Design of a Pilot SOFC System for the Combined Production of Hydrogen and Electricity under Refueling Station Requirements.
- Pérez-Fortes M École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Group of Energy Materials Rue de l'Industrie 17, Case postale 440 1951 Sion Switzerland.
- Mian A École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering Rue de l'Industrie 17, Case postale 440 1951 Sion Switzerland.
- Srikanth S German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics Pfaffenwaldring 38-40 70569 Stuttgart Germany.
- Wang L École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Group of Energy Materials Rue de l'Industrie 17, Case postale 440 1951 Sion Switzerland.
- Diethelm S École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Group of Energy Materials Rue de l'Industrie 17, Case postale 440 1951 Sion Switzerland.
- Varkaraki E SOLIDpower SA Avenue des Sports 26 1400 Yverdon-les-Bain Switzerland.
- Mirabelli I HyGear B. V. Westervoortsedijk 73 6827AV Arnhem The Netherlands.
- Makkus R HyGear B. V. Westervoortsedijk 73 6827AV Arnhem The Netherlands.
- Schoon R Shell Global Solutions International B.V. Grasweg 31 1031 HW Amsterdam The Netherlands.
- Maréchal F École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering Rue de l'Industrie 17, Case postale 440 1951 Sion Switzerland.
- Van Herle J École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Group of Energy Materials Rue de l'Industrie 17, Case postale 440 1951 Sion Switzerland.
- 2019-11-05
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- Fuel cells (Weinheim). - 2019
Conceptual Design, Electric Vehicle Station, Fuel Cell
Heat Exchanger Network (HEN)
Hydrogen Refueling Station (HRS)
Industrial Chemistry
Multi‐Objective Optimization (MOO)
Multi‐Period Optimization
Process System Engineering (PSE)
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)
English
The objective of the current work is to support the design of a pilot hydrogen and electricity producing plant that uses natural gas (or biomethane) as raw material, as a transition option towards a 100% renewable transportation system. The plant, with a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) as principal technology, is intended to be the main unit of an electric vehicle station. The refueling station has to work at different operation periods characterized by the hydrogen demand and the electricity needed for supply and self-consumption. The same set of heat exchangers has to satisfy the heating and cooling needs of the different operation periods. In order to optimize the operating variables of the pilot plant and to provide the best heat exchanger network, the applied methodology follows a systematic procedure for multi-objective, i.e. maximum plant efficiency and minimum number of heat exchanger matches, and multi-period optimization. The solving strategy combines process flow modeling in steady state, superstructure-based mathematical programming and the use of an evolutionary-based algorithm for optimization. The results show that the plant can reach a daily weighted efficiency exceeding 60%, up to 80% when considering heat utilization.
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- DOI 10.1002/fuce.201800200
- PMID 31680792
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