Techno-Economical Assessment for Combined Production of Hydrogen, Heat, and Power from Residual Lignocellulosic Agricultural Biomass in Huesca Province (Spain)

Giulio Raimondi (), Gianluca Greco, Michele Ongis, Gabriele D’Antuono, Davide Lanni and Giuseppe Spazzafumo
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Giulio Raimondi: Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy
Gianluca Greco: Fundación para el Desarrollo de las Nuevas Tecnologías del Hidrógeno en Aragón, Walqa Technology Park, 22197 Huesca, Spain
Michele Ongis: Modelta B.V., 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Gabriele D’Antuono: Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy
Davide Lanni: Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy
Giuseppe Spazzafumo: Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, 03043 Cassino, Italy

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-24

Abstract: Nowadays, great emphasis is rightly given in the scientific community to hydrogen production from electrolysis. However, to achieve the politically stated target ambitions, all low-carbon sources for hydrogen production must be considered. The present work proposes a local production system of negative carbon hydrogen from lignocellulosic residual biomass using gasification and gas separation through H 2 -selective membranes as enabling technologies. The feedstock is pruning. In addition, the system produces heat and power for a Renewable Energy Community (REC) to increase the economic feasibility of hydrogen production via their sale. A modular basic plant is sized, based on a simplified system envisaged for RECs under the current regulatory framework in Spain (electrical renewable output of 100 kW). A network of these modular basic plants in the province of Huesca (Aragón) is simulated to create a system of hydrogen refueling stations for mobility in that area. A Levelized Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH) is proposed, comprehending the whole production chain from “field to tank”, which is significant in areas where there is no infrastructure for the production and distribution of hydrogen for automotive purposes. The resulting LCOH for the whole system is 8.90 EUR/kg. Sensitivity analysis potentially values a lower LCOH, which unveils that hydrogen mobility can be largely competitive with diesel one.

Keywords: Renewable Energy Community (REC); hydrogen; Levelized Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH); lignocellulosic biomass; shared energy; distributed energy system; combined heat and power (CHP); hydrogen refueling station (HRS); membrane separation; carbon negative (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: 2024
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