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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 46, Issue 77, Pages 38163-38174Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.09.105
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Hydrogen production; Solid oxide electrolysis cells; Heat integration; Waste heat
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Solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC) technology is an efficient solution for hydrogen production, requiring external waste heat coupling for heating feed stock, with the recommended coupling location at the water evaporator and a temperature requirement above 130 degrees C.
The solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC) technology is a promising solution for hydrogen production with the highest electrolysis efficiency. Compared with its counterparts, operating at high temperature means that SOEC requires both power and heat. To investigate the possibility of coupling external waste heat with the SOEC system, and the temperature & quantity requirement for the external waste heat, a universal SOEC system operating at atmospheric pressure is proposed, modeled and analyzed, without specific waste heat source assumption such as solar, geothermal or industrial waste heat. The SOEC system flow sheet is designed to create opportunity for external waste heat coupling. The results show that external waste heat is required for feed stock heating, while the recommended coupling location is the water evaporator. The temperature of the external waste heat should be above 130 degrees C. For an SOEC system with 1 MW electrolysis power input, the required external waste heat is about 200 kW. When the stack operates at thermoneutral state and 800 degrees C, the specific energy consumption is 3.77 kWh/Nm(3)-H-2, of which electric power accounts for 84% (3.16 kWh/Nm(3)-H-2) and external waste heat accounts for 16% (0.61 kWh/Nm(3)-H-2). The total specific energy consumption remains almost unchanged when operating the SOEC stack around the thermoneutral condition. (C) 2021 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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