Development of 1 kW SOFC power package for dual-fuel operation

Yongmin Kim; Seong Ahn Hong; Sukwoo Nam; Seok Ho Seo; Young Sung Yoo; Sang Houck Lee

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.10.056

Development of 1 kW SOFC power package for dual-fuel operation

Yongmin Kim, Seong Ahn Hong, Sukwoo Nam, Seok Ho Seo, Young Sung Yoo, Sang Houck Lee

GREEN SCHOOL (Graduate School of Energy and Environment)

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Abstract

A compact SOFC power generation system was developed by integrating a 1 kW SOFC stack and balance-of-plant. The system was designed for dual-fuel operation using both natural gas (NG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). An adiabatic pre-reformer was employed in a fuel processing system to convert C₂₊ hydrocarbons in the fuel into CH₄-rich gas which was further processed in a main reformer to produce H₂-rich gas for the SOFC stack. The SOFC system was operated for 350 h under thermally self-sustaining condition, and on-load fuel switching from NG to LPG was carried out during the operation. The system performance was not significantly affected by NG/LPG composition ratios and the performance was stable during continuous operation in NG or LPG.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10247-10254
Number of pages	8
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	36
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.10.056
Publication status	Published - 2011 Aug

Keywords

Dual-fuel operation
Power generation system
Pre-reforming
Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Condensed Matter Physics
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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Development of 1 kW SOFC power package for dual-fuel operation

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