Abstract
Egypt is bordered by coastal sea2450 km, while incident solar radiation is in the order of magnitudes of 1900-2200 W/m2 in that area of the world. The present work is aimed to assess the hydrogen production from the solar-hydrogen system composed of photovoltaic cell motivated by solar energy and supplies electricity to alkali electrolyzer. The electrolyzer uses sea and Nile water as electrolytes. Indoor tests are done to identify the optimum concentration ratio of the sea water to produce hydrogen. Experimental results showed that stand-alone sea water gives a higher production rate. The results of the outdoor tests revealed the need for about seven units of electrolyzer working with the sea water to produce the same amount of hydrogen that KOH solution electrolyte would provide. However, the efficiency of solar-hydrogen units working with the sea water gives a lower constant efficiency of about 0.13%, followed by Photovoltaic/electrolyzer unit using Nile water of approximately 0.005%. The KOH solution electrolyte provides an efficiency of approximately 8% at solar noon. The sea water is recommended to be used instead of KOH solution in all coming electrolyzers.
Highlights
Hydrogen reveals distinctive features that in conjunction with electricity allow it to form a one of future energy systems, so-called hydrogen economy [1]
How to cite this paper: Shedid, M.H. and Elshokary, S. (2015) Hydrogen Production from an Alkali Electrolyzer Operating with Egypt Natural Resources
El Shenawy [13] reported a small PV power system for hydrogen production using the photovoltaic module connected to the hydrogen electrolyzer
Summary
Hydrogen reveals distinctive features that in conjunction with electricity allow it to form a one of future energy systems, so-called hydrogen economy [1]. Charvin [10] mentioned that the increase of operation hours of a water electrolysis, the hydrogen quantity produced is larger for a given plant size This leads to a reduced hydrogen production cost. El Shenawy [13] reported a small PV power system for hydrogen production using the photovoltaic module connected to the hydrogen electrolyzer It was shown from the experimental results that the hydrogen produced can be more useful by using the photovoltaic energy from the side view of the environmental considerations. Proposed research starts by determining the optimum concentration ratio of pure and sea water to produce a maximum hydrogen rate in the indoor test This ratio will be investigated in the outdoor test and compared with Nile water and a KOH solution of optimum concentration ratio in alkali electrolyzer
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