IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v264y2023ics0360544222030791.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Protonic ceramic fuel cells for power-ethylene cogeneration: A modelling study on structural parameters

Author

Listed:
  • Li, Zheng
  • He, Qijiao
  • Wang, Chen
  • Yu, Na
  • Bello, Idris Temitope
  • Guo, Meiting
  • Ni, Meng

Abstract

Protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs) are promising electrochemical devices to achieve power-ethylene cogeneration. A model of a tubular C2H6-fed PCFC, including an internal reforming section (IRS) and an electrochemical reaction section (ERS), is constructed to investigate the effects of structural parameters on the cogeneration performance. Increasing cell length and ERS markedly enhance the ethylene yield. The highest ethylene yield of 44% is obtained in a 10 cm PCFC at 973 K. The positive effect of thickening the entire anode or IRS on yield is not as pronounced as extending the cell length or ERS. Except that the increase of IRS thickness leads to the decrease of the current density, the increase of other structural parameters causes the current density to increase first and then decrease. By decreasing the ERS ratio, the current density can be enhanced up to 14% and reaches the highest value of 2235 A m−2 at 973 K in an 8 cm PCFC with a 30% ERS ratio. This model provides an insightful understanding of the interrelationship between the structural parameters and the cogeneration performance of PCFC. This model can also serve as a valuable tool for the PCFC fuelled with other hydrocarbons.

Suggested Citation

  • Li, Zheng & He, Qijiao & Wang, Chen & Yu, Na & Bello, Idris Temitope & Guo, Meiting & Ni, Meng, 2023. "Protonic ceramic fuel cells for power-ethylene cogeneration: A modelling study on structural parameters," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 264(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:264:y:2023:i:c:s0360544222030791
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.126193
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544222030791
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2022.126193?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Xu, Qidong & Xia, Lingchao & He, Qijiao & Guo, Zengjia & Ni, Meng, 2021. "Thermo-electrochemical modelling of high temperature methanol-fuelled solid oxide fuel cells," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 291(C).
    2. Jian-Wei Cao & Soumya Mukherjee & Tony Pham & Yu Wang & Teng Wang & Tao Zhang & Xue Jiang & Hui-Juan Tang & Katherine A. Forrest & Brian Space & Michael J. Zaworotko & Kai-Jie Chen, 2021. "One-step ethylene production from a four-component gas mixture by a single physisorbent," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-8, December.
    3. Błesznowski, Marcin & Sikora, Monika & Kupecki, Jakub & Makowski, Łukasz & Orciuch, Wojciech, 2022. "Mathematical approaches to modelling the mass transfer process in solid oxide fuel cell anode," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 239(PA).
    4. Mehrpooya, Mehdi & Ansarinasab, Hojat & Mousavi, Seyed Ali, 2021. "Life cycle assessment and exergoeconomic analysis of the multi-generation system based on fuel cell for methanol, power, and heat production," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 172(C), pages 1314-1332.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Han, Yuan & Gao, Wenzhi & Qin, Yanzhou, 2024. "Conceptual design and multi-objective optimization of a hybrid system based on direct ammonia protonic ceramic fuel cell and alkali metal thermal electric converter," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 297(C).
    2. Lei, Libin & Mo, Yingyu & Huang, Yue & Qiu, Ruiming & Tian, Zhipeng & Wang, Junyao & Liu, Jianping & Chen, Ying & Zhang, Jihao & Tao, Zetian & Liang, Bo & Wang, Chao, 2023. "Revealing and quantifying the role of oxygen-ionic current in proton-conducting solid oxide fuel cells: A modeling study," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 276(C).
    3. Ong, Samuel & Al-Othman, Amani & Tawalbeh, Muhammad, 2023. "Emerging technologies in prognostics for fuel cells including direct hydrocarbon fuel cells," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 277(C).

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Li, Zheng & Yu, Jie & Wang, Chen & Bello, Idris Temitope & Yu, Na & Chen, Xi & Zheng, Keqing & Han, Minfang & Ni, Meng, 2024. "Multi-objective optimization of protonic ceramic electrolysis cells based on a deep neural network surrogate model," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 365(C).
    2. Park, Min-Ju & Kim, Hak-Min & Gu, Yun-Jeong & Jeong, Dae-Woon, 2023. "Optimization of biogas-reforming conditions considering carbon formation, hydrogen production, and energy efficiencies," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 265(C).
    3. Peixin Zhang & Lifeng Yang & Xing Liu & Jun Wang & Xian Suo & Liyuan Chen & Xili Cui & Huabin Xing, 2022. "Ultramicroporous material based parallel and extended paraffin nano-trap for benchmark olefin purification," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    4. Dadak, Ali & Mousavi, Seyed Ali & Mehrpooya, Mehdi & Kasaeian, Alibakhsh, 2022. "Techno-economic investigation and dual-objective optimization of a stand-alone combined configuration for the generation and storage of electricity and hydrogen applying hybrid renewable system," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 201(P1), pages 1-20.
    5. Das, Barun K. & Al-Abdeli, Yasir M. & Kothapalli, Ganesh, 2021. "Integrating renewables into stand-alone hybrid systems meeting electric, heating, and cooling loads: A case study," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 1222-1236.
    6. Sara Bakhtavar & Mehdi Mehrpooya & Mahboobeh Manoochehri & Mehrnoosh Karimkhani, 2022. "Proposal of a Facile Method to Fabricate a Multi-Dope Multiwall Carbon Nanotube as a Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-17, January.
    7. Gong, Chengyuan & Tu, Zhengkai & Hwa Chan, Siew, 2023. "A novel flow field design with flow re-distribution for advanced thermal management in Solid oxide fuel cell," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 331(C).
    8. Xu, Yuhao & Luo, Xiaobing & Tu, Zhengkai & Siew Hwa Chan,, 2022. "Multi-criteria assessment of solid oxide fuel cell–combined cooling, heating, and power system model for residential application," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 259(C).
    9. Yunjia Jiang, & Yongqi Hu, & Binquan Luan, & Lingyao Wang, & Rajamani Krishna, & Haofei Ni, & Xin Hu & Yuanbin Zhang, 2023. "Benchmark single-step ethylene purification from ternary mixtures by a customized fluorinated anion-embedded MOF," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    10. Zhu, Pengfei & Wu, Zhen & Yang, Yuchen & Wang, Huan & Li, Ruiqing & Yang, Fusheng & Zhang, Zaoxiao, 2023. "The dynamic response of solid oxide fuel cell fueled by syngas during the operating condition variations," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 349(C).
    11. Alirahmi, Seyed Mojtaba & Behzadi, Amirmohammad & Ahmadi, Pouria & Sadrizadeh, Sasan, 2023. "An innovative four-objective dragonfly-inspired optimization algorithm for an efficient, green, and cost-effective waste heat recovery from SOFC," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 263(PA).
    12. Jahangir, Mohammad Hossein & Montazeri, Mohammad & Mousavi, Seyed Ali & Kargarzadeh, Arash, 2022. "Reducing carbon emissions of industrial large livestock farms using hybrid renewable energy systems," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 189(C), pages 52-65.
    13. Hasanien, Hany M. & Shaheen, Mohamed A.M. & Turky, Rania A. & Qais, Mohammed H. & Alghuwainem, Saad & Kamel, Salah & Tostado-Véliz, Marcos & Jurado, Francisco, 2022. "Precise modeling of PEM fuel cell using a novel Enhanced Transient Search Optimization algorithm," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 247(C).
    14. Wen, Du & Aziz, Muhammad, 2022. "Techno-economic analyses of power-to-ammonia-to-power and biomass-to-ammonia-to-power pathways for carbon neutrality scenario," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 319(C).
    15. Ansarinasab, Hojat & Hajabdollahi, Hassan & Fatimah, Manal, 2021. "Life cycle assessment (LCA) of a novel geothermal-based multigeneration system using LNG cold energy- integration of Kalina cycle, stirling engine, desalination unit and magnetic refrigeration system," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 231(C).
    16. Phan Anh Duong & Borim Ryu & Jinwon Jung & Hokeun Kang, 2022. "Design, Modelling, and Thermodynamic Analysis of a Novel Marine Power System Based on Methanol Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Integrated Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, and Combined Heat and Power Produ," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-27, September.
    17. Zhao, Xiang & Klemeš, Jiří Jaromír & Fengqi You,, 2022. "Energy and environmental sustainability of waste personal protective equipment (PPE) treatment under COVID-19," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
    18. Enyu Wu & Xiao-Wen Gu & Di Liu & Xu Zhang & Hui Wu & Wei Zhou & Guodong Qian & Bin Li, 2023. "Incorporation of multiple supramolecular binding sites into a robust MOF for benchmark one-step ethylene purification," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
    19. Zhu, Pengfei & Wu, Zhen & Wang, Huan & Yan, Hongli & Li, Bo & Yang, Fusheng & Zhang, Zaoxiao, 2022. "Ni coarsening and performance attenuation prediction of biomass syngas fueled SOFC by combining multi-physics field modeling and artificial neural network," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 322(C).
    20. Fang, Zhenhua & Pan, Zhen & Ma, Guiyang & Yu, Jingxian & Shang, Liyan & Zhang, Zhien, 2023. "Exergoeconomic, exergoenvironmental analysis and multi-objective optimization of a novel combined cooling, heating and power system for liquefied natural gas cold energy recovery," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 269(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:264:y:2023:i:c:s0360544222030791. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.