Solid oxide electrolysis cell core plant
AssigneeTopsoe A/S
InventorsMichael Boe, Klaus Risbjerg Jarlkov, Anders Helbo Hansen, Kristian Bjarklev
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Abstract
An SOEC core plant, comprising a plurality of SOEC stacks assembled in a plurality of SOEC cores, wherein each of the SOEC cores may be individually isolated and controlled independently from the other SOEC cores of the plant.
Claims21
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC) plant, comprising a plurality of SOEC stacks, said SOEC plant is divided into a plurality of SOEC cores, wherein each of said SOEC cores is adapted to be individually isolated, individually controlled and adapted to operate independently from the other of the plurality of SOEC cores.
Method of operating a Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC) plant, comprising a plurality of SOEC stacks, said SOEC plant is divided into a plurality of SOEC cores comprising an SOEC core shell, said SOEC cores has an inner hot zone at least partly surrounded with hot zone thermal insulation within the SOEC core shell and a recuperating space arranged at least partly around the outside of said hot zone thermal insulation and within the SOEC core shell to separate the hot zone from the SOEC core shell and provide a recuperating fluid path for a recuperating fluid the method comprises the steps of:
- providing electrical power to said plurality of SOEC stacks,
- providing a process fluid to each of the SOEC cores through a process fluid inlet, further through the recuperating space where it recuperates thermal energy escaping said inner hot zone, which heats up the process fluid,
- providing the heated process fluid to said SOEC stacks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.