Electric Load Influence on Performances of a Composite Plant for Hydrogen Production from RES and its Conversion in Electricity

Rosario Carbone, Concettina Marino, Antonino Nucara, Maria Francesca Panzera and Matilde Pietrafesa
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Rosario Carbone: Department of Information Engineering, Infrastructures and Sustainable Energy, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Concettina Marino: Department of Civil, Energetic, Environmental and Material Engineering, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Antonino Nucara: Department of Civil, Energetic, Environmental and Material Engineering, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Maria Francesca Panzera: Department of Civil, Energetic, Environmental and Material Engineering, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Matilde Pietrafesa: Department of Civil, Energetic, Environmental and Material Engineering, 89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 22, 1-15

Abstract: The analysis here presented investigates the influence of electrical load on the operational performances of a plant for hydrogen production from solar energy and its conversion in electricity via a fuel cell. The plant is an actual one, currently under construction, in Reggio Calabria (Italy), at the site of the Mediterranean university campus; it is composed of a Renewable Energy Source (RES) section (photovoltaic panels), a hydrogen production section, and a fuel cell power section feeding the electrical energy demand of the load. Two different load configurations have been analysed and simulations have been carried out through Homer TM simulation code. Results allow interesting conclusions regarding the plant operation to be drawn. The study could have a remarkable role in supporting further research activities aimed at the assessment of the optimal configuration of this type of pioneering plants, designed for feeding electrical loads, possibly, in a self-sufficient way.

Keywords: hydrogen production; photovoltaic systems; fuel cell; electrical load (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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