Hydrogen at the rooftop: Compact CPV-hydrogen system to convert sunlight to hydrogen

Burhan, Muhammad, Shahzad, Muhammad Wakil and Ng, Kim Choon (2018) Hydrogen at the rooftop: Compact CPV-hydrogen system to convert sunlight to hydrogen. Applied Thermal Engineering, 132. pp. 154-164. ISSN 1359-4311

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Abstract

Despite being highest potential energy source, solar intermittency and low power density make it difficult for solar energy to compete with the conventional power plants. Highly efficient concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system provides best technology to be paired with the electrolytic hydrogen production, as a sustainable energy source with long term energy storage. However, the conventional gigantic design of CPV system limits its market and application to the open desert fields without any rooftop installation scope, unlike conventional PV. This makes CPV less popular among solar energy customers. This paper discusses the development of compact CPV-Hydrogen system for the rooftop application in the urban region. The in-house built compact CPV system works with hybrid solar tracking of 0.1° accuracy, ensured through proposed double lens collimator based solar tracking sensor. With PEM based electrolyser, the compact CPV-hydrogen system showed 28% CPV efficiency and 18% sunlight to hydrogen (STH) efficiency, for rooftop operation in tropical region of Singapore. For plant designers, the solar to hydrogen production rating of 217 kWhe/kgH2 has been presented with 15% STH daily average efficiency, recorded from the long term field operation of the system

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Concentrated photovoltaic, CPV, Hydrogen, Solar cell, Solar to hydrogen
Subjects: H600 Electronic and Electrical Engineering
H800 Chemical, Process and Energy Engineering
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 26 Feb 2020 11:50
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 19:35
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42234

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