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dc.contributor.advisor | Adams II, Thomas | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lefebvre, Kyle | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-23T18:27:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-23T18:27:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/17202 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Distributed generation (defined as the production of power in small quantities at the point of use) has recently gained significant interest due to its benefits over a centralized approach. This thesis investigates the integration of a natural gas fed solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and compressed air energy storage (CAES) technologies for distributed generation at the building-level scale. The SOFC/CAES system is also integrated with multiple vital sub-systems (including on-site solar panels) for the building to provide the heat, through an in-floor heating system, hot water, and power demanded by the building. This thesis investigates the models for the SOFC/CAES system, and implements them in a generic analysis tool providing a means for rapid analysis of a wide variety of case studies. The analysis tool determines the ability of the SOFC/CAES system to follow the power and heat loads demanded by the building, and evaluates its performance with an assortment of metrics, including efficiencies, CO2 emissions and grid-independence. The SOFC/CAES system was investigated for the new ExCEL building at McMaster University. It was found that the system was able to produce upwards 75% of the heat and hot water demand, and upwards of 94% of the power demand of the building. When compared to the current state-of-the-art natural gas based power producing technology and high efficiency furnace, the SOFC/CAES system reduces the CO2 emissions associated with the building by a minimum of 8.7% and a maximum of 26.95%. The cost of electricity for the system is significantly (21% to 150%) more costly than current market prices; however the SOFC/CAES system is the least costly of all other distributed generation technologies investigated for the case of the ExCEL building. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | SOFC | en_US |
dc.subject | Distributed Generation | en_US |
dc.subject | CAES | en_US |
dc.title | Load-following heat, hot water and power distributed generation using an integrated solid oxide fuel cell, compressed air energy storage and solar panel array system. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Master of Applied Science (MASc) | en_US |
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