A. Fernandes

ORCID: 0000-0003-1650-5292
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Research Areas
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes
  • Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Superconducting Materials and Applications
  • Coal Combustion and Slurry Processing
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research

Delft University of Technology
2015-2021

Delft University of Technology, under its “Green Village” programme, has an initiative to build a power plant (car parking lot) based on the fuel cells used in vehicles for motive power. It is trigeneration system capable producing electricity, heat, and hydrogen. comprises three main zones: hydrogen production zone, pump station zone. This study focuses mainly zone which assesses four different designs two operation modes facility: Car as Power Plant (CaPP) mode, corresponding open period...

10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.107 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Applied Energy 2016-04-09

Limited overall efficiency and excessive complexity can hinder the competitiveness of biomass gasifier solid oxide fuel cell micro combined heat power systems. To overcome these problems, hydrocarbons direct internal reforming is analysed as a strategy to increase reduce system complexity. same end, two biosyngas heating-up strategies are compared: catalytic partial oxidation afterburner off gases utilization. A comprehensive approach combining thermodynamic equilibrium calculations,...

10.1016/j.energy.2021.120945 article EN cc-by Energy 2021-05-15

This paper describes the steps involved in design, construction, and testing of a gasifier-specific solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. The design choices are based on reported thermodynamic simulation results for entire gasifier- gas cleanup-SOFC constructed SOFC system is tested measured parameters compared with those given by simulation. Furthermore, detailed exergy analysis performed to determine components responsible poor efficiency. It concluded that demonstrates reasonable agreement...

10.3390/en11081985 article EN cc-by Energies 2018-07-31

Cryogenic systems in laboratories and hospitals worldwide require liquid helium, a precious natural resource that must be carefully conserved. This means recycling, on large scale, but even traces of H${}_{2}$ can clog the capillary plumbing recovery plant---a common, chronic problem is very time-consuming, expensive, disruptive to supplies. The authors propose microscopic mechanism understand plugging due presence non-solid molecular hydrogen He. They also describe development testing...

10.1103/physrevapplied.6.024017 article EN cc-by Physical Review Applied 2016-08-26

Using catalytic supercritical water gasification (CSCWG) in generating energy from wet biomass is efficient and environmentally friendly. However, one of the main challenges using CSCWG low syngas yield heating value. Syngas for power synthetic fuel production requires high-purity a high In this work, novel system proposed which increases value produce electricity reversible solid oxide cell (ReSOC). The plant can be used production, working electrolyser mode powered by excess renewable...

10.1149/07801.2997ecst article EN ECS Transactions 2017-05-30

Using catalytic supercritical water gasification (CSCWG) in generating energy from wet biomass (e.g sewage sludge, moisture content > 80%wt) is efficient and environmental friendly. However, one of the main challenges using CSCWG low syngas heating value. Syngas for power synthetic fuel production requires high-purity high In this work, a novel system proposed which increases value produce electricity reversible solid oxide cell (ReSOC). Further, CSCWG-SOFC plant thermally system, SOFC...

10.1149/ma2017-03/1/289 article EN Meeting abstracts/Meeting abstracts (Electrochemical Society. CD-ROM) 2017-07-01
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