Development of a highly efficient micro-scale CHP system based on fuel-flexible gasification and a SOFC

Thomas  Brunner; Christian  Ramerstorfer; Ingwald  Obernberger; Michael  Kerschbaum; Aravind Purushothaman Vellayani; Robert  Makkus; Stefan  Megel; Martin Hauth; Michael Seidl; Stefan  Weißensteiner; Thomas  Götz; William Zappa

doi:10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-2CV.3.5

Development of a highly efficient micro-scale CHP system based on fuel-flexible gasification and a SOFC

Thomas Brunner, Christian Ramerstorfer, Ingwald Obernberger, Michael Kerschbaum, Aravind Purushothaman Vellayani, Robert Makkus, Stefan Megel, Martin Hauth, Michael Seidl, Stefan Weißensteiner, Thomas Götz, William Zappa

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During recent years comprehensive work has been done on the development of small-scale solid biomass based combined heat and power generation technologies but still only few systems are available, their efficiencies are rather moderate, their fuel flexibility is restricted and their market penetration is poor. Against this background, the on-going Horizon 2020 project FlexiFuel-SOFC aims at the development of a new, highly efficient and fuel-flexible micro-scale biomass CHP technology for a capacity range of 25 to 150 kW (fuel power). The technology consists of an updraft gasifier, a gas cleaning system and a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC). The new technology is developed with a main focus on (i) the further development of a small-scale fixed-bed updraft gasifier technology towards higher fuel flexibility and integration into the SOFC based CHP system, (ii) the development of a novel and compact gas cleaning unit and (iii) the further development of a SOFC system (stack efficiency of ~40 % with product gas from the updraft gasifier). A first testing plant has been designed, constructed and is presently taken into operation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2017)
Place of Publication	Florence, Italy
Publisher	ETA-Florence Renewable Energies
Pages	725-731
ISBN (Print)	978-88-89407-17-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-2CV.3.5
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	EUBCE 2017: 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 12 Jun 2017 → 15 Jun 2017

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Conference	EUBCE 2017: 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	12/06/17 → 15/06/17

Keywords

biomass
combined heat and power generation (CHP)
gas cleaning
gasification
fuel cell

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Brunner, T., Ramerstorfer, C., Obernberger, I., Kerschbaum, M., Purushothaman Vellayani, A., Makkus, R., Megel, S., Hauth, M., Seidl, M., Weißensteiner, S., Götz, T., & Zappa, W. (2017). Development of a highly efficient micro-scale CHP system based on fuel-flexible gasification and a SOFC. In Proceedings of the 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2017) (pp. 725-731). ETA-Florence Renewable Energies. https://doi.org/10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-2CV.3.5

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Development of a highly efficient micro-scale CHP system based on fuel-flexible gasification and a SOFC. / Brunner, Thomas ; Ramerstorfer, Christian ; Obernberger, Ingwald et al.
Proceedings of the 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2017). Florence, Italy: ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 2017. p. 725-731.

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Brunner T, Ramerstorfer C, Obernberger I, Kerschbaum M, Purushothaman Vellayani A, Makkus R et al. Development of a highly efficient micro-scale CHP system based on fuel-flexible gasification and a SOFC. In Proceedings of the 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE 2017). Florence, Italy: ETA-Florence Renewable Energies. 2017. p. 725-731 doi: 10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-2CV.3.5

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