An Innovative Configuration for CO 2 Capture by High Temperature Fuel Cells

Federico Rossi, Andrea Nicolini, Massimo Palombo, Beatrice Castellani, Elena Morini and Mirko Filipponi
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Federico Rossi: CIRIAF, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, Perugia 06125, Italy
Andrea Nicolini: CIRIAF, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, Perugia 06125, Italy
Massimo Palombo: CIRIAF, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, Perugia 06125, Italy
Beatrice Castellani: Consorzio IPASS Scarl, Via G.Guerra 23, Perugia 06127, Italy
Elena Morini: CIRIAF, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, Perugia 06125, Italy
Mirko Filipponi: CIRIAF, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via G. Duranti 67, Perugia 06125, Italy

Sustainability, 2014, vol. 6, issue 10, 1-9

Abstract: Many technological solutions have been proposed for CO 2 capture in the last few years. Most of them are characterized by high costs in terms of energy consumption and, consequently, higher fossil fuel use and higher economic costs. High temperature fuel cells are technological solutions currently developed for energy production with low environmental impact. In CIRIAF—University of Perugia labs, cylindrical geometry, small-sized molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) prototypes were built and tested with good energy production and lifetime performances. In the present work, an innovative application for MCFCs is proposed, and an innovative configuration for CO 2 capture/separation is investigated. The plant scheme is based on a reformer and a cylindrical MCFC. MCFCs are the most suitable solutions, because CO 2 is used in their operating cycle. An analysis in terms of energy consumption/kgCO 2 captured is made by coupling the proposed configuration with a gas turbine plant. The proposed configuration is characterized by a theoretical energy consumption of about 500 kJ/kgCO 2 , which is quite lower than actual sequestration technologies. An experimental campaign will be scheduled to verify the theoretical findings.

Keywords: CO 2 capture; fuel cell; global warming mitigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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