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In this article, energetic and exergetic analyses of a natural gas-fueled solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and organic Rankine cycle (ORC)-integrated power generation system are presented. In the topping, SOFC cycle of the proposed power generation system, anode channel as well as cathode channel recirculation has been done. Toluene has been used as a working fluid in the ORC. Influence of major operating and design parameters, viz. current density of SOFC, cell temperature on the performance of the proposed system has been examined. Results show that maximum energetic and exergetic efficiencies of the proposed power generation are found to be 67.06 and 58.17%, respectively.
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Roy, D., Samanta, S., Ghosh, S. (2019). Energetic and Exergetic Analyses of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Module Coupled with an Organic Rankine Cycle. In: Saha, P., Subbarao, P., Sikarwar, B. (eds) Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6416-7_2
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