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Energy, Exergy, and Exergoeconomic Analysis of Solar-Driven Solid Oxide Electrolyzer System Integrated with Waste Heat Recovery for Syngas Production

  • WANG Jiangjiang ,
  • YAO Wenqi ,
  • CUI Zhiheng ,
  • GAO Yuefen
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  • Hebei Key Laboratory of Low Carbon and High-Efficiency Power Generation Technology, North China Electric Power University, Baoding 071003, China

Online published: 2023-11-28

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This research has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52276007) and the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.52090064).

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Science Press, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, CAS and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022

Abstract

Syngas fuel generated by solar energy integrating with fuel cell technology is one of the promising methods for future green energy solutions to carbon neutrality. This paper designs a novel solar-driven solid oxide electrolyzer system integrated with waste heat for syngas production. Solar photovoltaic and parabolic trough collecter together drive the solid oxide electrolysis cell to improve system efficiency. The thermodynamic models of components are established, and the energy, exergy, and exergoeconomic analysis are conducted to evaluate the system’s performance. Under the design work conditions, the solar photovoltaic accounts for 88.46% of total exergy destruction caused by its less conversion efficiency. The exergoeconomic analysis indicates that the fuel cell component has a high exergoeconomic factor of 89.56% due to the large capital investment cost. The impacts of key parameters such as current density, operating temperature, pressure and mole fraction on system performances are discussed. The results demonstrate that the optimal energy and exergy efficiencies are achieved at 19.04% and 19.90% when the temperature, pressure, and molar fraction of H2O are 1223.15 K, 0.1 MPa, and 50%, respectively.

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WANG Jiangjiang , YAO Wenqi , CUI Zhiheng , GAO Yuefen . Energy, Exergy, and Exergoeconomic Analysis of Solar-Driven Solid Oxide Electrolyzer System Integrated with Waste Heat Recovery for Syngas Production[J]. Journal of Thermal Science, 2023 , 32(1) : 135 -152 . DOI: 10.1007/s11630-022-1723-5

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