PERFORMANCE OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS USING SOLAR ENERGY
Sakr, I., Abdelsalam, A., El-Askary, W. (2018). PERFORMANCE OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS USING SOLAR ENERGY. EKB Journal Management System, 18(18th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering.), 1-10. doi: 10.21608/amme.2018.34983
I. M. Sakr; A. M. Abdelsalam; W. A. El-Askary. "PERFORMANCE OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS USING SOLAR ENERGY". EKB Journal Management System, 18, 18th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., 2018, 1-10. doi: 10.21608/amme.2018.34983
Sakr, I., Abdelsalam, A., El-Askary, W. (2018). 'PERFORMANCE OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS USING SOLAR ENERGY', EKB Journal Management System, 18(18th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering.), pp. 1-10. doi: 10.21608/amme.2018.34983
Sakr, I., Abdelsalam, A., El-Askary, W. PERFORMANCE OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS USING SOLAR ENERGY. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 18(18th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering.): 1-10. doi: 10.21608/amme.2018.34983

PERFORMANCE OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS USING SOLAR ENERGY

The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering
Article 43, Volume 18, 18th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., April 2018, Page 1-10  XML PDF (277.14 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/amme.2018.34983
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Authors
I. M. Sakr1; A. M. Abdelsalam2; W. A. El-Askary2
1Assist. Prof., Dept. of Mech. Power Eng., Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt.
2Professor, Dept. of Mech. Power Eng., Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The present experimental work is devoted to explore the efficiency of alkaline
water electrolysis in producing hydrogen when it is operated by solar energy. The
overall system efficiency is determined by measuring the solar irradiance as the
source of the input energy, and the amount of hydrogen produced as the source of
the output energy. Hence, the losses through the Photo-Voltaic (PV) cell,
connecting wires, and the water electrolyzer, are all considered in the present
study. Moreover, the effects of the gab width distance and the separators' types,
on the overall system efficiency are also presented. It is found that, the higher the
electrolyzer efficiency, the higher is the overall system efficiency at almost
conditions. The significant reduction in system efficiency may be due to losses of
the energy conversion through the PV cell and the electrical losses in the
connecting wires. Though, the electrolyzer efficiency reaches 90% and the
maximum overall system efficiency of 1.7% is barely achieved.
Keywords
Hydrogen production; System efficiency; Electrolyzer efficiency; and Solar energy
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