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In this study, two solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) hybrid systems (anode-supported model (ASM) and electrolyte-supported model (ESM)) is developed in matlab® and compared. The hybrid system model is considered to investigate the impacts of various operating parameters such as SOFC operating temperature and steam/carbon ratio on power production and performance of the hybrid system where it is projected that results can be utilized as guidelines for optimal hybrid system operation. According to the findings, a maximum 695 kW power is produced at 750 °C operating temperature for the anode-supported model, whereas 627 kW power is produced at 1000 °C for the electrolyte-supported model. The highest electrical efficiencies for the anode-supported model and the electrolyte-supported model are 64.6% and 58.3%, respectively. Besides, the lower value of the steam to carbon ratio is favorable for increased power output from the fuel cell and consequently a high SOFC efficiency.

In this study, flame structures, boiler efficiency and exhaust gas temperatures were investigated numerically at different thermal power and excess air ratio in a liquid fuelled boiler. Calculations were carried out at two dimensional axisymmetric conditions and Fluent was used as the computational fluid dynamics software. In all studies, the standard k-ε model was used for modelling the turbulent flow, the species transport model was used for modelling the combustion, and the pressurized swirl atomizer was used for modelling the injection. The calculations showed, that the droplet diameters after injection were reduced and droplets evaporated in a shorter period with increasing excess air. Exhaust gas temperatures were raised with the increasing boiler thermal power and excess air ratio. As expected, the higher flue gas temperature and excess air ratio showed lower boiler efficiency.