Impacts of Hydrogen-Natural Gas Mixtures on a Commercial Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System

2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-148
Author(s):  
Alejandra Hormaza Mejia ◽  
Masaya Yoshioka ◽  
Jun Yong Kim ◽  
Jack Brouwer
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Gas Mixtures ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cell System

scholarly journals Economic Analysis of Hydrogen Household Energy Systems Including Incentives on Energy Communities and Externalities: A Case Study in Italy

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5847
Author(s):  
Niccolò Caramanico ◽  
Giuseppe Di Di Florio ◽  
Maria Camilla Baratto ◽  
Viviana Cigolotti ◽  
Riccardo Basosi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cell System ◽  
Net Metering

The building sector is one of the key energy consumers worldwide. Fuel cell micro-Cogeneration Heat and Power systems for residential and small commercial applications are proposed as one of the most promising innovations contributing to the transition towards a sustainable energy infrastructure. For the application and the diffusion of these systems, in addition to their environmental performance, it is necessary, however, to evaluate their economic feasibility. In this paper a life cycle assessment of a fuel cell/photovoltaic hybrid micro-cogeneration heat and power system for a residential building is integrated with a detailed economic analysis. Financial indicators (net present cost and payback time are used for studying two different investments: reversible-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and natural gas SOFC in comparison to a base scenario, using a homeowner perspective approach. Moreover, two alternative incentives scenarios are analysed and applied: net metering and self-consumers’ groups (or energy communities). Results show that both systems obtain annual savings, but their high capital costs still would make the investments not profitable. However, the natural gas Solide Oxide Fuel Cell with the net metering incentive is the best scenario among all. On the contrary, the reversible-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell maximizes its economic performance only when the self-consumers’ groups incentive is applied. For a complete life cycle cost analysis, environmental impacts are monetized using three different monetization methods with the aim to internalize (considering them into direct cost) the externalities (environmental costs). If externalities are considered as an effective cost, the natural gas Solide Oxide Fuel Cell system increases its saving because its environmental impact is lower than in the base case one, while the reversible-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system reduces it.

Experimental investigation of 1kW solid oxide fuel cell system with a natural gas reformer and an exhaust gas burner

2010 ◽  
Vol 195 (5) ◽  
pp. 1454-1462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tzu-Hsiang Yen ◽  
Wen-Tang Hong ◽  
Wei-Ping Huang ◽  
Yu-Ching Tsai ◽  
Hung-Yu Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Exhaust Gas ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cell System ◽  
Gas Burner

Experimental investigation into performance of integrated hotbox in 1-kW solid oxide fuel cell system

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 730-735
Author(s):  
Wen-Tang Hong ◽  
Ya-Ling Wu ◽  
Tzu-Hsiang Yen ◽  
Cheng-Nan Huang ◽  
Hsueh-I Tan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cell System

Thermodynamic modeling of an integrated biomass gasification and solid oxide fuel cell system

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 ◽  
pp. 400-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junxi Jia ◽  
Abuliti Abudula ◽  
Liming Wei ◽  
Baozhi Sun ◽  
Yue Shi
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Thermodynamic Modeling ◽  
Biomass Gasification ◽  
Cell System ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cell System
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