Performance Analysis of SOFC / GT Combined Cycle System with Preheater in Front of Turbine

Abstract Based on the SOFC zero-dimensional model, a SOFC turbine combined cycle simulation platform is established. For the SOFC/GT combined cycle system configuration scheme with the preheater placed in front of the turbine, the influence of cycle parameters on system performance is analyzed. The current density-power characteristic curves at different outlet pressures, the fuel flow-efficiency characteristic curve and the turbine inlet temperature curve at different fuel utilization rates were calculated and analyzed separately when different low-temperature and intermediate-temperature combined cycle system configurations were used. The results show that the low-temperature SOFC/GT cycle maintains high-efficiency design conditions with a fuel utilization rate of 0.8-0.85, and the highest efficiency is about 52%. The design working pressure of the medium temperature SOFC/GT cycle is suggested to be 0.4MPa-0.5MPa, and the system efficiency will be higher than 50% when the compression ratio is at 0.8-0.85, and the maximum efficiency is about 64%.