Study of the Effect of the Operating Conditions on the MCFC-Biomass Gasification Power Generation System

Abstract:

The combination of biomass gasification and molten carbonate fuel/micro-gas turbine (MCFC/MGT) hybrid system offers great potential as a future sustainable power generation system. A numerical model of a 100 kW classic MCFC/MGT hybrid system using biomass syngas as fuel has been developed. The simulation was performed to investigate the influence of operation conditions and the syngas compositions on the system performance. The results show that the MCFC/MGT can keep its performance when using syngas gas as fuel which confirms the feasibility of biomass gasification-MCFC/MGT hybrid system. According to the simulation results, the increase of MGT pressure ration and MCFC inlet temperature positively affects the system performance, the fluctuation of syngas composition has little effects on the system.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 953-954)
• Pages: 317-320
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.953-954.317
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Ai Guo Liu*, Bing Wang, Kai Liu, Cheng Jun Wang
• Keywords: Biomass Gasification, Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell, Power Generation System, System Analysis

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