Thermodynamic analysis of biogas fed solid oxide fuel cell power plants

Renewable Energy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-10

  Prodromidis, George N ^a   Coutelieris, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biogas; Efficiency; Energy; Exergy; Optimization; SOFC

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

ENERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; OPTIMIZATION FACTORS; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

BIOGAS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; FUEL CELL; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDE; POWER PLANT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85013626375     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.02.043     Document Type: Article

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