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Tubular SOFC and SOFC/Gas Turbine combined cycles-status and prospects

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/460348· OSTI ID:460348
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  1. Westinghouse Science & Technology Center, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Presently under fabrication at Westinghouse for EDB/ELSAM, a consortium of Dutch and Danish utilities, is the world`s first 100 kWe Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) power generation system. This natural gas fueled experimental field unit will be installed near Arnhem, The Netherlands, at an auxiliary district heating plant (Hulp Warmte Centrale) at the Rivierweg in Westervoort, a site provided by NUON, one of the Dutch participants, and will supply ac power to the utility grid and hot water to the district heating system serving the Duiven/Westervoort area. The electrical generation efficiency of this simple cycle atmospheric pressure system will approach 50%. The analysis of conceptual designs for larger capacity systems indicates that the horizon for the efficiency of simple cycle atmospheric pressure units is about 55%.
Research Organization:
Fuel Cell Seminar Organizing Committee (United States)
OSTI ID:
460348
Report Number(s):
CONF-961107--Absts.; ON: TI97001494
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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