%0 Journal Article
%T An Energy Production System Powered by Solar Heat with Biogas Dry Reforming Reactor and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
%A Akira Nishimura
%A Ryotaro Sato
%A Eric Hu
%J Smart Grid and Renewable Energy
%P 85-106
%@ 2151-4844
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/sgre.2023.145006
%X In this paper, an energy system consisting of solar collector, biogas dry
reforming reactor and solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) has been proposed. The heat
produced from the concentrating solar collector is used to drive a biogas dry
reforming reactor in order to produce H</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> as a fuel for SOFC, in such
as system. The aim of this study is to clarify the impact of climate data on
the performance of solar collector with various sizes/designs. The temperature
of heat transfer fluid produced by the solar collector is calculated by
adopting the climate data for Nagoya city in Japan in 2021. The amount of H</span><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">2</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> produced from the biogas dry reforming reactor and the power generated by SOFC
were simulated. The results show</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the
temperature of heat transfer fluid (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">T</span></i><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">fb</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">)
and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">T</span></i><sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">fb</span></sub><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> ratio</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">(</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">) based on the length of absorber (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">dx</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">) = 1</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">m</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">have a
peak near the noon following the trend of solar intensity (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">I</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">). Results also revealed that </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> increases with increase in </span><i><span
%K Solar Collector
%K Fluid Temperature
%K Climate Data
%K Biogas Dry Reforming
%K H&lt
%K sub&gt
%K 2&lt
%K /sub&gt
%K Production
%K SOFC
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=125380