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Solar hydrogen production: Techno-economic analysis of a parabolic dish-supported high-temperature electrolysis system

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  • Mastropasqua, Luca
  • Pecenati, Ilaria
  • Giostri, Andrea
  • Campanari, Stefano

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The roadmap for the hydrogen uptake passes through the development of near-zero emission and/or renewable technologies for hydrogen production. This is the rationale for the investigation of renewable power-to-fuel, namely the coupling between high temperature electrolysis and concentrating solar power. The proposed plant is conceived to supply hydrogen for a small refuelling station. It is based on solid oxide electrolyser cell technology, which performs water electrochemical reduction, in order to produce a target of 150 kgd−1 of hydrogen. The plant is integrated with a parabolic dish solar field designed to provide both electricity and thermal energy, necessary for the electrolysis reaction to take place. Specifically, a modular multi-dish configuration is selected, in which electric power is produced by 30kWel solarized micro-gas turbines placed in the dishes’ focus. In addition to considering a pure renewable power input, a hybridization with natural gas is considered to face the variability of solar resource. Once a yearly H2 yield is estimated, a preliminary economic analysis is carried out and the levelised cost of hydrogen is subsequently obtained. It is found that the system can be operated at a nominal solar-to-hydrogen efficiency above 30%, with a solid oxide electrolysis cell efficiency around 80%. In hybrid conditions, 10 parabolic dishes (9 generating electricity through the micro-gas turbines, 1 supplying heat to the solid oxide electrolysis cell) are needed to produce the target 150 kgd−1 of hydrogen. In conclusion, the competitiveness of the plant is evaluated in comparison with other solar fuels technologies.

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  • Mastropasqua, Luca & Pecenati, Ilaria & Giostri, Andrea & Campanari, Stefano, 2020. "Solar hydrogen production: Techno-economic analysis of a parabolic dish-supported high-temperature electrolysis system," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 261(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:261:y:2020:i:c:s0306261919320793
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114392
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