Connecting AnMBR and SOFC for Blackwater Treatment and Energy Production: Influence of the AnMBR pH on the SOFC Operational Strategy

Driven by the increasing demand for waste reduction and green energy production, an integrated system which combines an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) was proposed in this research project for blackwater treatment and energy production. The potentials of using an AnMBR for wastewater treatment and biogas...

Steady State Modelling of Solid Oxide Cells: Modelling the steady state operational performance of solid oxide electrolysers/fuel cell systems in order to answer economic questions

With climate change is an undeniable reality, hydrogen based energy solutions will become increasingly important for specific aspects of economies. To meet emission targets, Solid Oxide Electrolysers (SOECs) and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) will become an increasingly useful part of global energy infrastructure. Identifying the economically...

Feasibility study and concept design on the use of solid oxide fuel cells fuelled by methanol on board of an offshore patrol vessel

Currently, the energy transition is a topic for discussion and many organizations are taking measures to reduce the effects of climate change. Armed forces are exempt of these new regulations on the grounds of national security, but some have already started taking steps to reduce the amount of harmful emissions. Due to the high efficiency and...

Preliminary sizing methodologies for regional aircraft with liquid hydrogen fuel and SOFC-GT-Battery hybrid-electric powertrains

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) systems for aviation applications have been considered for their use as APUs or powertrains, as standalone systems or in combination with gas turbines, and both fueled by reformed Jet-A or by hydrogen. Most existing studies focus on powertrain performance modelling. In this work, traditional tube-and-wing regional...

Design of an H2-O2 fired Solid Oxide Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine Test Set Up

The issue of climate change has fostered the innovation of new technology in an attempt to curb the rising emissions, with the energy sector being one of the biggest contributors of carbon emissions. Renewable Energy has shown promise in reducing the emissions by up to 32 %. However the problem of intermittency of<br/>renewable energy sources is...

Techno-Economic feasibility analysis of Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell-Gas Turbine based hybrid propulsion system fueled by Hydrogen: How a Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell can impact the performance of the propulsion system and the economics of the aircraft

The world is moving towards sustainability and there is immense pressure on Aerospace Industry to reduce its emissions to contribute to a carbon-neutral world. However, maturing gas turbine technology is a big bottleneck towards this goal and hence, this project focuses on the technical and economic feasibility of a new type of propulsion system...

A Digitised Exploration into the Design Space of Naval Power Plants: Optimal Power Plant Selection based on Ship and Client

The design space of power plants of naval surface vessels is ever expanding. As a result, the design space has become too large for a human design team to fully explore. Therefore, a concept exploration tool is introduced to generate and evaluate all possible concepts within the design space. An optimal solution is chosen based on ship...

An Ammonia-Fuelled Solid Oxide Fuel Cell - Internal Combustion Engine Hybrid System for Ships

Ammonia (NH3) may reduce CO2 emissions from the marine industry as it is carbon-free and more energy-dense than hydrogen or batteries. Pure ammonia exhibits poor combustion characteristics, so several researchers have already operated small-scale internal combustion engines (ICEs) with ammonia-hydrogen blends. However, nitrogen oxides NOx and...

Fuel Flexibility: Fuel-flexible fuel cell systems for super yachts

The reduction of the of harmful emissions that result fromyachting are an increasing concern and priority. It has been widely established that yachts have a significant contribution to the emission of greenhouse gasses and other emissions that are harmful to the environment and the public health. Measures must be taken that drastically reduce...

Role of Fuel assisted Solid oxide Electrolysis in the Renewable Energy Scenario: A Feasibility Study

Fuel assisted electrolysis has the advantage of reducing the power demand of hydrogen production by solid oxide electrolysis with the help of assisting fuel. This thesis presents a feasibility study on the use of biogas fuelled solid oxide fuel assisted electrolysis (SOFEC) for hydrogen production on an industrial scale. The biogas is supplied...

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Propulsion System Fueled by Ammonia: Subjected to a vessel from the Watertaxi Rotterdam Company

As a result of the Paris Agreement, energy technologies require to shift from fossil fuel based to carbon neutral. In 2015, the maritime sector was responsible for 2.6 % of the global CO2 emissions. The combination of the solid oxide fuel cell fueled by sustainable synthesized ammonia is seen as a potential solution to<br/>reduce emissions....

Process Chain Development of a ReSOC System with ammonia as fuel and steam electrolysis

Energy storage systems are an emerging field of interest for the future of electrical grids. With the rapid growth of renewable but intermittent sources of electricity, energy storage systems can help smooth the variations, making the grid more stable and reducing the need for maintaining an overcapacity of power production infrastructure. Among...

Vacuum membrane stripping of wastewater for the production of ammonia fuel gas for solid oxide fuel cells: From synthetic to real wastewater

In today’s industry ammonia is produced on a large scale, and is used in the production of fertilisers, cleaning products and much more. Eventually the ammonia enters our wastewater, either directly or through urine. This is then removed with conventional nitrifying-denitrifying treatment or with Anammox. That process consumes energy and does...

Design and modeling of an energy storage system based on solid oxide reversible cells with syngas as fuel and co-electrolysis of CO2 and H2O

The intermittent nature of renewable energy sources makes it difficult for electric utility companies to effectively implement these technologies in the power grid due to mismatches between supply and demand. Solid oxide cells are electrochemical devices that are receiving a lot attention as an effective power grid balancing technology, given...

Modeling Of Radiative Heat Transfer In Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells operate at high temperatures, which places stringent requirements on the ceramic materials in these devices. Optimizing the design by thermal stress minimization could increase the life expectancy of a fuel cell. In order to do this it is important to have a detailed understanding of the heat flows and temperature profiles...

From Pollutant to Fuel. A proof of principle for electricity production using nitrogen from sewage as a fuel

The necessary removal of organically bound nitrogen and ammonium from sewage conventionally requires energy for aeration and reduces the potential biogas production in the following anaerobic stage due to the required carbon source for de-nitrification. It has recently been demonstrated that fuel cells can generate electricity, using ammonia as...

Optimization of a fuel cell system running on ammonia from a wastewater treatment

The removal of nitrogen from wastewater is a costly and high energy demanded process. Not only in wastewater treatment facilities but also in the livestock sector nitrogen removal is costly. In this study the removal of nitrogen from wastewater by converting to ammonia to be fed as a fuel to a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) is treated. Ammonia is...

Analysis and Simulation of an Anode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Single Channel for Operation with Biosyngas and Methane

A three-dimensional thermo-fluid model coupled with electrochemical reaction for an anode-supported planar SOFC has been developed to investigate the internal processes and temperature distribution within a single cell unit for the design proposed by the Energy research Center of the Netherlands (ECN) in cooperation with TU Delft. The SOFC...