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Performance analysis of a solar-powered solid state heat engine for electricity generation

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  • Long, Rui
  • Li, Baode
  • Liu, Zhichun
  • Liu, Wei

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A hybrid system consisting of a CPC (compound parabolic collector) system, a SOE (solid oxide electrolyzer) system and a PEMFC (proton exchange membrane fuel cell) system was proposed to harvest solar energy. And a sensitivity analysis was conducted to evaluate the system performance. The impacts of operating temperatures of the SOE and PEMFC system, and the direct irradiation intensity of the sun on the performance characteristics were systematically analyzed. Results revealed that there exists an optimal SOE operating temperature leading to the maximum power output and maximum electrical efficiency simultaneously. Larger operating temperature of the PEMFC resulted in larger power output and higher efficiency. There also existed optimal direct irradiation intensities leading to the maximum power output and maximum electrical efficiency. Furthermore, the performance of the proposed solar energy harvesting system for practical use in real-life was also simulated. This may serve a clean technology for electricity generation.

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  • Long, Rui & Li, Baode & Liu, Zhichun & Liu, Wei, 2015. "Performance analysis of a solar-powered solid state heat engine for electricity generation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 93(P1), pages 165-172.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:93:y:2015:i:p1:p:165-172
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.034
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