Performance evaluation and parametric optimum design of a syngas molten carbonate fuel cell and gas turbine hybrid system

Renewable Energy

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 407-414

  Zhang, Xiuqin ^a,b   Liu, Huiying ^a   Ni, Meng ^b   Chen, Jincan ^c  

^a JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gas turbine; Internal fuel reforming; Molten carbonate fuel cell; Optimization criteria; Performance characteristic analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; COMBUSTION; EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL ANALYSIS; GAS TURBINES; HEAT TRANSFER; HYBRID SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; OXIDANTS; OXYGEN; SYNTHESIS GAS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

DIRECT INTERNAL REFORMING; FINITE-RATE HEAT TRANSFER; FUEL REFORMING; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA; PARAMETRIC OPTIMUM DESIGN; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; REGENERATION PROCESS;

MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS (MCFC);

CARBONATE; COMPRESSION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPANSION; FUEL CELL; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TURBINE;

EID: 84924064135     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2015.02.035     Document Type: Article

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