Design, Construction, and Testing of a Gasifier-Specific Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System

Alvaro Fernandes, Joerg Brabandt, Oliver Posdziech, Ali Saadabadi, Mayra Recalde, Liyuan Fan, Eva O. Promes, Ming Liu, Theo Woudstra and Purushothaman Vellayan Aravind
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Alvaro Fernandes: Energy Technology Section, Department of Process and Energy, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Joerg Brabandt: Sunfire GmbH, Gasanstaltstraße 2, 01237 Dresden, Germany
Oliver Posdziech: Sunfire GmbH, Gasanstaltstraße 2, 01237 Dresden, Germany
Ali Saadabadi: Energy Technology Section, Department of Process and Energy, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Mayra Recalde: Energy Technology Section, Department of Process and Energy, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Liyuan Fan: Energy Technology Section, Department of Process and Energy, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Eva O. Promes: Energy Technology Section, Department of Process and Energy, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Ming Liu: Energy Technology Section, Department of Process and Energy, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Theo Woudstra: Energy Technology Section, Department of Process and Energy, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands
Purushothaman Vellayan Aravind: Energy Technology Section, Department of Process and Energy, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628 CB Delft, The Netherlands

Energies, 2018, vol. 11, issue 8, 1-17

Abstract: This paper describes the steps involved in the design, construction, and testing of a gasifier-specific solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. The design choices are based on reported thermodynamic simulation results for the entire gasifier- gas cleanup-SOFC system. The constructed SOFC system is tested and the measured parameters are compared with those given by a system simulation. Furthermore, a detailed exergy analysis is performed to determine the components responsible for poor efficiency. It is concluded that the SOFC system demonstrates reasonable agreement with the simulated results. Furthermore, based on the exergy results, the components causing major irreversible performance losses are identified.

Keywords: SOFC; validation; simulation; exergy; syngas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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