Feasibility Study of Seawater Electrolysis for Photovoltaic/Fuel Cell Hybrid Power System for the Coastal Areas in Thailand

5th Asia Conference on Mechanical and Materials Engineering

机械制造;材料科学

Srisiriwat, A.^1 ; Pirom, W.^2

Department of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Pathumwan Institute of Technology, Bangkok

10330, Thailand^1

Department of Information Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Pathumwan Institute of Technology, Bangkok

10330, Thailand^2

关键词: Electrical power;    Feasibility studies;    Hybrid power systems;    Integrated fuel cell systems;    Photovoltaic arrays;    Photovoltaic power;    Seawater electrolysis;    Solar photovoltaics;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/241/1/012041/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/241/1/012041

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Solar photovoltaic cell and fuel cell are the practicable options to realize as a possible hybrid power system because the power of the sun cannot be utilized at night or cloudy days but hydrogen has been found as an ideal energy carrier for being transportable, storable, and converting energy though fuel cell. Hydrogen storage is chosen for its ability to obtain a clean energy option. Electrolysis, which is the simplest process to produce hydrogen, can be powered by the dc voltage from the photovoltaic cell instead of using the battery as power supply. This paper concentrates on a feasibility study of seawater electrolysis using photovoltaic power integrated fuel cell system for the coastal cities in Thailand. The proposed system composed of photovoltaic arrays, seawater electrolyzer and fuel cell is presented when the 10-kW of fuel cell electrical power is considered. The feasibility study of hydrogen production and energy analysis of this proposed system is also evaluated.