A novel high-efficiency solar thermochemical cycle for fuel production based on chemical-looping cycle oxygen removal

被引:35
作者
Chen, Jing [1 ]
Kong, Hui [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Hongsheng [3 ]
机构
[1] Beijing Inst Technol, Sch Mech Engn, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China
[2] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Thermal Engn, Tsinghua BP Clean Energy Ctr, State Key Lab Power Syst Operat & Control, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[3] City Univ Hong Kong, Sch Energy & Environm, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 北京市自然科学基金;
关键词
Solar thermochemical; Chemical-looping cycle; Oxygen separation; Efficiency improvement; Thermodynamics; HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION; THERMODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; REDOX CYCLES; CERIA; CO2; COMBUSTION; CONVERSION; DESIGN; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.121161
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Solar-driven two-step thermochemical cycling is a promising means to convert solar energy into storable and transportable chemical fuel, in which hydrogen or carbon monoxide is generated by continuous reduction and oxidation reactions. However, the high energy consumption of deoxygenation in the reduction step is an important factor restricting its efficiency improvement. In this work, we propose a fuel production system with thermochemical cycles coupled with chemical-looping cycles, which uses the chemical-looping cycle oxidation reaction at relatively low temperature to absorb the oxygen produced by the thermochemical cycle reduction reaction. The oxygen-carriers in the chemical-looping cycle can be reduced by adding reductants or direct heating with waste heat from the thermochemical cycle. The coupled system can remove the oxygen in the thermochemical cycle reduction reaction and reduce the energy consumption in this process. In addition to the hydrogen production, waste heat from the thermochemical cycle can also be used in the chemical-looping cycle to generate extra electricity. Theoretical calculation results show that in the oxidation temperature range of 900-1100 degrees C, the energy consumption for separating oxygen from inert gas after sweeping in the traditional thermochemical cycle accounts for 30-57% of the total energy consumption, while the chemical-looping cycle part in the coupled system accounts for 26-36%. The coupled system can improve the solar-to-fuel efficiency by 45.9% to 20.9% and improve the solar-to-electricity efficiency by 104.1% to 14.6% without heat recovery compared to traditional thermochemical cycles when the reduction temperature is 1500 degrees C. Under the conditions of 20% solid-state heat recovery and 90% gas-state heat recovery, the coupled system achieves a solar-to-fuel efficiency of 28.1%. In addition, we also put forward a vacuum pump, inert gas and chemical-looping cycles combined oxygen removal method. Since the vacuum pump has high efficiency and fast deoxygenation speed in the low vacuum interval, the system efficiency can be further improved. Our research can provide a new solution to the high energy consumption of deoxygenation in thermochemical cycles.
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