The pre-combustion carbon capture technology based on coal gasification or methane reforming followed by (water gas shift reactors assisted with Pd-alloys membranes) WGS-MR is considered very promising for the production of a rich hydrogen stream that can be combusted in combined cycles....

The Project objective is the development of advanced modelling tools required for implementing Calcium Looping (CaL) at commercial scale. In this regard the research focused on studying the optimization of limestone utilization, developing models and investigating the process feasibility. Thus,...

The generated power and efficiency of gas turbine plants depend on the temperature of the inlet air. At high ambient temperatures, a power loss of more than 20%, combined with a significant increase in specific fuel consumption, compared to ISO standard conditions (15 °C), can be observed.

Up to recently 2-D solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) modelling efforts were based on global kinetic approaches for the methane steam reforming and water gas shift reactions (WGS) or thermodynamic equilibrium. Lately detailed models for elementary heterogeneous chemical kinetics of reforming (HCR)...

This paper presents an exergetic analysis of a combined heat and power (CHP) system, integrating a near-atmospheric solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with an allothermal biomass fluidised bed steam gasification process. The gasification heat requirement is supplied to the fluidised bed from the SOFC...

Coal and lignite will play a significant role in the future energy production. However, the technical options for the reduction of CO2 emissions will define the extent of their share in the future energy mix. The production of synthetic or substitute natural gas (SNG) from solid fossil fuels...