Experimental study of dry reforming of biogas in a tubular anode-supported solid oxide fuel cell

Guerra, Cosimo; Lanzini, Andrea; Leone, Pierluigi; Santarelli, Massimo; Beretta, D.

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.06.074

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“…ii. Although the best cell output characteristics (power density) are obtained at around equimolar biogas composition (CH 4 /CO 2 ∼1), it is also the case that even poor (low CH 4 content) biogas is suitable feed for stable and productive fuel cell operation (Yentekakis et al, 2008;Guerra et al, 2013Guerra et al, , 2014. iii.…”

Section: Advanced Biogas Utilizationmentioning

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Biogas Management: Advanced Utilization for Production of Renewable Energy and Added-value Chemicals

Yentekakis

Goula

2017

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Biogas is widely available as a product of anaerobic digestion of urban, industrial, animal and agricultural wastes. Its indigenous local-base production offers the promise of a dispersed renewable energy source that can significantly contribute to regional economic growth. Biogas composition typically consists of 35-75% methane, 25-65% carbon dioxide, 1-5% hydrogen along with minor quantities of water vapor, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and halides. Current utilization for heating and lighting is inefficient and polluting, and, in the case of poor quality biogas (CH 4 /CO 2 < 1), exacerbated by detrimental venting to the atmosphere. Accordingly, innovative and efficient strategies for improving the management and utilization of biogas for the production of sustainable electrical power or high added-value chemicals are highly desirable. Utilization is the focus of the present review in which the scientific and technological basis underlying alternative routes to the efficient and eco-friendly exploitation of biogas are described and discussed. After concisely reviewing state-of-the-art purification and upgrading methods, in-depth consideration is given to the exploitation of biogas in the renewable energy, liquid fuels, transport and chemicals sectors along with an account of potential impediments to further progress.Keywords: biogas, upgrading, purification, utilization, SOFC, ethylene, reforming, siloxanes BIOGAS Efficient management of ever-increasing amounts of municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes in order to minimize their environmental impact is an urgent necessity. Biological treatment of wastes, which can be carried out either aerobically or anaerobically, is widely applied in this area. Due to their several advantages the anaerobic processes are to be preferred because they require considerably smaller installations, produce less sludge, operate at lower temperatures and are suited to periodic operation. Much more importantly, they generate biogas, which is an attractive potential source of renewable energy and/or added-value chemicals due to its high content of methane and CO 2 . Anaerobic digestion (AD) can proceed over a wide temperature range, from phychrophilic (ca. 10-20 • C) and mesophilic (ca. 20-45 • C) up to thermophilic (ca. 45-65 • C) and hyperthermophilic (ca. ∼70 • C) levels, by means of cooperation between anaerobes and facultative anaerobe microorganisms, which successively promote a sequence of hydrolysis-acidogenesis,

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Section: Advanced Biogas Utilizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biogas Management: Advanced Utilization for Production of Renewable Energy and Added-value Chemicals

Yentekakis

Goula

2017

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…There are some articles in the literature in the field of numerical modeling and experimental analysis of SOFC fed by biogas [20][21][22][23][24][25]. In all the simulation models [20,[22][23][24][25] a conventional Ni-YSZ SOFC anode without protective layer is considered, in [20,25] only the anodic electrochemical reaction of hydrogen consumption is considered, in [22][23][24] also the anodic electrochemical reaction of carbon monoxide consumption is considered and only in [23] the anodic electrochemical reaction of methane total oxidation is taken in account.…”

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Thermoelectric characterization of an intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell system directly fed by dry biogas

Lorenzo

Corigliano

Faro

et al. 2016

Energy Conversion and Management

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“…Among the different fuels that have been studied in high temperature fuel cells, it is worth mentioning ammonia [1][2][3][4][5], biogas [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], syngas from biomass gasification [15][16][17][18], hydrogen rich mixtures of gases [7], CO rich fuels [19][20][21][22]. Even though the performance with those unconventional fuels has always been high, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.04.126 0306-2619/Ó 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.…”

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SOFC fuelled with reformed urea

Cinti

Desideri²

2015

Applied Energy

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Experimental study of dry reforming of biogas in a tubular anode-supported solid oxide fuel cell

Cited by 38 publications

References 20 publications

Biogas Management: Advanced Utilization for Production of Renewable Energy and Added-value Chemicals

Biogas Management: Advanced Utilization for Production of Renewable Energy and Added-value Chemicals

Thermoelectric characterization of an intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell system directly fed by dry biogas

SOFC fuelled with reformed urea

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