A combined heat and power plant with regenerative closed-cycle gas turbine is considered. The heat transfer losses, irreversible adiabatic losses and irreversible pressure drop losses are considered in the plant. The expressions of dimensionless profit rate and exergy efficiency are gained. The...

Purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of an alkali metal thermal electric converter (AMTEC) and thermoelectric generator (TEG) as a subsystem for utilizing rejected heat from the molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC). AMTEC and TEG have various advantages such as; higher power density,...

Traditional steam methane reforming facilities for producing hydrogen not only consume a large amount of natural gas, but also emit a lot of greenhouse gas. Considering the utilization of clean energy, the reduction of carbon dioxide emission, and the production of chemicals, this paper...

A combined heat and power plant with regenerative closed-cycle gas turbine is considered. The heat transfer losses, irreversible adiabatic losses and irreversible pressure drop losses are considered in the plant. The expressions of dimensionless profit rate and exergy efficiency are gained. The...

Traditional steam methane reforming facilities for producing hydrogen not only consume a large amount of natural gas, but also emit a lot of greenhouse gas. Considering the utilization of clean energy, the reduction of carbon dioxide emission, and the production of chemicals, this paper...

Purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of an alkali metal thermal electric converter (AMTEC) and thermoelectric generator (TEG) as a subsystem for utilizing rejected heat from the molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC). AMTEC and TEG have various advantages such as; higher power density,...