Hybrid systems, which are based on a micro gas turbine (μGT) and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), are expected to achieve much higher efficiency than traditional μGT’s. In this paper, the effects of cycle design parameters on the performance and feasibility of a μGT-SOFC hybrid system of 30 kW power output are investigated. It is confirmed that the hybrid system is much superior to a recuperated gas turbine in terms of its power generation efficiency and aptitude for small distributed generation. General design strategy is found that less direct fuel input to a combustor as well as higher recuperator effectiveness leads to higher generation efficiency, while higher steam-carbon ratio moderates requirements for the material strength. The best possible conceptual design of a 30-kW μGT-SOFC hybrid system is shown to give power generation efficiency over 65% (lower heating value).
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October 2004
Technical Papers
Cycle Analysis of Gas Turbine–Fuel Cell Cycle Hybrid Micro Generation System
Hideyuki Uechi,
e-mail: hideyuki_uechi@mhi.co.jp
Hideyuki Uechi
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan
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Shinji Kimijima,
e-mail: kimi@sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp
Shinji Kimijima
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan
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Nobuhide Kasagi, Fellow ASME, Professor,
e-mail: kasagi@thtlab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Nobuhide Kasagi, Fellow ASME, Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan
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Hideyuki Uechi
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: hideyuki_uechi@mhi.co.jp
Shinji Kimijima
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: kimi@sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp
Nobuhide Kasagi, Fellow ASME, Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, Japan
e-mail: kasagi@thtlab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Contributed by the Cycle Innovation Committee of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received by the Cycle Innovation Committee August 26, 2002; final revision received April 6, 2004. IGTI Chair: P. Pilides.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. Oct 2004, 126(4): 755-762 (8 pages)
Published Online: November 24, 2004
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Received:
August 26, 2002
Revised:
April 6, 2004
Online:
November 24, 2004
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Uechi, H., Kimijima, S., and Kasagi, N. (November 24, 2004). "Cycle Analysis of Gas Turbine–Fuel Cell Cycle Hybrid Micro Generation System ." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. October 2004; 126(4): 755–762. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1787505
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