Development and assessment of a solar, wind and hydrogen hybrid trigeneration system. (27th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ishaq, H.; Dincer, I.; Naterer, G.F.
• Is Part Of: International journal of hydrogen energy. Volume 43:Number 52(2018)
• Page Start: 23148
• Page End: 23160
• Publication Date: 2018-12-27
• Subjects: Solar energy -- Wind energy -- Hydrogen production -- Cu-Cl cycle -- Exergy -- Efficiency; Hydrogen as fuel -- Periodicals; Hydrogène (Combustible) -- Périodiques; Hydrogen as fuel; Periodicals; 665.81
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.10.172
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0360-3199

Abstract

Abstract: A solar-wind hybrid trigeneration system is proposed and analyzed thermodynamically through energy and exergy approaches in this paper. Hydrogen, electricity and heat are the useful products generated by the hybrid system. The system consists of a solar heliostat field, a wind turbine and a thermochemical copper-chlorine (Cu-Cl) cycle for hydrogen production linked with a hydrogen compression system. A solar heliostat field is employed as a source of thermal energy while the wind turbine is used to generate electricity. Electric power harvested by the wind turbine is supplied to the electrolyzer and compressors and provides an additional excess of electricity. Hydrogen produced by the thermochemical copper-chlorine (Cu-Cl) cycle is compressed in a hydrogen compression system for storage purposes. Both Aspen Plus 9.0 and EES are employed as software tools for the system modeling and simulation. The system is designed to achieve high hydrogen production rate of 455.1 kg/h. The overall energy and exergy efficiencies of the hybrid system are 49% and 48.2%, respectively. Some additional results about the system performance are obtained, presented and discussed in the paper. Highlights: Analysis of a solar, wind and hydrogen hybrid trigeneration system. A novel system of an integrated solar and wind source with the Cu-Cl cycle. The three commodities of hydrogen, electricity and heat are produced. Energy and exergy analyses are conducted for the integrated system. The overall energy and exergy efficiencies are 49% and 48%, respectively.