The development of several 100 kW-class tubular type solid oxide fuel cell system (SOFIT)

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (JPOWER) started SOFC development in collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. in 1991. When development of a pressurized SOFC 10 kW module was completed, radical improvement of the modular structure was performed, aiming for further improvement in reliability and lower cost. It has been checked that there is no technical problem in the new structure of SOFC module. We plan to examine several prototype 100 kW-class atmospheric SOFC co-generation systems (SOFIT) from 2006 to verify the SOFC system using the new structure module, and the reliability of more than 10,000 hours operation at JPOWER's Chigasaki laboratory.