A new type of MCFC with a separate CO2 Supply (improved or i-MCFC) is previously presented, which has the potential for reducing NiO cathode dissolution and system enhancement by CO2 removal from fuel gas. This article presents the first flowsheet calculations of an i-MCFC system that utilizes the potential of reducing NiO dissolution. A submodel that simulates energy and massflows of the i-MCFC is built using standard flowsheeting components. The performance of the i-MCFC is assumed to be equal to the MCFC and differences in Nernst potentials and irreversible losses are neglected. To compare the differences in concept, a MCFC combined heat and power (CHP) system flowsheet is modified and the MCFC model substituted by the i-MCFC submodel. The overall efficiencies of both fuel cell systems are calculated using a flowsheeting program. The calculated results are compared and the differences analyzed. The overall system performance of this i-MCFC CHP system is slightly lower than the MCFC CHP reference system (about 0.1% point in average). The difference in performance is ascribed to the change in gas composition and heat capacity of the cathode gas. The change in heat capacity increases the total massflow through the i-MCFC resulting to an increase in overall auxiliary power consumption. The low CO2 content of the cathode gas should reduce the NiO cathode dissolution to a negligible level. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.