Simulation of process for electrical energy production based on molten carbonate fuel cells

A global molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC) power plant steady-state simulation is presented. A performance fuel cell numerical model is developed and integrated as a custom block in Aspen plus™for the whole process simulation. The burner/reformer compact unit is built assembling existing Aspen plus...

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Published in:Journal of power sources 2003-04, Vol.115 (2), p.210-218
Main Authors: De Simon, G, Parodi, F, Fermeglia, M, Taccani, R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Energy
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Equipments for energy generation and conversion: thermal, electrical, mechanical energy, etc
Exact sciences and technology
Fuel cells
Molten carbonate fuel cell
Power-generation system
Simulation
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Summary:A global molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC) power plant steady-state simulation is presented. A performance fuel cell numerical model is developed and integrated as a custom block in Aspen plus™for the whole process simulation. The burner/reformer compact unit is built assembling existing Aspen plus™internal blocks. A simulation is obtained with the preliminary input specification to get to the base case and a sensitivity analysis is conducted, in order to find the process parameters whose change improves the global efficiency.
ISSN:0378-7753
1873-2755
DOI:10.1016/S0378-7753(02)00728-0