SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2020, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (4): 1156-1161.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.01.018

• Energy, Resources and Environmental Technology • 上一篇    下一篇

Solid oxide fuel cells in combination with biomass gasification for electric power generation

Huangang Shi1, Qianjun Li1, Wenyi Tan1, Hao Qiu2, Chao Su2,3   

  1. 1 School of Environmental Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, PR China;
    2 School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, PR China;
    3 WA School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM-MECE), Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
  • 收稿日期:2019-08-28 修回日期:2020-01-09 出版日期:2020-04-28 发布日期:2020-07-27
  • 通讯作者: Chao Su
  • 基金资助:
    This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 51302135 and 51678291), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20190965) and the Research Project of Nanjing Institute of Technology (Grant No. YKJ201435). Dr. Chao Su would like to thank the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award DE180100773.

Solid oxide fuel cells in combination with biomass gasification for electric power generation

Huangang Shi1, Qianjun Li1, Wenyi Tan1, Hao Qiu2, Chao Su2,3   

  1. 1 School of Environmental Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211167, PR China;
    2 School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, PR China;
    3 WA School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM-MECE), Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
  • Received:2019-08-28 Revised:2020-01-09 Online:2020-04-28 Published:2020-07-27
  • Contact: Chao Su
  • Supported by:
    This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 51302135 and 51678291), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20190965) and the Research Project of Nanjing Institute of Technology (Grant No. YKJ201435). Dr. Chao Su would like to thank the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award DE180100773.

摘要: Biomass, a source of renewable energy, represents an effective substitute to fossil fuels. Gasification is a process that organics are thermochemically converted into valuable gaseous products (e.g. biogas). In this work, the catalytic test demonstrated that the biogas produced from biomass gasification mainly consists of H2, CH4, CO, and CO2, which were then be used as the fuel for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). Planar SOFCs were fabricated and adopted. The steam reforming of biogas was carried out at the anode of a SOFC to obtain a hydrogen-rich fuel. The performance of the SOFCs operating on generated biogas was investigated by I-V polarization and electrochemical impedance spectra characterizations. An excellent cell performance was obtained, for example, the peak power density of the SOFC reached 1391 mW·cm-2 at 750 ℃ when the generated biogas was used as the fuel. Furthermore, the SOFC fuelled by simulated biogas delivered a very stable operation.

关键词: Biomass gasification, Biogas, Solid oxide fuel cell, Steam reforming

Abstract: Biomass, a source of renewable energy, represents an effective substitute to fossil fuels. Gasification is a process that organics are thermochemically converted into valuable gaseous products (e.g. biogas). In this work, the catalytic test demonstrated that the biogas produced from biomass gasification mainly consists of H2, CH4, CO, and CO2, which were then be used as the fuel for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). Planar SOFCs were fabricated and adopted. The steam reforming of biogas was carried out at the anode of a SOFC to obtain a hydrogen-rich fuel. The performance of the SOFCs operating on generated biogas was investigated by I-V polarization and electrochemical impedance spectra characterizations. An excellent cell performance was obtained, for example, the peak power density of the SOFC reached 1391 mW·cm-2 at 750 ℃ when the generated biogas was used as the fuel. Furthermore, the SOFC fuelled by simulated biogas delivered a very stable operation.

Key words: Biomass gasification, Biogas, Solid oxide fuel cell, Steam reforming