Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology for Green Fuel and Power Production

Modeling and Analysis of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Based Trigeneration System with an Oxygenated Fuel by Using an Exergoeconomic Methodology for Power, Heating and Cooling Production

In the present study, thermo-economic analysis of a combined solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with a gas turbine, a generator-absorber heat exchanger (GAX) and heating process heat exchanger for heating, cooling and power production as a tri-generation system is conducted. Also, an external steam reformer is applied to convert methanol as oxygenated fuel to hydrogen for the electrochemical process ...

IV.A.3 A Reversible Planar Solid Oxide Fuel-Fed Electrolysis Cell and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Hydrogen and Electricity Production Operating on Natural Gas/Biogas

Objectives • Develop the concept of a solid oxide fuel-fed electrolysis cell (SOFEC) for hydrogen production. • Identify and develop SOFEC cathode materials that are electrocatalytically and chemically stable in both reducing and oxidizing atmospheres. • Develop a novel concept of a composite/hybrid planar SOFEC-solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack to co-generate hydrogen and electricity. • Demon...

A Reversible Planar Solid Oxide Fuel-Fed Electrolysis Cell and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Hydrogen and Electricity Production Operating on Natural Gas/Biomass Fuels

Materials Engineering for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology

Materials engineering plays vital role in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) technology. For example, engineered porous materials are needed to support delicate electrolyte membranes, where mechanical integrity and effective diffusivity to fuel gases is critical; and to construct fuel cell electrodes, where an optimum combination of ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity, porosity and catalyst d...

Energy Price Analysis of a Biomass Gasification-Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine Power Plant

In this study, effect of energy price on the development of a biomass gasification-solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine hybrid power plant has been considered. Although, these hybrid systems have been studied based on sustainable approaches, economic aspects, specifically conventional energy prices, which are the principal bottleneck for the development of these new power generators, have attracte...