Improvements on hydrogen production efficiency based on switching multiple renewable power sources

LUCAS NIETO DEGLIUOMINI; DIEGO FEROLDI; PATRICIO LUPPI; MARTA BASUALDO

Londres

Simposio; 22nd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering ESCAPE 22; 2012

COMPUTER-AIDED CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

This work focuses on the Energy Management Strategies (EMS) of a stand-alone hybrid wind-solar energy generation system which provides power to produce hydrogen from bio-ethanol. This concept is new, so some assumptions are adopted for the construction of an integrated dynamic model of this system. It allows to develop an EMS and test if it is able to properly coordinate the wind and solar subsystems as well as a battery bank to best satisfy the power demand of the hydrogen production and later storage. Simulations are carried out to illustrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed EMS design.