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Record W4407281731 · doi:10.1016/j.ijft.2025.101122

Process development and simulation of a novel solar energy plant integrated with solid oxide fuel cell, hydrogen, heat recovery and carbon capture systems

2025· article· en· W4407281731 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueInternational Journal of Thermofluids · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMaterials Science
TopicAdvancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Canadian institutionsOntario Tech University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsSolid oxide fuel cellHydrogenCarbon fibersMaterials scienceHydrogen fuelProcess engineeringFuel cellsOxideSolar energyProcess (computing)Carbon-neutral fuelChemical engineeringEnvironmental scienceNuclear engineeringComputer scienceEngineeringChemistrySyngasMetallurgyElectrical engineeringComposite material

Abstract

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Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) releases significant high-temperature thermal energy during its operational mode. If this heat is not managed properly, it leads to thermal stresses, material shocks, and degradation. To effectively utilize such a high-temperature heat, this work presents a thermodynamic analysis and environmental assessment of a novel concept that synergistically integrates a benchmark SOFC with a four-step hybrid Cu-Cl thermochemical cycle. The developed system incorporates a SOFC unit for electricity generation, an afterburner for the complete oxidation of unreacted fuel (H 2 , CO), a thermochemical cycle for utilizing high-temperature heat, a supporting Rankine Cycle (SRC), and an H 2 and CO 2 compression unit. The system is simulated by solving mass, energy, and exergy balances at steady-state conditions. Pinch point analysis is conducted using MATLAB to assess the thermodynamic feasibility of H 2 production. Furthermore, the specific primary energy consumption per unit of CO 2 avoided (SPECCA) is calculated to assess the system's environmental impacts. It is found that the CO 2 and H 2 compression train exhibit an overall exergy destruction of 5.83 kJ/mol of CO 2 and 5.98 kJ/mol of H 2 respectively. The thermolysis reactor of the Cu-Cl cycle carries the highest exergetic losses, with a share of 34.39%. The system exhibits a SPECCA value of 8.27 with 0.114 MJ/kg CO 2 , considering the options with and without the Cu-Cl thermochemical cycle. The system's overall energy and exergy efficiencies are also 64.45% and 59.07% respectively.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.139
Threshold uncertainty score0.509

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.009
GPT teacher head0.256
Teacher spread0.246 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it