TY - JOUR
T1 - Results from industrial size biogas-fed SOFC plant (DeMosofC project)
AU - Santarelli, Massimo
AU - Gandiglio, Marta
AU - Acri, Marco
AU - Hakala, Tuomas
AU - Rautanen, Markus
AU - Hawkes, Adam
N1 - Funding Information:
The research leading to these results has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No. 671470 “DEMOSOFC (Demonstration of large SOFC systems fed with biogas from WWTP).” This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.
Funding Information:
The research leading to these results has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking under grant agreement No. 671470 ?DEMOSOFC (Demonstration of large SOFC systems fed with biogas from WWTP).? This Joint Undertaking receives support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Electrochemical Society.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The EU-funded DEMOSOFC project demonstrates the technical and economic feasibility of operating a 174 kWe (+ 100 kWth) SOFC system in a wastewater treatment plant, fed by biogas. The integrated biogas-SOFC plant includes three main units: 1) the biogas clean-up and compression section; 2) the SOFC power modules, and 3) the heat recovery loop. The present work is related to the results of the operation of the SOFC system. More than 7000 hours of operation have been reached onsite. Biogas raw composition is daily measured: starting form values of around 50 ppm (Sulphur equivalent) and 1.0-1.5 ppm (siloxanes equivalent) downstream the results show zero H2S and zero siloxanes. Measured SOFC efficiency from biogas to AC power has always been higher than 52-53%, with peaks of 56%. A dedicated emissions measurements campaign shows NOx < 20 mg/m3, SO2 < 8 mg/m3 and particulate lower than ambient air values (0.01 mg/m3).
AB - The EU-funded DEMOSOFC project demonstrates the technical and economic feasibility of operating a 174 kWe (+ 100 kWth) SOFC system in a wastewater treatment plant, fed by biogas. The integrated biogas-SOFC plant includes three main units: 1) the biogas clean-up and compression section; 2) the SOFC power modules, and 3) the heat recovery loop. The present work is related to the results of the operation of the SOFC system. More than 7000 hours of operation have been reached onsite. Biogas raw composition is daily measured: starting form values of around 50 ppm (Sulphur equivalent) and 1.0-1.5 ppm (siloxanes equivalent) downstream the results show zero H2S and zero siloxanes. Measured SOFC efficiency from biogas to AC power has always been higher than 52-53%, with peaks of 56%. A dedicated emissions measurements campaign shows NOx < 20 mg/m3, SO2 < 8 mg/m3 and particulate lower than ambient air values (0.01 mg/m3).
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U2 - 10.1149/09101.0107ecst
DO - 10.1149/09101.0107ecst
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85073188781
SN - 1938-5862
VL - 91
SP - 107
EP - 116
JO - ECS Transactions
JF - ECS Transactions
IS - 1
T2 - 16th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, SOFC 2019
Y2 - 8 September 2019 through 13 September 2019
ER -
