Evaluation of Impurity Concentration Process and Mitigation Operation in Fuel Cell System for Using Biogas
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experiment and Its Conditions
2.1. Fuel Cell Stack System
2.2. Simplified Purification System
2.2.1. Methanation Reactor
2.2.2. Air Bleeding
3. Simulation and Its Conditions
4. Results of Impurity Concentration Using Process Simulation
4.1. Gas Reuse Rate and CO and CH4 Concentrations
4.2. Impurity Concentration at Each Point of the System
5. Performance of the Fuel Cell System Using the Mitigation Operation
5.1. Effects of the Mitigation Operation by Methanation
5.2. Comparison of Mitigation Effect by Methanation and Air Bleeding
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Function | Value |
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Gas mole fraction | H2: 60%, CO2: 30%, CO: 10 ppm, CH4: 3%, N2: 6% |
Flow rate (m3/h) | 5 |
Pressure (kPa) | 10.0 |
Gas reuse rate (%) | 90, 75, 50 |
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Akimoto, Y.; Minei, Y.; Okajima, K. Evaluation of Impurity Concentration Process and Mitigation Operation in Fuel Cell System for Using Biogas. Reactions 2021, 2, 115-128. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/reactions2020010
Akimoto Y, Minei Y, Okajima K. Evaluation of Impurity Concentration Process and Mitigation Operation in Fuel Cell System for Using Biogas. Reactions. 2021; 2(2):115-128. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/reactions2020010
Chicago/Turabian StyleAkimoto, Yutaro, Yuta Minei, and Keiichi Okajima. 2021. "Evaluation of Impurity Concentration Process and Mitigation Operation in Fuel Cell System for Using Biogas" Reactions 2, no. 2: 115-128. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/reactions2020010