Topsoe Fuel Cell (TOFC)

Topsøe Fuel Cells (TOFC) is a spin out company of Haldor Topsoe (HTAS) focussing on the commercial development of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell stacks. HTAS is an independent catalyst manufacturing, research, engineering and consulting company specialized in heterogeneous ca-talysis and the design of industrial plants based on catalytic processes. HTAS employs about 1600 people and approximately 200 are employed in the R&D division. An outstanding know-how on fundamental and applied research is maintained in extensive research laboratories, in pi-lot units and large-scale demonstration units. An important issue in catalyst development and manufacture is the science of ceramic materials and processing. HTAS has provided the world-wide basis technology for fuel processing systems, which convert hydrocarbon fuel into hydro-gen and synthesis gas suitable for fuel cell application. Based on own process technology, cata-lyst and reactor design HTAS has delivered Balance of Plant technology and units on a commer-cial basis for more than a decade. Since 1989 the HTAS has been an active partner within the Danish solid oxide fuel cell program in collaboration with other Danish research institutes coor-dinated by DTU National Laboratory and the company has participated in EU solid oxide pro-jects since 1991.The consortium of HTAS (now TOFC) and DTU has established a cell produc-tion plant with a capacity of more than 1 MW per year to demonstrate low cost manufacturing of planar anode-supported cells. Based on own materials and cells the consortium is currently de-veloping and testing SOFC stacks. HTAS has entered into collaboration with Wärtsilä for large-scale SOFC systems (200 kW+). Wärtsilä’s responsibility in this regard includes system level in-tegration and marketing.