Energy conversion system
Data di pubblicazione
09-02-2022
Codice
EG.19.096.A
Stato
Disponibile
Data di priorità
16-12-2019
Fase
Italian and PCT Patent Application process
Titolare
Politecnico di Milano
Dipartimento
Department of Energy
Autori
Campanari Stefano, Martelli Emanuele, Gatti Manuele, Scaccabarozzi Roberto
Descrizione
The present invention relates to an energy conversion system comprising: - a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) unit having an anode and a cathode side, configured for receiving a fuel and a steam of oxidant and for converting a fraction of chemical power of the fuel directly into electric power through one or more electrochemical reactions occurring on the anode and the cathode side of the SOFC unit involving said fuel and said oxidant, parts of the fuel and of the steam of oxidant being maintained unconverted following said electrochemical reactions; a combustor unit arranged to receive the unconverted fuel and the unconverted oxidant from the SOFC unit, configured for the combustion of the unconverted fuel using the unconverted oxidant, thereby converting the unconverted fuel and the unconverted oxidant into product gas; - an expander unit arranged to receive the product gas exiting the combustor and configured for expanding said product gas exiting the combustor into flue gas being; - a cooler unit in thermal relationship with a heat sink and configured for cooling said flue gas exiting the expander unit; - a separator for removing condensed species from the cooled gas exiting the cooler unit, hereby obtaining a recycled stream; and - a first compression unit configured for increasing the pressure of said oxidant to a value suitable for the SOFC unit and the combustor unit.
Contatto
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