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Robert J. Braun

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO 80401

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

8

DOWNLOADS

504

TOTAL CITATIONS

1

Scholarly Papers (8)

1.

Evaluating High Power Density, Direct-Ammonia Sofc Stacks for Decarbonizing Heavy-Duty Transportation Applications

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Nov 2023
Lukas Wehrle, Akhil Ashar, Olaf Deutschmann and Robert J. Braun
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Colorado School of Mines, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Colorado School of Mines
Downloads 101 (694,528)

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ammonialow carbon fuelssolid oxide fuel cellsGDC-based SOFCmulti-scale modelingpressurized SOFC

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High Performance Ammonia-Fueled Sofc Hybrid System to Decarbonize Heavy-Duty Transportation Applications

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Aug 2024
Akhil Ashar, Lukas Wehrle, Olaf Deutschmann and Robert J. Braun
Colorado School of Mines, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Colorado School of Mines
Downloads 85 (771,553)
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Ammonia, fuel cells, SOFC, gas turbine, hybrid systems, multiscale modeling

3.

Experimental Validation of Model Predictive Control for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jan 2023
Colorado School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines and Colorado School of Mines
Downloads 85 (771,553)

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SOFC Temperature Control, SOFC Dynamic Modeling, Model Predictive Control

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Modeling of Multiple-Defect Conducting, Planar Protonic Ceramic Electrolysis Cells Using a Nernst–Planck Formulation

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Mar 2024
Colorado School of Mines, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines and Colorado School of Mines
Downloads 81 (796,622)

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Protonic Ceramics, MIEC, Intermediate Temperature, Steam electrolysis, Planar Cell, Faradaic Efficiency

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Achieving High Power Density in Sofcs for Transportation Applications: A Model-Based Assessment of Ysz- and Gdc-Based Electrolyte Architectures

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Aug 2025
Akhil Ashar, Yifan Gu, Gregory S. Jackson and Robert J. Braun
Colorado School of Mines, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Colorado School of Mines and Colorado School of Mines
Downloads 77 (830,555)

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fuel cells, mixed conducting electrolytes, internal reforming, thermal management, faradaic efficiency

6.

Distinct Modeling Parameter Identification for Precision Modeling of Solid Oxide Cells Under Fuel Cell and Electrolysis Modes

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Mar 2025
Omid Babaie Rizvandi and Robert J. Braun
Technical University of Denmark and Colorado School of Mines
Downloads 34 (1,263,436)

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Solid oxide cell (SOC), Numerical modeling, Cell modeling parameters, Parameter fitting, Mode-dependent parameters, Mode-specific parameter variations

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Accelerating Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack Performance Optimization: Leveraging Neural Networks and Homogenized Multi-Scale Models

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 06 Mar 2026
Omid Babaie Rizvandi and Robert J. Braun
Technical University of Denmark and Colorado School of Mines
Downloads 26 (1,436,435)

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Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack, Neural networks (NNs), Reduced-order modeling (ROM), Computational efficiency, Performance optimization, Stack-level multiphysics modeling

8.

Comparative Numerical Analysis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stacks Using Internal and External Manifolds

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Jan 2026
Technical University of Denmark, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado School of Mines and Colorado School of Mines
Downloads 15 (1,509,872)

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Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack, Manifold design, Internal manifold, External manifold, Manifold-induced maldistribution, Stack flow manifolds