Abstract
Abstract
The aspiration for fuel cells, in a public utility context, is that they are envisaged in the developed world as a means of significantly increasing the overall efficiency of power plants and of utilizing poor-quality fuel supplies. The thermodynamic and practical aspects in the design of a prototype power station consisting of a composite cycle of fuel cells, a gas turbine expander and a steam plant, or a steam plant only, are reported. The design was based on tubular fuel cell development. Overall efficiencies are estimated and limiting factors in the design are identified. Performance and emission characteristics are compared with existing plant.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Appleby
A. J.
Foulkes
F. R.
Fuel Cell Handbook , 1989 (Van Nostrand Reinhold , New York ).
2.
Proceedings of Second International Conference on Fuel Cells, Kobe, 5–8 February 1996 .
3.
Steele
B. C. H.
Mater. Des. , 1990 , 11 , 4 .
4.Market potential of solid oxide fuel cells . EEC report EN3E-0163-UK, 1989 .
5.Watson Engineering Consultants . Composite cycles. Report 304, 1990 .
6.
Fry
M. R.
Hatchman
J. C.
IMechE Conference, 1990 , paper C410/055, p.253.
7.
Dollard
W. J.
In Proceedings of Second Symposium on Fuel Cells , London, 24–27 September 1991 .
8.
Yoshioka
T.
Kakigami
S.
Hisatome
N.
Nagata
K.
In Proceedings of Second International Conference on Fuel Cells , Kobe, 5–8 February 1996 .
9.
Shibata
K.
In Proceedings of Second Grove Symposium on Fuel Cells , London, 24–27 September 1991 .
10.
Kilar
L.A.
Power, May 1979 , 37.
11.
Anahara
R.
In Proceedings of Second Grove Symposium on Fuel Cells , London, 24–27 September 1991 .
12.Solid oxide fuel cell cogeneration system conceptual design . GRI report GRI-89-0162, 1989 .
13.
Krumpelt
M.
Ackerman
J. F.
Fee
D. C.
Herceg
J. E.
Slack
C.
Lwin
Y.
In Proceedings of American Power Conference 1983 , Vol. 45 , p. 470 .
14.
Veyo
S. E.
In Proceedings of Second International Conference on Fuel Cells , Kobe, 5–8 February 1996 .
15.
Gnielinski
V.
Int. Chem. Engng , 1976 , 16 , 359 .
16.
Zukauskas
A.
In Handbook of Single-Phase Convective Heat Transfer , 1987 (John Wiley , Chichester ).