Hydrogen Production from Sea Wave for Alternative Energy Vehicles for Public Transport in Trapani (Italy)

Vincenzo Franzitta, Domenico Curto, Davide Rao and Alessia Viola
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Vincenzo Franzitta: Department of Energy, Information engineering and Mathematical models, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Domenico Curto: Department of Energy, Information engineering and Mathematical models, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Davide Rao: Department of Energy, Information engineering and Mathematical models, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Alessia Viola: Department of Energy, Information engineering and Mathematical models, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy

Energies, 2016, vol. 9, issue 10, 1-17

Abstract: The coupling of renewable energy and hydrogen technologies represents in the mid-term a very interesting way to match the tasks of increasing the reliable exploitation of wind and sea wave energy and introducing clean technologies in the transportation sector. This paper presents two different feasibility studies: the first proposes two plants based on wind and sea wave resource for the production, storage and distribution of hydrogen for public transportation facilities in the West Sicily; the second applies the same approach to Pantelleria (a smaller island), including also some indications about solar resource. In both cases, all buses will be equipped with fuel-cells. A first economic analysis is presented together with the assessment of the avoidable greenhouse gas emissions during the operation phase. The scenarios addressed permit to correlate the demand of urban transport to renewable resources present in the territories and to the modern technologies available for the production of hydrogen from renewable energies. The study focuses on the possibility of tapping the renewable energy potential (wind and sea wave) for the hydrogen production by electrolysis. The use of hydrogen would significantly reduce emissions of particulate matter and greenhouse gases in urban districts under analysis. The procedures applied in the present article, as well as the main equations used, are the result of previous applications made in different technical fields that show a good replicability.

Keywords: hydrogen; renewable energy; sea wave; mobility; fuel; pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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