Development and Operation Modes of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Generation System for Remote Consumers’ Power Supply

Aleksandr Kulikov, Aleksey Loskutov, Andrey Kurkin, Andrey Dar’enkov, Andrey Kozelkov, Valery Vanyaev, Andrey Shahov, Andrey Shalukho, Rustam Bedretdinov, Ivan Lipuzhin and Evgeny Kryukov
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Aleksandr Kulikov: Department of Electric Power Engineering, Power Supply and Power Electronics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Aleksey Loskutov: Department of Electric Power Engineering, Power Supply and Power Electronics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Andrey Kurkin: Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Andrey Dar’enkov: Department of Electrical Equipment, Electric Drive and Automation, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Andrey Kozelkov: Department of Applied Mathematics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Valery Vanyaev: Department of Electrical Equipment, Electric Drive and Automation, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Andrey Shahov: Department of Electrical Equipment, Electric Drive and Automation, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Andrey Shalukho: Department of Electric Power Engineering, Power Supply and Power Electronics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Rustam Bedretdinov: Department of Electric Power Engineering, Power Supply and Power Electronics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Ivan Lipuzhin: Department of Electric Power Engineering, Power Supply and Power Electronics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Evgeny Kryukov: Department of Electric Power Engineering, Power Supply and Power Electronics, Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University n.a. R.E. Alekseev, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-21

Abstract: At the present stage of electric power industry development, special attention is being paid to the development and research of new efficient energy sources. The use of hydrogen fuel cells is promising for remote autonomous power supply systems. The authors of the paper have developed the structure and determined the optimal composition of a hybrid generation system based on hydrogen fuel cells and battery storage and have conducted studies of its operating modes and for remote consumers’ power supply efficiency. A simulation of the electromagnetic processes was carried out to check the operability of the proposed hybrid generation system structure. The simulation results confirmed the operability of the structure under consideration, the calculation of its parameters reliability and the high quality of the output voltage. The electricity cost of a hybrid generation system was estimated according to the LCOE (levelized cost of energy) indicator, its value being 1.17 USD/kWh. The factors influencing the electricity cost of a hydrogen generation system have been determined and ways for reducing its cost identified.

Keywords: hydrogen power source; hydrogen fuel cell; optimization; modeling and simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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