One of the rare economic analyses of TDM was presented in a study by Triphob et al. [25], in which the hydrogen produced by TDM was utilized in a fuel cell. They presented the costs of electricity production with a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) when the hydrogen was produced alternatively with methane steam reforming or with TDM. An important benefit of TDM is the absence of COx in the product hydrogen, which extends the lifetime of SOFC. However, the solid carbon particles from TDM can be harmful to SOFC. As a conclusion, Triphob et al. stated that TDM provides technical advantages over, and is an economically more feasible method than methane steam reforming when producing hydrogen for SOFC. This is partly because TDM produces carbon, which was assumed to be a valuable by-product, whereas methane steam reforming produces undesired CO2 emissions.