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JOURNAL ARTICLES :

Triple-mode grid-balancing plants based on biomass gasification and
reversible solid-oxide cell stack: concept and performance

A paper in the scope of the W2W has been accepted by Applied Energy. It investigates the thermodynamic performance of the gasification based reversible solid-oxide stack system with power-to-methane capability, thus capable of providing grid-balancing services. It shows that the plant could reach high efficiency at all three modes of power generation, power storage and power neutral: up to 50–60% for the power generation mode, 72–76% for the power storage mode and 47–55% for the power neutral mode.
Written by: Ligang Wang, Yumeng Zhang, Chengzhou Li, Mar Pérez-Fortes, Tzu-En Lind, Yongping Yang, François Maréchal, Jan Van herle

Reversible solid-oxide cell stack based power-to-x-to-power systems:
Comparison of thermodynamic performance

A paper in the scope of W2W has been published in Applied Energy, which investigates the thermodynamic performances of reversible solid-oxide stack based power-to-x-to-power systems with a systematic optimization based evaluation method. It finds that the rank of round-trip efficiency: methane (47.5%) >syngas (43.3%) ≈ hydrogen (42.6%) > methanol (40.7%) > ammonia (38.6%). The pool of plant designs obtained lays the basis for the optimal deployment of this balancing technology for specific applications.
Written by: Ligang Wang, Yumeng Zhang, Mar Pérez-Fortes, Philippe Aubin, Tzu-En Lind, Yongping Yang, François Maréchal, Jan Van herle

 Comparison and optimization of different fuel processing options for biogas-fed solid-oxide fuel cell plants

Written by: ShuaiMa, GabrieleLoreti, LigangWange,FrançoisMaréchal, JanVan herle, ChangqingDong

 Ruthenium-Exsolution Catalyst for Dry Reforming of Biogas

Written by: Cedric Frantz, Lionel Rumpf, Alex López Solá, Ligang Wang, Muhammad Awais Naeem, Christoph R. Müller and Jan Van herle

Biogas composition from agricultural sources and organic fraction of municipal solid waste

Written by: Adelaide Calbry-Muzyka, Hossein Madi, Florian Rüsch-Pfund, Marta Gandiglio, Serge Biollaz

 

Deep analysis of biogas composition from agricultural sources and organic fraction of municipal solid waste

Written by : Adelaide Calbry-Muzyka, Hossein Madi, Florian Rüsch-Pfund, Marta Gandiglio, Serge Biollaz

 

CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP :

 

Comparison of integrated fuel processing options for biogas-fed solid-oxide fuel cell plants

A paper derived from W2W D4.1 has been accepted by 100RES 2020 – Applied Energy Symposium (ICAE)

100% RENEWABLE: Strategies, technologies and challenges for a fossil free future. It investigates four plant layouts with different anode off-gas recirculation schemes and biogas reforming methods: (1) pre-reforming with hot recirculation (HR), (2) pre-reforming with cold recirculation (CR), (3) no pre-reforming and hot recirculation (NR), (4) partial oxidation with hot recirculation (PO). The results gives good guide to the practical design of the plant.
Written by: Shuai Ma, Gabriele Loreti, Ligang Wang, Andrea Luigi Facci, Stefano Ubertini, Changqing Dong, François Maréchal, Jan Van herle

Ruthenium-Exsolution Catalyst for Dry Reforming of Biogas

Written by: C. Frantz, L. Rumpf, A. López Solá, M. A. Naeem, C. Müller, and J. Van herle

Waste2Watts: Techno-economic evaluation of biogas-fed SOFC power system integrated with CCS and CCU

Written by: Hangyu Yu, Ligang Wang, Jan Van herle

Operating SOFC on reformed biogas with sulfide poisoning

Written by : Cédric Frantz, Lucas Schucan, Jan Van herle

 

Thesis Project/Dissertation:

 Adsorptive removal of dimethyl sulfide from biogas for solid oxide fuel cell applications Written by: Adelaide S. Calbry-Muzyka, Hossein Madi, Chirayu Thakur, David Rast, Julian Indlekofer, Tanja Wieseler, Serge M.A. Biollaz, Tilman J. Schildhauer

Removal of dimethyl sulfide from biogas for catalytic processes Written by: Chirayu Nitin Thakur

Mechanisms of dimethyl sulfide adsorption from biogas on activated carbons and zeolites Written by: David Rast

Stability of methane reforming catalysts in presence of sulfur contaminants Written by: Lionel Rumpf

Pré-étude sur l’implantation d’une unité de méthanisation Biolectric hybride dans la commune de Bagne Written by: Olivier Warnimont

Valorisation of bio-waste through SOFC-CHP systems. Development of a clean-up for low-cost biogas and technical-economic analysis Written by: Daniele Dini

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: performance analysis for integrated cogeneration with bio-syngas Written by: Giacomo Tamburrano

Stability of methane reforming catalysts towards dimethyl sulfide Written by: Yoshua Hanria

 

Semester Project:

Biogas reforming catalysis Written by : Alex Lopez Sola

Performance Losses of anode-supported SOFC Exposed to Sulphide Contaminants Written by: Lucas Schucan

Performance Losses of electrolyte-supported SOFC Exposed to Sulphide Contaminants Written by: Louis Savioz