Diglio, GiuseppeHanak, Dawid P.Bareschino, PieroMancusi, ErasmoPepe, FrancescoMontagnaro, FabioManovic, Vasilije2017-09-062017-09-062017-08-09Diglio G, Hanak DP, Bareschino P, Mancusi E, Pepe F, Montagnaro F, Manovic V, Techno-economic analysis of sorption-enhanced steam methane reforming in a fixed bed reactor network integrated with fuel cell, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 364, 1 October 2017, Pp. 41-510378-7753http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.08.005http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12450Sorption-enhanced steam methane reforming (SE-SMR) is a promising alternative for H2 production with inherent CO2 capture. This study evaluates the techno-economic performance of SE-SMR in a network of fixed beds and its integration with a solid oxide fuel cell (SE-SMR-SOFC) for power generation. The analysis revealed that both proposed systems are characterised by better economic performance than the reference systems. In particular, for SE-SMR the levelised cost of hydrogen is 1.6 €⋅kg−1 and the cost of CO2 avoided is 29.9 €⋅tCO2−1 (2.4 €⋅kg−1 and 50 €⋅tCO2−1, respectively, for SMR with CO2 capture) while for SE-SMR-SOFC the levelised cost of electricity is 0.078 €⋅kWh−1 and the cost of CO2 avoided is 36.9 €⋅tCO2−1 (0.080 €⋅kWh−1 and 80 €⋅tCO2−1, respectively, for natural gas-fired power plant with carbon capture). The sensitivity analysis showed that the specific cost of fuel and the capital cost of fuel cell mainly affect the economic performance of SE-SMR and SE-SMR-SOFC, respectively. The daily revenue of the SE-SMR-SOFC system is higher than that of the natural gas-fired power plant if the difference between the carbon tax and the CO2 transport and storage cost is > 6 €⋅tCO2−1.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Sorption-enhanced steam methane reformingSolid oxide fuel cellNatural gas-fired power plantTechno-economic analysisCO2 captureArticle