Energy and Exergy Analysis of the Impact of Renewable Energy with Combined Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Micro-Gas Turbine on Poly-Generation Smart-Grids

In this study, the thermodynamic performance of a combined gas turbine system equipped with a tubular solid oxide fuel cell and hydrogen fuel was investigated. All components of the system were separately modeled using thermodynamic relations. The simulation results showed that the efficiency of the...

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Published inWater (Basel) Vol. 15; no. 6; p. 1069
Main Authors Chen, Tzu-Chia, Kumar, T. Ch. Anil, Dwijendra, Ngakan Ketut Acwin, Majdi, Ali, Asary, Abdul Rab, Iswanto, Acim Heri, Khan, Imran, Madsen, Dag Øivind, Alayi, Reza
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2023
Subjects
Analysis
Combustion
Combustion chambers
Compressed air
Efficiency
Electricity
Exergy
Fuel cell industry
Fuel cells
Fuel technology
gas turbine
Gas turbines
Gases
Heat exchangers
Hydrogen
Hydrogen as fuel
Hydrogen fuels
Impact analysis
Inlet temperature
Pressure ratio
production entropy
solid oxide fuel cell
Solid oxide fuel cells
Thermodynamics
Turbines
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Summary:In this study, the thermodynamic performance of a combined gas turbine system equipped with a tubular solid oxide fuel cell and hydrogen fuel was investigated. All components of the system were separately modeled using thermodynamic relations. The simulation results showed that the efficiency of the combined system decreased with an increase in the turbine inlet temperature, whereas the power of the system increased. In addition, increasing the temperature entering the turbine and increasing the pressure ratio increased the production entropy and, as a result, increased the irreversibility of the system. The results of the research at the design point showed that 65% of the irreversibility of the system was caused by the combustion chamber and fuel cell (35% of the amount of entropy produced, the contribution of the combustion chamber, and 30% of the contribution of the solid oxide fuel cell) and 19% was due to the contribution of the heat exchanger. In addition, the combined system has an efficiency of 9.81%, while the system without a fuel cell has an efficiency of 33.4%, which shows the extraordinary performance of the combined system.
ISSN:2073-4441
2073-4441
DOI:10.3390/w15061069