CX-031203: Microwave Enhanced Methods and Kiln Designs for Rapid, Energy-Efficient, and Cost-Effective Thermal Processing of Solid-Oxide Electrolysis Cells

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to West Virginia University Research Corporation to design and build microwave-assisted heating kilns for calcination and sintering of solid-oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) materials.  The proposed award activities would occur over four budget periods (BPs), with Go/No Go decision points between the BPs. Award activities would consist of data analysis, modeling, preliminary engineering/design, laboratory research, outreach, and education.