Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology incorporates electrochemical reactions that generate electricity and high quality heat. The coupling of this technology with gas turbine bottoming cycles, to form hybrid power systems, leads to high efficiency levels. The purpose of this study is to conceptually integrate the hybrid power system with existing and imminent coal gasification technologies through computer simulation. The gasification technologies considered for integration include the Kellogg Brown Root (KBR) Transport Reactor and Entrained Coal Gasification. Parametric studies were performed to assess the effect of changes in pertinent fuel cell stack process settings such as operating voltage, inverse equivalence ratio and fuel utilization will be varied. Power output, system efficiency and costs are the chosen dependent variables of interest. Coal gasification data and a proven SOFC model program are used to test the theoretical integration. Feasibility and economic comparisons between the new integrated system and existing conventional systems are also made.
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ASME 2003 Heat Transfer Summer Conference
July 21–23, 2003
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Heat Transfer Division
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0-7918-3693-2
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Investigating the Integration of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and a Gas Turbine System With Coal Gasification Technologies
Dawson A. Plummer,
Dawson A. Plummer
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY
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Comas Haynes,
Comas Haynes
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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William Wepfer
William Wepfer
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
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Dawson A. Plummer
U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY
Comas Haynes
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
William Wepfer
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Paper No:
HT2003-47324, pp. 105-109; 5 pages
Published Online:
December 17, 2008
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Plummer, DA, Haynes, C, & Wepfer, W. "Investigating the Integration of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and a Gas Turbine System With Coal Gasification Technologies." Proceedings of the ASME 2003 Heat Transfer Summer Conference. Heat Transfer: Volume 1. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. July 21–23, 2003. pp. 105-109. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2003-47324
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