A bifunctional solid oxide electrolysis cell for simultaneous CO2 utilization and synthesis gas production.

2D thermal modeling of a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) for syngas production by H2O/CO2 co-electrolysis

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can be operated in a reversed mode as electrolyzer cells for electrolysis of H2O and CO2. In this paper, a 2D thermal model is developed to study the heat/mass transfer and chemical/electrochemical reactions in a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) for H2O/CO2 co-electrolysis. The model is based on 3 sub-models: a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model describi...

Simultaneous high hydrogen content-synthesis gas production and in-situ CO2 removal via sorption-enhanced reaction process: modeling, sensitivity analysis and multi-objective optimization using NSGA-II algorithm

The main focus of this study is improvement of the steam-methane reforming (SMR) process by in-situ CO2 removal to produce high hydrogen content synthesis gas. Sorption-enhanced (SE) concept is applied to improve process performance. In the proposed structure, the solid phase CO2 adsorbents and pre-reformed gas stream are introduced to a gas-flowing solids-fixed bed reactor (GFSFBR). One dimens...

An Electrochemical Model for Syngas Production by Co- electrolysis of H2O and CO2

An Electrochemical Model for Syngas Production by Coelectrolysis of H2O and CO2 Meng Ni* Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Real Estate The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China Abstract Co-electrolysis of CO2 and H2O in a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) offers a promising way for syngas production. In this study, an electrochemical m...

Performance of Reversible Solid Oxide Cells: A review

It was shown about 25 years ago that solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) could also work in the solid oxide electrolyser cell (SOEC) mode. Electrolysis of both water (steam) and CO2 was demonstrated. During the 1990'ies very little electrolysis work was reported in the open literature, whereas an enormous amount of results on the SOFC R&D appeared. Recently, the increasing interest in hydrogen produc...

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