Comparative LCA of methanol-fuelled SOFCs as auxiliary power systems on-board ships

Strazza, Carlo; Borghi, Adriana Del; Costamagna, Paola; Traverso, Alberto; Santin, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.10.012

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“…The detailed design of a microreactor for methanol reforming has been recently depicted [21] and the detailed life cycle assessment of methanol fuelled SOFC system has been evaluated [22]. Furthermore, honeycomb type reactors were tested for the reforming of synthetic biomass gas on both lab and pilot scale [23].…”

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5kWe+5kWt reformer-PEMFC energy generator from bioethanol first data on the fuel processor from a demonstrative project

Rossetti

Biffi

Tantardini

et al. 2012

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

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A power unit constituted by a reformer section, a H2 purification section and a fuel cell stack is being tested c/o the Dept. of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Università degli Studi di Milano, on the basis of a collaboration with HELBIO S.A. Hydrogen and Energy Production Systems, Patras (Greece), supplier of the unit, and some sponsors (Linea Energia S.p.A., Parco Tecnologico Padano and Provincia di Lodi, Italy). The system size allows to cogenerate 5 kWe (220 V, 50 Hz a.c.) + 5 kWt (hot water at 65°C) as peak output. Bioethanol, obtainable by different non-food-competitive biomass, is transformed into syngas by a prereforming and reforming reactors couple and the reformate is purified from CO to a concentration below 20 ppmv, suitable to feed a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack that will be integrated in the fuel processor in a second step of the experimentation. This result is achieved by feeding the reformate to two water gas shift reactors, connected in series and operating at high and low temperature, respectively. CO

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5kWe+5kWt reformer-PEMFC energy generator from bioethanol first data on the fuel processor from a demonstrative project

Rossetti

Biffi

Tantardini

et al. 2012

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

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“…A similar result can be derived from [30]. Thus, it has been possible to estimate the total methanol mass flow rate _ m f and the total fuel tank capacity V TK to operate the 250 kW SOFC modules installed in Balmat.…”

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“…Characteristics and arrangement of these modules are based on information extracted from data published in [25,[29][30][31], which are related to the previously cited Methapu project [15]. The system main dimensions have been defined taking as a basis data provided in [27,29,32].…”

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“…Liquid methanol enters the system and after being treated, it is introduced into the fuel processor FP [27,30,32] to obtain a hydrogen-rich gas mixture (syn gas) which is later heated and conducted towards the anode. At the same time atmospheric air is heated and conducted towards the cathode.…”

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“…It must be taken into account that there is still much uncertainty about the actual commercial cost achievable by SOFC systems [30], but it can be expected this cost to be lower in the future as technology is more mature. Therefore, from an economic point of view, the hybrid diesel generator-SOFC power plant proposed in Balmat appears as an advantageous option in marine applications.…”

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Conceptual design of offshore platform supply vessel based on hybrid diesel generator-fuel cell power plant

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Conceptual design of PSV ship with hybrid diesel electric-FC power plant is presented. Two methanol-fed 250 kW SOFC systems are installed on board with 21 days autonomy. Cogeneration heat from SOFC allows answering hot water needs on board. Optimized hull design allows sailing with SOFCs and only one diesel generator. At ECO-Speed operation mode pollutant emissions are notably reduced. a b s t r a c tNowadays increasing fuel prices and upcoming pollutant emission regulations are becoming a growing concern for the shipping industry worldwide. While fuel prices will keep rising in future years, the new International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and Sulphur Emis-sions Control Areas (SECA) regulations will forbid ships to use heavy fuel oils at certain situations. To fulfil with these regulations, the next step in the marine shipping business will comprise the use of cleaner fuels on board as well as developing new propulsion concept. In this work a new conceptual marine pro-pulsion system is developed, based on the integration of diesel generators with fuel cells in a 2850 metric tonne of deadweight platform supply vessel. The efficiency of the two 250 kW methanol-fed Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) system installed on board combined with the hydro dynamically optimized design of the hull of the ship will allow the ship to successfully operate at certain modes of operation while notably reduce the pollutant emissions to the atmosphere. Besides the cogeneration heat obtained from the fuel cell system will be used to answer different heating needs on board the vessel.

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Life Cycle Analysis of Lignocellulosic Conversion into Fuels, Energy, and Chemicals

Mazuchi¹

2020

Lignocellulosic Biorefining Technologies

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Comparative LCA of methanol-fuelled SOFCs as auxiliary power systems on-board ships

Cited by 122 publications

References 15 publications

5kWe+5kWt reformer-PEMFC energy generator from bioethanol first data on the fuel processor from a demonstrative project

5kWe+5kWt reformer-PEMFC energy generator from bioethanol first data on the fuel processor from a demonstrative project

Conceptual design of offshore platform supply vessel based on hybrid diesel generator-fuel cell power plant

Life Cycle Analysis of Lignocellulosic Conversion into Fuels, Energy, and Chemicals

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