Analysis Strategies for Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Based Hybrid Systems

Author:

Rao A. D.1,Samuelsen G. S.1

Affiliation:

1. National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697

Abstract

The emergence of fuel cell systems and hybrid fuel cell systems requires the evolution of analysis strategies for evaluating thermodynamic performance and directing design and development. A description and application of the recently developed tool for analyzing tubular SOFC based systems is presented. The capabilities of this tool include an analytical model for the tubular SOFC derived from first principles and the secondary equipment required to analyze hybrid power plants. Examples of such secondary equipment are gas turbine, reformer, partial oxidation reactor, shift reactor, humidifier, steam turbines, compressor, gas expander, heat exchanger, and pump. A “controller” is included which is essential for modeling systems to automatically iterate in order to meet the desired process or system design criteria. Another important capability that is included is to be able to arrange the various components or modules as defined by the user in order to configure different hybrid systems. Analysis of the hybrid cycle as originally proposed by Westinghouse (SureCell TM) indicates that the thermal efficiency of the cycle is quite insensitive to the pressure ratio, increasing from 65.5 percent to 66.6 percent on a lower calorific value of the fuel as the pressure ratio decreases from 15 to 6.5.

Publisher

ASME International

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Aerospace Engineering,Fuel Technology,Nuclear Energy and Engineering

Reference13 articles.

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