Comparative life cycle assessment of two different SOFC-based cogeneration systems with thermal energy storage integrated into a single-family house nanogrid

Giuseppe Di Florio, Edoardo Gino Macchi, Luigi Mongibello, Maria Camilla Baratto, Riccardo Basosi, Elena Busi, Martina Caliano, Viviana Cigolotti, Matteo Testi and Martina Trini

Applied Energy, 2021, vol. 285, issue C, No S0306261920317542

Abstract: This paper presents the life cycle assessment (LCA) of two different solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)-based combined heat and power (CHP) systems with thermal energy storage, one based on a reversible solid oxide fuel cell (r-SOFC) and hydrogen storage, and the other on a natural gas-fed SOFC. Both systems have been included alternately into the same single-family house nanogrid, that also includes a photovoltaic (PV) system for renewable energy production. The hourly electrical and thermal demands over an entire year of the user are calculated by means of the commercial software TRNSYS 17, the simulation of the two CHP systems operation is performed using the commercial software HOMER PRO, and the life cycle assessment is performed by means of the software SimaPro 9 and Ecoinvent 3.3.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116378

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