Electrolyser Testing for Small Size RE/H2 Systems Development at IDRILAB

Author

Tina, G.M. ; Moschetto, A. ; Cipitì, F.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Catania, Catania

fYear

2007

fDate

21-23 May 2007

Firstpage

488

Lastpage

491

Abstract

In order to develop renewable energy hydrogen-based storage systems, improving knowledge of low-cost conventional electrolysis technology is one of the main issues. This paper refers about initial testing activities carried out to assess the performances of a commercial standard alkaline-type electrolyser and its adequacy to be used in renewable hydrogen storage applications. From experimental data, electrolyser I-V characteristics have been found. Their knowledge allowed to start the development of a software tool, useful to optimize photovoltaic/electrolyser matching design. This work has been accomplished at IDRILAB, a research laboratory specifically established to test and develop renewable hydrogen systems, with the partnership of University of Catania and a private investor.

Keywords

electrolysis; hydrogen storage; H₂; I-V characteristics; IDRILAB; alkaline-type electrolyser; electrolyser testing; photovoltaic-electrolyser matching design; renewable energy hydrogen-based storage systems; small-size RE/H₂ systems; Application software; Design optimization; Electrochemical processes; Energy storage; Hydrogen storage; Performance evaluation; Photovoltaic systems; Renewable energy resources; Software tools; System testing; Alkaline; Electrolysis; Hydrogen; Renewable Energy Storage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Clean Electrical Power, 2007. ICCEP '07. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Capri

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0632-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0632-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCEP.2007.384259

Filename

4272430