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INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY TRANSITIONS
Volume 158, Issue -, Pages 1974-1979Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.454
Keywords
SOFC; turbocharger; biogas; fuel flexibility
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- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [641073]
- H2020 Societal Challenges Programme [641073] Funding Source: H2020 Societal Challenges Programme
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The aim of this paper is the analysis of a turbocharged Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) system considering the influence of fuel composition variation. This is an innovative system layout based on the coupling of an SOFC stack with a turbocharger. The SOFC pressurization carried out with a turbocharger instead of a microturbine is a solution to combine high efficiency with reduced-cost plant layout. Moreover, the fuel flexibility is an essential issue to operate the system with different fuel compositions ranging from natural gas to biogas (considering also the CO2 removal option). This research activity started from the development of a steady-state system model using previously validated tools. The software was implemented in Matlab-Simulink environment considering the coupling of the different plant components. The analysis was started considering design conditions for a system fed by biogas (50% CH) and 50% CO2 molar composition). Then, to reach fuel flexibility performance (as required for applications with renewable sources), the anodic ejector was re-designed to satisfy the related constraint for the Steam-to-Carbon ratio. The mentioned change in fuel composition involved also the control valves (bypass and/or bleed) to maintain the SOFC temperature at its set-point value, taking into account all the system constraints. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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