Techno-economic analysis of photovoltaic-hydrogen refueling station case study: A transport company Tunis-Tunisia

Barhoumi, El Manâa; Okonkwo, Paul C.; Farhani, Slah; Belgacem, Ikram Ben; Zghaibeh, Manaf; Mansir, Ibrahim B.; Bacha, Faouzi

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.111

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“…Barhoumi et al [16] discussed a detailed economic assessment and evaluation of a hydrogen refuelling station based on PV technology coupled with an electrolyzer. With a hydrogen capacity of 150 kg/day, the LCOH for only hydrogen production was equal to 3.32 EUR/kg since the compression, storage, and dispensing unit costs were not included.…”

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Design and Costs Analysis of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations Based on Different Hydrogen Sources and Plant Configurations

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In this study, the authors present a techno-economic assessment of on-site hydrogen refuelling stations (450 kg/day of H2) based on different hydrogen sources and production technologies. Green ammonia, biogas, and water have been considered as hydrogen sources while cracking, autothermal reforming, and electrolysis have been selected as the hydrogen production technologies. The electric energy requirements of the hydrogen refuelling stations (HRSs) are internally satisfied using the fuel cell technology as power units for ammonia and biogas-based configurations and the PV grid-connected power plant for the water-based one. The hydrogen purification, where necessary, is performed by means of a Palladium-based membrane unit. Finally, the same hydrogen compression, storage, and distribution section are considered for all configurations. The sizing and the energy analysis of the proposed configurations have been carried out by simulation models adequately developed. Moreover, the economic feasibility has been performed by applying the life cycle cost analysis. The ammonia-based configurations are the best solutions in terms of hydrogen production energy efficiency (>71%, LHV) as well as from the economic point of view, showing a levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) in the range of 6.28 EUR/kg to 6.89 EUR/kg, a profitability index greater than 3.5, and a Discounted Pay Back Time less than five years.

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“…The exhausts (19) coming from the catalytic burner (CB) are used for supplying heat to the cracking reactor. The PEMFC off-gases (17), the purge gas (16), and the preheated combustion air (21) are the CB feeding gases. The stream (11) at 3.7 bar is heated at 400 °C in HE3 before entering the Pd-membrane.…”

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Design and Costs Analysis of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations Based on Different Hydrogen Sources and Plant Configurations

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“…The flow rate of the gas at the inlet condition F s based on the value at standard condition can be calculated by Equation (4).…”

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“…1 A transition from the conventional energy system toward the sustainable and renewable energy system is therefore in the operation in many countries over the world. As one of the most potential energy carriers, hydrogen energy has drawn the attention in the recent decade due to the high gravimetric energy density of kWh/kg 4,2 sustainability, 3 non-pollution, 4 wide distribution and production means, 5 and easy conversion into electrical, thermal, or mechanical energy. 6 As one of the application fields of hydrogen energy, the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (HFCV) plays a vital role in reducing greenhouse gases, especially in the field of trains, ships, long-haul trucks, and buses.…”

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Mathematical modelling and design of the ionic liquid compressor for the hydrogen refuelling station

Guo

Wang

Liu³

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Intl J of Energy Research

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Summary The ionic liquid compressor is regarded as the most promising compression technology for the hydrogen refuelling station due to the combined application of ionic liquid and the hydraulic driving system. However, the design, mathematical and experimental investigations of the ionic compressor are still absent from the open literature. This paper proposed a new structure design and the design methodology of the ionic liquid compressor. The mathematical modelling considering the valve dynamics was provided for simulating the thermodynamic process, which was verified by the experimental data. The results showed that the delayed closing of the discharge valve would take place due to a high or low stiffness of the valve. The increase in the stiffness alleviated the rebound issue of the suction valve. An increase in the stroke to diameter ratio could solve the rebound issue of the discharge valve. A low or high trajectory coefficient would cause an intense rebound during the closing procedure of the discharge valve. The designed results of the main parameters of the compressor based on the simulation were the suction valve stiffness of 100 N/m, the discharge valve stiffness of 500 N/m, the stroke to diameter ratio of 1.0, and the trajectory coefficient of 0.125 under the given design condition.

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“…It also provides DC currents for charging the battery bank that serves as a backup energy source in situations where power production from solar PV and biomass is low. The hourly energy demand profile at the water pumping station is calculated from the hourly consumed volume of water

{Q}_w

in gallons multiplied by the energy required to pump a gallon of water

{U}_p

[18] using

\begin{equation}{E}_l(kWhr) = {U}_p(kWhr/Gallons) \times {Q}_w(Gallons)\end{equation}

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Optimal design and sizing of a hybrid energy system for water pumping applications

Amusan,

Nwulu,

Gbadamosi

2024

IET Renewable Power Gen

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One of the ways to increase the participation and penetration of renewable energy resources is to bring down the cost of these abundant resources for easy implementation and affordability. In this paper, a generalized reduced gradient (GRG) non‐linear optimization algorithm is implemented to solve a tri‐objective optimal design and sizing of a low‐cost hybrid mix consisting of a photovoltaic (PV) power plant, biomass power plant (BPP), and battery energy system for water pumping load applications in the University of Johannesburg, South Africa considering four different hybrids of biomass‐battery, PV‐battery, PV‐biomass, and PV‐biomass‐battery. The optimization model considers available energy and battery state of charge while minimizing least cost of energy (LCOE), carbon dioxide emission (tCO2eq), and loss of power supply probability (LPSP) including carbon tax incentive and penalty. The results when compared against particle swarm optimization (PSO) show the superiority of GRG over PSO with an optimal combination of PV‐biomass‐battery mix with optimal size of the PV power plant as 360.50 kW, the BPP 181.08 kW, and the battery size of 6,553.60 kWh giving a minimal optimal LCOE, CO2 emission and LPSP of 0.018 $/kWhr (with carbon tax), and 0.016 $/kWhr (without carbon tax), 28,067.73tCO2eq tCO2eq, and 1.7%, respectively. These values give a competitive advantage compared to the unit cost and values of CO2 emission and LPSP currently in the literature.

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Techno-economic analysis of photovoltaic-hydrogen refueling station case study: A transport company Tunis-Tunisia

Cited by 54 publications

References 40 publications

Design and Costs Analysis of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations Based on Different Hydrogen Sources and Plant Configurations

Design and Costs Analysis of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations Based on Different Hydrogen Sources and Plant Configurations

Mathematical modelling and design of the ionic liquid compressor for the hydrogen refuelling station

Optimal design and sizing of a hybrid energy system for water pumping applications

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