PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC., NEW COMPETITIVE AGREEMENT, UNDER FOA NUMBER DE-FOA-0002459 (OPEN 2021) WITH PROJECT TITLE ''ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED ELECTROCHEMICAL-CHIP BASED SCALABLE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS''. THE FUNDAMENTALLY NEW, PROCESS-INTENSIFIED, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SOFC ARCHITECTURE OFFERS INTERNAL REFORMING OF LIQUID/GASEOUS FUELS TO H2/CO, CURRENT COLLECTION, FLOW MANIFOLDING, AND HEAT EXCHANGE. EDGE DENSIFICATION OF THE POROUS METAL SUBSTRATE ALLOWS DIFFUSION BONDING OF REPEAT UNITS AND MINIMIZES THE NEED FOR GLASS SEALS. THE ARCHITECTURE OFFERS ALMOST AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE SIZE AND WEIGHT REDUCTION TOGETHER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DIRECT POWER EXTRACTION FROM A VARIETY OF LIQUID AND GASEOUS FUELS, INCLUDING FUTURE CARBON-NEUTRAL FUELS.

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