Study on the possibility of use of photovoltaic cells for the supply of electrolysers

• Autorzy: Węcel D. , Ogulewicz W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Photovoltaic cells have been used for a long time to supply the electrical devices of small power in areas without access to the electricity networks (or other sources of electric energy). The ecological aspect of the use of the renewable energy sources, together with the technology development and increasingly lower costs of production the photovoltaic cells, cause the increase of their application. The solar power plants are built in several places in the world, not necessarily in the areas of high light intensity. Nowadays, such developments mostly depend on the wealth of a particular country. The largest photovoltaic power stations have power of a several dozen of MW. The major disadvantage of the photovoltaic cells is that the energy production is possible only during the day. This causes a necessity of energy accumulation in large photovoltaic systems. One possibility of storing large amounts of energy gives a hydrogen fuel, generated in the electrolysers powered directly from photovoltaic cells. Hydrogen, stored in pressure tanks or in tanks with synthetic porous materials, can be again used to produce electricity in fuel cells. This paper introduces selected issues and test results associated with the use of photovoltaic cells to power the hydrogen generators. The possible connections of photovoltaic modules integrated with electrolysers were analyzed. In this article the results of the electricity daily production by polycrystalline photovoltaic cells, collected in the course of the entire year were also presented.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

electrolyser; photovoltaic cell; solar energy

PL

elektrolizer; energia słoneczna; ogniwa fotowoltaiczne

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Maszyn Przepływowych PAN ; Komitet Termodynamiki i Spalania PAN
• Czasopismo: Archives of Thermodynamics
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 32, no. 4
• Strony: 33--53
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz.,

Twórcy

autor

Węcel D.

autor

Ogulewicz W.

• Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Power Engineering and Turbomachinery, ul. Konarskiego 18, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland,

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