Fuelling a solid oxide fuel cell with ammonia recovered from water by vacuum membrane stripping

Gaseous ammonia (NH3) recovered from residual waters may be used as a fuel in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) to generate electricity without emission of undesirable oxidised nitrogen species. NH3 can be directly recovered from water as a gas by vacuum membrane stripping (VMS), which also results in the evaporation of water (H2O), leading to the...

Absorption of high concentration NH3/H2O in a plate heat exchanger

High concentration NH3/H2O is suitable for Kalina cycles used for the recovery of low grade heat. Plate heat exchangers (PHEs) are compact and reduce the charge of working fluid. This work investigates the absorption of NH3/H2O in a PHE, which has a weight concentration of 96%. Being different from normal absorption systems, the concentration...

Absorption of Ammonia-Water and CO2-NH3-H2O Mixture in Mini-Channel Heat Exchangers

The energy consumption in the industry field is considerable. Saving energy has great potential in many industrial processes. For example, heat recovery from the spent cooling water can be achieved by applying heat pump technology, and the recovered heat can be used for district heating. Previous study indicates that the compression-resorption...