TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic feasibility study of hydrogen production from biomass gasification for PEM fuel cell applications
AU - Li, De Xun
AU - Liu, Jia Bao
AU - Ni, Yong Qiang
AU - Farahani, Mohammad Reza
AU - Imran, Muhammad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2017/7/3
Y1 - 2017/7/3
N2 - There are several thermochemical ways to produce heat and power from carbon-based fuels such as combustion, gasification, and devolatilization. Among them, gasification is a good candidate for clean energy production due to low cost, environmentally friendly products, and numerous industrial applications. In this work, we developed an Aspen Plus model of biomass gasification to evaluate its economic potential for hydrogen production, where the accuracy of the model was proved in our previous work. Results showed that the energy generated for proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is lower than that of combined heat and power probably due to the fact that the gasification process produces a clean syngas (H2, CO, and CH4) but PEM fuel cell uses the energy of hydrogen gas for power generation.
AB - There are several thermochemical ways to produce heat and power from carbon-based fuels such as combustion, gasification, and devolatilization. Among them, gasification is a good candidate for clean energy production due to low cost, environmentally friendly products, and numerous industrial applications. In this work, we developed an Aspen Plus model of biomass gasification to evaluate its economic potential for hydrogen production, where the accuracy of the model was proved in our previous work. Results showed that the energy generated for proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is lower than that of combined heat and power probably due to the fact that the gasification process produces a clean syngas (H2, CO, and CH4) but PEM fuel cell uses the energy of hydrogen gas for power generation.
KW - Hydrogen
KW - PEM fuel cell
KW - maintenance cost
KW - operating cost
KW - total cost
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U2 - 10.1080/15567249.2016.1263250
DO - 10.1080/15567249.2016.1263250
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85015609032
SN - 1556-7249
VL - 12
SP - 659
EP - 664
JO - Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy
JF - Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy
IS - 7
ER -