scholarly journals Comparison of the exergy efficiency of four power generation systems from methane using fuel cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (62) ◽  
pp. 39391-39402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Wang ◽  
Weiyu Fan ◽  
Guangqing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Exergy Efficiency ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Power Generation Systems ◽  
Exergy Analyses

Exergy analyses on four solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems using methane as the original fuel are conducted.

Gas Turbine Cycles With Solid Oxide Fuel Cells—Part II: A Detailed Study of a Gas Turbine Cycle With an Integrated Internal Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

1994 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Harvey ◽  
H. J. Richter
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Gas Turbine ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel

In conventional energy conversion processes, the fuel combustion is usually highly irreversible, and is thus responsible for the low overall efficiency of the power generation process. The energy conversion efficiency can be improved if immediate contact of air and fuel is prevented. One means to prevent this immediate contact is the use of fuel cell technology. Significant research is currently being undertaken to develop fuel cells for large-scale power production. High-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) have many features that make them attractive for utility and industrial applications. However, in view of their high operating temperatures and the incomplete nature of the fuel oxidation process, such fuel cells must be combined with conventional power generation technology to develop power plant configurations that are both functional and efficient. Most fuel cell cycles proposed in the literature use a high-temperature fuel cell running at ambient pressure and a steam bottoming cycle to recover the waste heat generated by the fuel cell. With such cycles, the inherent flexibility and shorter start-up time characteristics of the fuel cell are lost. In Part I of this paper (Harvey and Richter, 1994), a pressurized cycle using a solid oxide fuel cell and an integrated gas turbine bottoming cycle was presented. The cycle is simpler than most cycles with steam bottoming cycles and more suited to flexible power generation. In this paper, we will discuss this cycle in more detail, with an in-depth discussion of all cycle component characteristics and losses. In particular, we will make use of the fuel cell’s internal fuel reforming capability. The optimal cycle parameters were obtained based on calculations performed using Aspen Technology’s ASPEN PLUS process simulation software and a fuel cell simulator developed by Argonne National Laboratory (Ahmed et al., 1991). The efficiency of the proposed cycle is 68.1 percent. A preliminary economic assessment of the cycle shows that it should compare favorably with a state-of-the-art combined cycle plant on a cost per MWe basis.

scholarly journals Integrated Cr and S poisoning of a La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3−δ (LSCF) cathode for solid oxide fuel cells

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Cheng Cheng Wang ◽  
Mortaza Gholizadeh ◽  
Bingxue Hou ◽  
Xincan Fan
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Cell Performance ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Performance Deterioration

Strontium segregation in a La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3−δ (LSCF) electrode reacts with Cr and S in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), which can cause cell performance deterioration.

Doped Ceria Based Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrolytes and their Sintering Aspects: An Overview

2016 ◽  
Vol 835 ◽  
pp. 199-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pradyot Datta
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Operating Temperature ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Ion Conductivity ◽  
Doped Ceria ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Oxygen Ion Conductivity ◽  
Oxygen Ion

Depletion of fossil fuel at an alarming rate is a major concern of humankind. Consequently, researchers all over the world are putting a concerted effort for finding alternative and renewable energy. Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is one such system. SOFCs are electrochemical devices that have several advantages over conventional power generation systems like high efficiency of power generation, low emission of green house gases and the fuel flexibility. The major research focus of recent times is to reduce the operating temperature of SOFC in the range of 500 to 700 °C so as to render it commercially viable. This reduction in temperature is largely dependent on finding an electrolyte material with adequate oxygen ion conductivity at the intended operating temperature. One much material is Gadolinia doped Ceria (CGO) that shows very good oxygen ion conductivity at the intended operation temperature. The aim of this overview is to highlight the contribution that materials chemistry has made to the development of CGO as an electrolyte.

scholarly journals A robust and active hybrid catalyst for facile oxygen reduction in solid oxide fuel cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 964-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
Yan Chen ◽  
Dong Ding ◽  
Yong Ding ◽  
YongMan Choi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
Electrocatalytic Activity ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Hybrid Catalyst ◽  
Fuel Cell Cathode

A hybrid catalyst coating dramatically enhances the electrocatalytic activity and durability of a solid oxide fuel cell cathode.

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