基于生物质气的固体氧化物燃料电池-燃气轮机混合动力系统的性能分析

以生物质气为燃料,建立了固体氧化物燃料电池-燃气轮机混合动力系统的仿真模型.利用所建立的模型进行仿真,根据燃料电池特性参数和压气机、透平特性曲线,分析了燃料质量流量、空气质量流量等参数对混合动力系统性能的影响.结果表明:基于生物质气的固体氧化物燃料电池-燃气轮机混合动力系统的发电效率最高可达61.55%,但在这种情况下系统的寿命和可靠性急剧下降;在设计点工况下,系统的发电效率可达55.31%.燃料质量流量不变,空气质量流量可以在0.084 0~0.179 9kg/s内调节,系统效率变化范围为61.55%~51.43%;空气质量流量不变,为防止压气机发生喘振,燃料质量流量变化范围为0.062 3~0.084 6kg/s,功率变化范围为124.9~187.3kW.     

高温燃料电池/燃气轮机混合循环发电技术

高温燃料电池／燃气轮机混合循环系统以其效率高、排放低的特点,在未来分布式发电和集中式大规模发电中占有重要地位。本文首先简介了高温燃料电池和先进燃气轮机的结构特点及其分类,在此基础上阐述了高温燃料电池与先进燃气轮机混合系统的基本模式,然后对适用于分布式发电和集中式发电的几种典型混合循环系统的结构和相应的流程及特点进行了详细的描述,最后给出了高温燃料电池和燃气轮机混合循环发电系统中的一些主要代表性技术以及目前研究的进展、挑战和目标。     

高温燃料电池_燃气轮机混合发电系统性能分析

针对 高温燃料电池系统的高效率、环保性以及排气废热的巨大利用潜能,将其与燃气轮机组成混合装置进行发电是未来分布式发电的一种极有前景的方案。文中对高温燃料电池及混合循环系统作了简介,并对两种典型的高温燃料电池－燃气轮机混合循环发电系统进行了性能分析,这将为我国高温燃料电池－燃气轮机混合循环系统的研制提供参考。     

固体氧化物燃料电池与燃气轮机联合发电系统模拟研究

固体氧化物燃料电池(SOFC)是一种高效低污染的新型能源。建立了以天然气为燃料的固体氧化物燃料电池和燃气轮机(GT)联合发电系统的计算模型,并对具体系统进行计算。结果表明：SOFC与GT组戍的联合发电系统,发电效率可达68％(LHV);加上利用的余热,整个系统的能量利用率可以超过80％。文中还分析了SOFC的工作压力、电流密度等参数对系统性能的影响,提高工作压力,可以增加电池发电量,提高系统的发电效率;而电流密度的增大将使SOFC及整个系统的发电量降低。     

固体氧化物燃料电池与燃汽轮机混合系统技术现状

固体氧化物燃料电池具有高能量密度、适用多种不同燃料、结构简单等优点,与燃气轮机结合后能达到近80%的能量利用效率,具有良好的市场前景.本文介绍了固体氧化物燃料电池与燃汽轮机混合系统的结构,应用现状,给出了未来发展的一些方向,并提出了固体氧化物燃料电池与燃气轮机混合系统发展需要解决的一些问题.     

固体氧化物燃料电池_燃气轮机混合动力系统的热力学分析

以底层固体氧化物燃料电池-燃气轮机混合动力系统(SOFC-GT)为研究对象,建立了模块化的仿真模型,并利用试验数据对仿真模型进行了验证。利用仿真模型研究了不同煤化气及生物质气为燃料时系统及主要部件的热力学性能,分析了燃料成分对系统性能的影响。结果表明,燃料中CH4及CO的含量对系统性能的影响较大。虽然SOFC的效率远高于常规热机,但其仍是系统中火用损最大的部件。     

SOFC_MGT顶层循环混合发电系统改进

提出了典型顶层循环固体氧化物燃料电池/微型燃气轮机(SOFC/MGT)混合发电系统的改进措施:采用陶瓷质子膜对电池堆阳极反应产物进行分离,分离出来的氢气经过冷却、加压、预热后引入第二级电池堆的阳极继续进行电化学反应,并使第二级电池堆的反应产物与分离氢气后的剩余气体进入后燃烧室进行燃烧反应。结合具体的算例对这种SOFC两级串联/MGT混合发电新系统进行了模拟分析,结果表明:由于提高了发生电化学反应的氢气量,减少了发生燃烧反应的氢气量,使整个系统的火用损失显著降低,从而可使改进后的系统在相同的电池堆燃料利用率与相同的透平进口温度下比基准系统的发电效率提高2.92个百分点。该改进措施是提高SOFC/MGT混合发电系统的有效方法。     

SOFC在天然气分布式应用中的经济性分析

固体氧化物燃料电池属于第三代燃料电池,是一种在中高温下直接将储存在燃料和氧化剂中的化学能高效、环境友好地转化成电能的全固态化学发电装置。固体氧化物燃料电池具有燃料适应性广、能量转换效率高、全固态、模块化组装、零污染等优点,可直接使用氢气、一氧化碳、天然气、液化气、煤气及生物质气等多种碳氢燃料。对不同应用场景下以天然气为燃料的固体氧化物燃料电池分布式应用进行经济性分析。     

高温燃料电池—固体氧化物燃料电池（SOFC）

燃料电池是一种直接把燃料的化学能转变为电和热的电化装置,无需经过燃烧这一中间环节。与其它发电装置相比,转化效率达到60％左右,部分负荷时的效率也高;具有积木式结构,场地限制性小以及污染小等优点,是一种清洁发电方式;与风能、太阳能等发电方式相比,又具有较高的能量密度特点。其运行温度超过600℃,产生高品位的蒸汽,可用于热电并供或底部循环。但也存在着材料、耐腐蚀、寿命周期、制造等技术难题。日前高温燃料电池主要有熔融碳酸盐燃料电池和固体氧化物燃料电池。本文将主要叙述固体氧化物燃料电池(Solid Oxide Fuel Cell——SOFC)的发展现状,运行原理及其应用。     

微型燃机与燃料电池复合装置的应用

对微型燃机发电装置及与燃料电池复合装置作了简介,并比较了采用顶层循环的固体氧化物燃料电池-微型燃机复合发电装置与单独微型燃机发电装置各自的循环特点,以燃机功率为50kW的微型燃机及其复合发电装置为例,进行了两者的性能分析比较：在复合发电装置中,分析了余热利用的优越性,并对余热供热进行了计算分析.     

Model of a novel pressurized solid oxide fuel cell gas turbine hybrid engine

Solid oxide fuel cell gas turbine (SOFC-GT) hybrid systems for producing electricity have received much attention due to high-predicted efficiencies, low pollution and availability of natural gas. Due to the higher value of peak power, a system able to meet fluctuating power demands while retaining high efficiencies is strongly preferable to base load operation. SOFC systems and hybrid variants designed to date have had narrow operating ranges due largely to the necessity of heat management within the fuel cell. Such systems have a single degree of freedom controlled and limited by the fuel cell. This study will introduce a new SOFC-GT hybrid configuration designed to operate over a 5:1 turndown ratio, while maintaining the SOFC stack exit temperature at a constant 1000 °C. The proposed system introduces two new degrees of freedom through the use of a variable-geometry nozzle turbine to directly influence system airflow, and an auxiliary combustor to control the thermal and power needs of the turbomachinery.     

Fast and stable operation approach of ship solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine hybrid system under uncertain factors

This work focuses on investigating the adaptability of solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine (SOFC-GT) hybrid system for ship application under uncertain factors. The effect of rapids, wind and waves on the performance of ship SOFC-GT is analyzed. In addition, a novel control system combining fuzzy logic theory, temperature feedforward and coordination factor on-line adjustment is proposed to address the problem of load disturbances caused by uncertain factors. The results show that the proposed operation strategy can shorten the thermal response time inside fuel cell stacks by almost 49.97%, meanwhile, reducing the maximum temperature changing rate at the electrochemically active tri-layer cell composed of anode, electrolyte, and cathode (PEN structure) by around 17.86%. Moreover, the reasonable matching between air flow and fuel flow is an essential prerequisite to ensure the safe and efficient operation of ship SOFC-GT. While the SOFC-GT is working at full load, the results indicate that the fuel to air ratio cannot exceed 2.56?10^?2 g/g. Finally, an application scenario of the 5000-ton river-to-sea cargo ship sails from Nanjing Port to Yangshan Port (Eastern China) is conducted to analyze the operation characteristics of ship SOFC-GT under uncertain factors. Two set of 1000 kW SOFC-GT systems with the electrical efficiency of 64.66% is designed for the target ship, the results conclude that the operation strategy of each SOFC-GT system supports 50% load is beneficial in reducing the power tracking time and SOFC temperature overshoot. The average electrical efficiency of 61.45% and 61.04% are achieved in winter and summer typical days respectively in the whole voyage.     

Energetic and exergetic parametric study of a SOFC-GT hybrid power plant

A parametric study is conducted on a hybrid SOFC-GT cycle as part of a national program aiming to improve the efficiency of the actual gas turbine power plants and to better undertake the future investigations. The proposed power plant is mainly constituted by a Gas Turbine cycle, a SOFC system, and an ammonia water absorption refrigerating system. An external pre-reformer is installed before the SOFC. Heat recovery systems are adopted to valorize the waste heat at the SOFC and GT exhausts. The gas from the SOFC exhaust is also used as additional supply for the combustion chamber. An extraction is performed on the gas Turbine in order to feed the SOFC cycle by thermal heat flux at medium pressure.The equations governing the electrochemical processes, the energy and the exergy balances of the power plant components are established. Numerical simulation using EES software is performed. The influences of key operating parameters, such as humidity, pre-reforming fraction, extraction fraction from the Gas Turbine and fuel utilization on the performances of the SOFC-GT hybrid system are analyzed. Obtained results show that the integration of the SOFC enhances significantly the hybrid overall cycle efficiency. The increase of the ambient temperature and humidity reduces the system efficiencies. The utilization factor has a negative effect on the SOFC temperature and voltage. That leads to a decrease in the power plant performances. While the pre-reforming fraction, has a positive effect on the indicated parameters.     

Optimal integration strategies for a syngas fuelled SOFC and gas turbine hybrid

This article aims to develop a thermodynamic modelling and optimization framework for a thorough understanding of the optimal integration of fuel cell, gas turbine and other components in an ambient pressure SOFC-GT hybrid power plant. This method is based on the coupling of a syngas-fed SOFC model and an associated irreversible GT model, with an optimization algorithm developed using MATLAB to efficiently explore the range of possible operating conditions. Energy and entropy balance analysis has been carried out for the entire system to observe the irreversibility distribution within the plant and the contribution of different components. Based on the methodology developed, a comprehensive parametric analysis has been performed to explore the optimum system behavior, and predict the sensitivity of system performance to the variations in major design and operating parameters. The current density, operating temperature, fuel utilization and temperature gradient of the fuel cell, as well as the isentropic efficiencies and temperature ratio of the gas turbine cycle, together with three parameters related to the heat transfer between subsystems are all set to be controllable variables. Other factors affecting the hybrid efficiency have been further simulated and analysed. The model developed is able to predict the performance characteristics of a wide range of hybrid systems potentially sizing from 2000 to 2500 W m⁻² with efficiencies varying between 50% and 60%. The analysis enables us to identify the system design tradeoffs, and therefore to determine better integration strategies for advanced SOFC-GT systems.     

Techno-economic-environmental optimization of a solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine hybrid coupled with small-scale membrane desalination

A techno-economic-environmental optimization of a pressurized solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine (SOFC-GT) hybrid coupled with a small-scale seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination unit is presented. The overall exergy efficiency and cost rate of the system are maximized and minimized, respectively, using a genetic algorithm. The optimum solution selected, representing a trade-off between both optimization objectives, yields 2.4 MWe of electric power and 107 m³/day of permeate, at an overall exergy efficiency and cost rate of 70.5% and 0.0233 USD/s, respectively. These metrics compare favorably with those of alternative coupled SOFC-GT-thermal desalination systems previously optimized in the literature. Compared with the selected trade-off solution, single-objective optimizations of exergy efficiency and cost rate would permit a further improvement in exergy efficiency of 6%, and 9% reduction in cost rate, respectively. For the optimum economic solution, the SWRO unit would be effectively eliminated, with the system reducing to a SOFC-GT power plant. The system payback time is mostly sensitive to electricity prices, and ranges from two to ten years for typical economic parameters, but would become unprofitable in the most unfavorable economic context considered.     

Comparison between two optimization strategies for solid oxide fuel cell–gas turbine hybrid cycles

This paper compares the performance characteristics of a combined power system with solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and gas turbine (GT) working under two thermodynamic optimization strategies. Expressions of the optimized power output and efficiency for both the subsystems and the SOFC-GT hybrid cycle are derived. Optimal performance characteristics are discussed and compared in detail through a parametric analysis to evaluate the impact of multi-irreversibilities that take into account on the system behaviour. It is found that there exist certain new optimum criteria for some important design and operating parameters. Engineers should find the methodologies developed in this paper useful in the optimal design and practical operation of complex hybrid fuel cell power plants.     

Thermodynamic analysis of a new combined cooling, heat and power system driven by solid oxide fuel cell based on ammonia-water mixture

Although a solid oxide fuel cell combined with a gas turbine (SOFC-GT) has good performance, the temperature of exhaust from gas turbine is still relatively high. In order to recover the waste heat of exhaust from the SOFC-GT to enhance energy conversion efficiency as well as to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants, in this study a new combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) system driven by the SOFC is proposed to perform the trigeneration by using ammonia-water mixture to recover the waste heat of exhaust from the SOFC-GT. The CCHP system, whose main fuel is methane, can generate electricity, cooling effect and heat effect simultaneously. The overall system performance has been evaluated by mathematical models and thermodynamic laws. A parametric analysis is also conducted to examine the effects of some key thermodynamic parameters on the system performance. Results indicate that the overall energy conversion efficiency exceeds 80% under the given conditions, and it is also found that the increasing the fuel flow rate can improve overall energy conversion efficiency, even though both the SOFC efficiency and electricity efficiency decrease. Moreover, with an increased compressor pressure ratio, the SOFC efficiency, electricity efficiency and overall energy conversion efficiency all increase. Ammonia concentration and pressure entering ammonia-water turbine can also affect the CCHP system performance.     

Performance study of a solid oxide fuel cell and gas turbine hybrid system designed for methane operating with non-designed fuels

This paper presents an analysis of the fuel flexibility of a methane-based solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine (SOFC-GT) hybrid system. The simulation models of the system are mathematically defined. Special attention is paid to the development of an SOFC thermodynamic model that allows for the calculation of radial temperature gradients. Based on the simulation model, the new design point of system for new fuels is defined first; the steady-state performance of the system fed by different fuels is then discussed. When the hybrid system operates with hydrogen, the net power output at the new design point will decrease to 70% of the methane, while the design net efficiency will decrease to 55%. Similar to hydrogen, the net output power of the ethanol-fueled system will decrease to 88% of the methane value due to the lower cooling effect of steam reforming. However, the net efficiency can remain at 61% at high level due to increased heat recuperation from exhaust gas. To increase the power output of the hybrid system operating with non-design fuels without changing the system configuration, three different measures are introduced and investigated in this paper. The introduced measures can increase the system net power output operating with hydrogen to 94% of the original value at the cost of a lower efficiency of 45%.     

Multi-objective optimization of solid oxide fuel cell/gas turbine combined heat and power system: A comparison between particle swarm and genetic algorithms

Many studies have attempted to optimize integrated Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine (SOFC-GT), although different and somehow conflicting results are reported employing various algorithms. In this study, Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO) is employed to approach the optimal design of SOFC-GT considering all prevailing factors. The emphasis is placed on the evaluation of the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) performance as two effective approaches for solving the multi-objective and non-linear optimization problems. Multi- objective optimization is carried out on two vital objectives; the electrical efficiency and the overall output power of the system. The considerable achievements are the set of optimal points that aim to identify the system optimal performance which provides a practical basis for the decision-makers to choose the appropriate target functions. For the studied conditions, the two algorithms nearly exhibit similar performance, while the PSO is faster and more efficient in terms of computational effort. The PSO appears to achieve its ultimate parameter values in fewer generations compared to the GA algorithm under the examined circumstances. It is found that the maximum power of 410 kW is accomplished employing the GA optimization method with an efficiency of 64%, while PSO method yields the maximum power of 419.19 kW at the efficiency of 58.9%. The results stress that PSO offers more satisfactory convergence and fidelity of the solution for the SOFC-GT MOO problems.     

Development and exergoeconomic evaluation of a SOFC-GT driven multi-generation system to supply residential demands: Electricity,fresh water and hydrogen

In this study, a novel multi-generation system is proposed by integrating a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)-gas turbine (GT) with multi-effect desalination (MED), organic flash cycle (OFC) and polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzer (PEME) for simultaneous production of electricity, fresh water and hydrogen. A comprehensive exergoeconomic analysis and optimization are conducted to find the best design parameters considering exergy efficiency and total unit cost of products as objective functions. The results show that the exergy efficiency and the total unit cost of products in the optimal condition are 59.4% and 23.6 $/GJ, respectively, which offers an increase of 2% compared to exergy efficiency of SOFC-GT system. Moreover, the system is capable of producing 2.5 MW of electricity by the SOFC-GT system, 5.6 m³/h of fresh water by MED unit, and 1.8 kg/h of hydrogen by the PEME. The associated cost for producing electricity, fresh water and hydrogen are 3.4 cent/kWh, 37.8 cent/m³, and 1.7 $/kg, respectively. A comparison between the results of the proposed system and those reported in other related papers are presented. The diagram of the exergy flow is also plotted for the exact determination of the exergy flow rate in each component, and also, location and value of exergy destruction. Finally, the capability of the proposed system for a case study of Iran is examined.