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4E Study and Best Performance Analysis of a Hydrogen Multi-Generation Layout by Waste Energy Recovery of Combined SOFC-GT-ORC

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  • Mohammad Zoghi

    (School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia)

  • Nasser Hosseinzadeh

    (School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia)

  • Saleh Gharaie

    (School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia)

  • Ali Zare

    (School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia)

Abstract

Different approaches have been suggested for the waste heat recovery of high-temperature exhausted gas of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). In such systems, mostly gas turbine (GT) and organic Rankine cycle (ORC) are added as bottoming systems to the SOFC (Configuration 1). However, the SOFC-GT-ORC has a considerable amount of waste energy which can be recovered. In the present research, the waste energy of ORC in the heat rejection stage and the residual exhausted gas of the system were recovered by a thermoelectric generator (TEG) and a hot water unit, respectively. Then, the extra produced power in the TEG was directed to a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer and a reverse osmosis desalination unit (RODU) for hydrogen and potable water outputs. The performance of SOFC-GT, Configuration 1, and Configuration 2 was compared through a 4E (energy, exergy, exergy-economic, and environmental) analysis. In the best performance point, the exergy efficiency and unit cost of product (UCOP) of SOFC-GT were obtained as 69.41% and USD 26.53/GJ. The exergy efficiency increased by 2.56% and 2.86%, and the UCOP rose by 0.45% and 12.25% in Configurations 1 and 2. So, the overall performance of Configuration 1 was acceptable and Configuration 2 led to the highest exergy efficiency, while its economic performance was not competitive because of the high investment cost of RODU.

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  • Mohammad Zoghi & Nasser Hosseinzadeh & Saleh Gharaie & Ali Zare, 2024. "4E Study and Best Performance Analysis of a Hydrogen Multi-Generation Layout by Waste Energy Recovery of Combined SOFC-GT-ORC," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(11), pages 1-22, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:11:p:2791-:d:1410073
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