Conference paper
Possible Future SOFC - ST Based Power Plants
Hybrid systems consisting Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) on the top of a Steam Turbine (ST) are investigated. The plants are fired by natural gas. A desulfurization reactor removes the sulfur content in the NG while a pre-reformer break down the heavier hydrocarbons. The pre-treated fuel enters then into the anode side of the SOFC.
The gases from the SOFC stacks enter into a burner to burn the rest of the fuel. The off-gases now enter into a heat recovery steam generator to produce steam for a Rankine cycle. Different system setups are considered. Cyclic efficiencies up to 67% are achieved which is considerably more than the conventional combined cycles (CC).
Both ASR (Adiabatic Steam Reformer) and CPO (Catalytic Partial Oxidation) fuel reformer reactors are considered in this study.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2009 |
Pages: | 181-188 |
Proceedings: | 50th International Conference of Scandinavian Simulation Society |
Journal subtitle: | Modeling of Energy Technology |
ISBN: | 8789502884 and 9788789502885 |
Types: | Conference paper |
ORCIDs: | Rokni, Masoud |