International Journal of Energy Research

Volume 44, Issue 12 pp. 9674-9685

SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH ARTICLE

Development and evaluation of an integrated solid oxide fuel cell system for medium airplanes

Reza Alizade Evrin,

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Reza Alizade Evrin

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orcid.org/0000-0003-4786-9232

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada

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Reza Alizade Evrin, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Ontario Tech. University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4, Canada.

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Ibrahim Dincer,

Ibrahim Dincer

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Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada

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Reza Alizade Evrin,

Corresponding Author

Reza Alizade Evrin

[email protected]

orcid.org/0000-0003-4786-9232

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada

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Reza Alizade Evrin, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Ontario Tech. University, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 7K4, Canada.

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Ibrahim Dincer,

Ibrahim Dincer

orcid.org/0000-0002-7092-2102

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada

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First published: 06 July 2020

https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5525

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This paper concerns a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) based integrated powering system for a medium-sized airplane and analyzes it thermodynamically for its performance assessment and evaluation. It further investigates the system in relation to aircraft operating conditions and provides the conceptual solutions for heating and cooling at various temperatures. The results of the energy and exergy analyses and performance assessments of the proposed integrated system are presented and discussed. The exergy and energy efficiencies of the main components are calculated and observed for the SOFCs with the maximum values of 84.54% and 80.31%, respectively. The present integrated system has overall energy and exergy efficiencies of 57.53% and 47.18%, respectively. Furthermore, it is found that an increase in the reforming temperature ratio can improve the hydrogen yield. However, when the system is operated at a temperature higher than 800°C, the hydrogen yield decreases since a reverse water gas shift reaction is more pronounced. Moreover, the SOFC shows the best performance at 800°C with a maximum power density of 1.23 W/cm².

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