Integration of Solid Oxide Electrolyzer and Fischer-Tropsch: A sustainable pathway for synthetic fuel

Applied Energy

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 308-320

  Cinti, Giovanni ^a   Baldinelli, Arianna ^a   Di Michele, Alessandro ^a   Desideri, Umberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributed power plant; Energy storage; Fischer Tropsch; Gas to liquid; Solid Oxide Electrolyzer; Synthetic fuels

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL LIQUEFACTION; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; ENERGY STORAGE; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; FUEL STORAGE; FUELS; HYDROGENATION; LIQUID FUELS; LIQUIDS; SAFE HANDLING; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

DISTRIBUTED POWER; FISCHER TROPSCH; FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS; GAS TO LIQUIDS; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYZER; SOLID-OXIDE CELLS; SYSTEM-LEVEL MODELS;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROKINESIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CELL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HYDROGEN; INTEGRATED APPROACH; OXIDE; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STABILIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84946011873     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.053     Document Type: Article

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