A study on solar hydrogen generation with PEM

Author

Kawashima, Yousuke ; Honda, Ltsurou ; Hosokawa, Tsutomu

Author_Institution

Himeji Inst. of Technol., Hyogo, Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

29-31 July 2004

Firstpage

659

Lastpage

663

Abstract

A simulation for solar hydrogen generation through one year was carried out on the base of the experimental data of solar hydrogen generation with PEM cell and our measured data of solar radiation, with taking the matching between the number of solar battery panels and the number of PEM sheets, and the conversion efficiency of solar energy to hydrogen expected for one year was estimated. In the experiment, solar battery panels of polycrystalline silicon type and an electrolysis cell of one PEM sheet were used. The effective area of PEM sheet is 50 cm². The specific electric resistance of pure water is about 2.5 M Ω - cm. The conversion efficiency of the solar battery is about 12%, and the optimum voltage and current are about 21 V and 4.5 A at the global radiation of about 900 W/m². The effective area of solar panel is 0.843 m²/panel. The anticipated conversion efficiencies of solar battery and PEM cell for one year are about 12% and about 72%, respectively.

Keywords

electrolysis; energy conservation; hydrogen economy; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; silicon; solar cells; sunlight; PEM cell; Si; electric resistance; electrolysis cell; optimum current; optimum voltage; polycrystalline silicon; proton exchange membrane; solar battery panels; solar energy conversion efficiency; solar hydrogen generation; solar radiation; Battery charge measurement; Electric resistance; Electrochemical processes; Energy measurement; Hydrogen; Silicon; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Solar radiation; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2002. IECEC '02. 2002 37th Intersociety

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7296-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.2002.1392124

Filename

1392124