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SOFC cogeneration system for building applications, part 1: Development of SOFC system-level model and the parametric study

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  • Lee, Kwang Ho
  • Strand, Richard K.

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A thermal and electrochemical model is developed for the simulation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) cogeneration system in this study. The modeling algorithms of electrochemical and thermal models are described. Since the fuel cell stack itself is only a single component within the whole SOFC system, the modeling of the balance-of-plant (BOP) components is also performed to assess the system-level performance. Using the new model, a parametric analysis is carried out to investigate the effects of fuel flow rate, extent of methane gas pre-reforming, fuel utilization factor, recycling rate of cathode gas and cell voltage on the overall system performance. As a result of the parametric study, fuel flow rate, cell voltage, fuel utilization and recycling rate of cathode gas turned out to improve system power output. In addition, the internal reforming turned out to have advantage over external reforming in terms of system power supply.

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  • Lee, Kwang Ho & Strand, Richard K., 2009. "SOFC cogeneration system for building applications, part 1: Development of SOFC system-level model and the parametric study," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(12), pages 2831-2838.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:34:y:2009:i:12:p:2831-2838
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.04.010
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    1. Park, Joonguen & Bae, Joongmyeon & Kim, Jae-Yuk, 2012. "A numerical study on anode thickness and channel diameter of anode-supported flat-tube solid oxide fuel cells," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 180-185.
    2. Raj, N. Thilak & Iniyan, S. & Goic, Ranko, 2011. "A review of renewable energy based cogeneration technologies," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(8), pages 3640-3648.
    3. Park, Joonguen & Kang, Juhyun & Bae, Joongmyeon, 2013. "Computational analysis of operating temperature, hydrogen flow rate and anode thickness in anode-supported flat-tube solid oxide fuel cells," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 63-69.
    4. Lee, Kwang Ho & Strand, Richard K., 2009. "SOFC cogeneration system for building applications, part 2: System configuration and operating condition design," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(12), pages 2839-2846.
    5. Liso, Vincenzo & Olesen, Anders Christian & Nielsen, Mads Pagh & Kær, Søren Knudsen, 2011. "Performance comparison between partial oxidation and methane steam reforming processes for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) micro combined heat and power (CHP) system," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(7), pages 4216-4226.
    6. Majidniya, Mahdi & Remy, Benjamin & Boileau, Thierry & Zandi, Majid, 2021. "Free Piston Stirling Engine as a new heat recovery option for an Internal Reforming Solid Oxide Fuel Cell," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 171(C), pages 1188-1201.
    7. Lyu, Zewei & Meng, Hao & Zhu, Jianzhong & Han, Minfang & Sun, Zaihong & Xue, Huaqing & Zhao, Yongming & Zhang, Fudong, 2020. "Comparison of off-gas utilization modes for solid oxide fuel cell stacks based on a semi-empirical parametric model," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 270(C).
    8. Xiaoqiang Hong & Feng Shi, 2020. "Comparative Analysis of Small-Scale Integrated Solar ORC-Absorption Based Cogeneration Systems," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-15, February.

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