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System simulation and exergetic evaluation of hybrid propulsion system for crude oil tanker: A hybrid of solid-oxide fuel cell and gas engine

Journal

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 223, Issue -, Pages -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113265

Keywords

CO2 emission; Marine propulsion system; Solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC); Hybrid system; SOFC-engine hybrid; Optimization

Funding

  1. Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (KSOE)
  2. Korea Institute of Machinery AMP
  3. Materials (KIMM)
  4. Industrial Strategic Technology Development Program - Ministry of Trade, Industry AMP
  5. Energy of the Republic of Korea [10082569]
  6. Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) [10082569] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)

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This study investigates a hybrid electrical propulsion system of gas engines and a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC), quantifying the CO2 emission and proposing a way to further reduce CO2 emissions. The indirect-coupling and direct-coupling configurations are proposed and analyzed from the perspectives of energy and exergy. In the indirect-coupling configuration, the engine and fuel cell system are only integrated electrically without the transfer of any heat or material stream. In the direct-coupling configuration, the unused remaining fuel, which is released from the fuel cell, is transported to the gas engine, and the unused surplus steam, which is produced from the engine exhaust, is provided with the reforming section of the fuel cell system. An Aframax-class crude oil tanker is selected as an application; detailed information of its operational mode is used to quantify the CO2 emission of crude oil delivery. Results reveal that the indirect-coupling hybrid system reduces CO2 emission by a maximum of 9% when a 5-MW SOFC system is integrated with 4.7-MW gas engines. For the direct-coupling configuration, a further reduction of 16% in CO2 emission is achieved. Results of the exergy analysis show that the gas engines and SOFC are the primary contributors to the exergy destruction, and contribute to thermodynamic inefficiencies. By implementing the direct-coupling configuration, the exergy destruction of the overall system can be reduced by 32% by utilizing the unused fuel and steam in a more effective way.

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