Analysis & Evaluation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell based Waste Heat Recovery System(WHRS)

Analysis & Evaluation of   Solid Oxide Fuel Cell based  Waste Heat Recovery System(WHRS)

This example Matlab Script shows Overall SOFC Performances and Overall SOFC Performance with WHRS and Suitable for analysis of the following

1) Waste heat recovery for fuel cells 2) Waste Heat Recovery for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

There are some useful methods to recover the waste heat in fuel cell systems:

When the waste heat is used for fuel reforming processes, the overall efficiency of fuel cell system can achieve about 60%.

For the combined solid oxide fuel cell system with gas turbine or micro gas turbine, a net electrical efficiency can be greater than 60% and the system efficiency is greater than 80%.

The combined heat and power in fuel cell systems is a good option when heat and electricity both are need to supply.

This method can be applied to high temperature fuel cell systems (SOFC).

It can be also suitable for the low temperature fuel cell systems (PEM).

Fuel cells are one of the cleanest ways of generating electricity, and as they the gain in popularity, the Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) of these systems becomes increasingly more important.

This is because it’s possible to reuse this waste heat that the system produces for the purpose of reaching a higher overall efficiency for the entire system.

Certain fuel cells, such as a proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), can operate at low temperatures with an efficiency close to 60%, making them well suited for non-stationary applications such as vessels or vehicles. Click here to download the Matlab Script file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bo4TTrXgVx20bg59Su6pwbWHsanKjZcO/view?usp=sharing