<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study presents a thermodynamic Aspen simulation model for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, SOFCs, based power generation system. In the first step, a steady-state SOFCs system model was developed. The model includes the electrochemistry and the diffusion phenomena. The electrochemical model gives good agreement with experimental data in a wide operating range. Then, a parametric study has been conducted to estimate effects of the oxygen to carbon ratio, O/C, on reformer temperature, fuel cell temperature, fuel utilization, overall fuel cell performance, and the results are discussed in this paper. In the second step, a dynamic analysis of SOFCs characteristic has been developed. The aim of dynamic modelling was to find the response of the system against the fuel utilization and the O/C ratio variations. From the simulations, it was concluded that both developed models in the steady and dynamic state were reasonably accurate and can be used for system level optimization studies of the SOFC based power generation system.</p></abstract>

This study presents a thermodynamic Aspen simulation model for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, SOFCs, based power generation system. In the first step, a steady-state SOFCs system model was developed. The model includes the electrochemistry and the diffusion phenomena. The electrochemical model gives good agreement with experimental data in a wide operating range. Then, a parametric study has been conducted to estimate effects of the oxygen to carbon ratio, O/C, on reformer temperature, fuel cell temperature, fuel utilization, overall fuel cell performance, and the results are discussed in this paper. In the second step, a dynamic analysis of SOFCs characteristic has been developed. The aim of dynamic modelling was to find the response of the system against the fuel utilization and the O/C ratio variations. From the simulations, it was concluded that both developed models in the steady and dynamic state were reasonably accurate and can be used for system level optimization studies of the SOFC based power generation system.

Simulation of SOFCs based power generation system using Aspen

Szczecin Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection Processes, Faculty of Technology and Chemical Engineering

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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This study presents a thermodynamic Aspen simulation model for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, SOFCs, based power generation system. In the first step, a steady-state...

Simulation of SOFCs based power generation system using Aspen

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 8 - 15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2017-0061

Keywords
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system, modelling, methane, reforming, CPO

© 2017 Paulina Pianko-Oprych et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Simulation of SOFCs based power generation system using Aspen

Published Online: Dec 29, 2017

Page range: 8 - 15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2017-0061

KeywordsSolid Oxide Fuel Cell system, modelling, methane, reforming, CPO

© 2017 Paulina Pianko-Oprych et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system, modelling, methane, reforming, CPO