Welcome to IMOOD

Welcome to IMОOD, an innovative project funded under Grant Agreement No E02/3/2014 of the National Science Foundation – Bulgaria.

IMOOD (ИМООД) stands for “conductIvity and reversibility Mechanisms in an InnOvative design of sOlid oxiDe fuel cell
“Изследване Mеханизмите на прOводимост и Oбратимост в иновативен Дизайн на твърдооксидна горивна клетка” - ИМООД

IMOOD aims to develop an intermediate temperature fuel cell based on proton conducting solid oxide electrolyte, which can work as electrolyzer in reverse mode.

IMOOD is original because it applies an innovative design which eliminates the disadvantages coming from the presence of water at the electrodes.

IMOOD is beneficial because it proposes a highly efficient concept for reversible fuel cell.

IMOOD has now concluded

Access and explore the project and its dissemination deliverables:

Summary

IMOOD aims to develop a concept for an intermediate temperature fuel cell which can work as an electrolyzer in reverse mode.

Achivements

Bulgaria is a country rich in renewable energy sources(RES), but lagging in technologies for storage/generation of the energy produced from RES and for balancing services in smart grids.

Partners

The IMOOD team is made up of four top-noch research institutions from Bulgaria and France: Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems, Institute of Catalysis, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, and ARMINES

Dessimination

Three scientific seminars, more than 80 participations and 13 scientifc papers.

Spreading the Word

The IMOOD team is focused on knowledge dissemination

As a Partner of Industrial Cluster Electromobility, IEES took part in the MachTech & InnoTech EXPO (5 – 8. 04.2015) organized in Sofia INTER EXPO CENTER. The IMOOD project team had the opportunity to exhibit materials which presented the idea of the project, and informed about the European and Bulgarian efforts towards Low-Carbon Europe.

The iCREATE childrens' workshops took place on May 24, 2015, the Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day. Nearly one thousand children (ages 5-14) and parents participated together in the interactive workshops from early morning into the late afternoon. The chemistry-oriented workshops were set up around the scientific world of green energy – the energy that keeps the sky blue, the water green, the air – fresh, the prices – low.

The seminar “Advanced methods for studying the processes of mixed conductivity” was held on 11 - 12 December 2015 in Sapareva Bania, Bulgaria. Different scientific research groups with interests in the IMOOD subject field took part. The IMOOD partners from IEES-BAS, IK-BAS and INRNE-BAS presented advanced techniques and methods applied in the study of the conductivity processes. The presentations were useful for PhD students interested in SOFCs.

IMOOD supports education and sharing of information through open-source materials. The training course "Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy: Advancement and Application" was developed within the project and is available online.

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