safely under constant conditions and the modulating CH2P modes. For this purpose, a literature review and on-field return of experience made in close collaboration with the technology manufacturer SP have been performed in the frame of task WT2.1 to select the major degradation phenomena that primarily affect the
more » ... stack efficiency and lifetime. The identified degradation mechanisms can be attributed to two main sources, namely the thermo-mechanical degradation, and the microstructural alterations. These two processes were both investigated by a validated modelling approach in a view to provide practical insights and recommendations for an optimal CH2P stack operation.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.4700916 fatcat:lzgimc553jgc3kxsusyqfklfbq