تحلیل انرژی و اگزرژی الکترولایزر غشا پلیمری در ترکیب با سیستم متمرکزکنندة خورشیدی

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد / گروه مهندسی مکانیک، دانشکدة فنی و مهندسی، دانشگاه اصفهان

2 عضو هیات علمی / گروه مهندسی مکانیک، دانشکدة فنی و مهندسی، دانشگاه اصفهان

چکیده

تولید هیدروژن با استفاده از الکترولایزر‌های غشا پلیمری روشی مؤثر و مفید برای تولید یک منبع انرژی تجدیدپذیر است. از هیدروژن و اکسیژن تولیدی توسط الکترولایزر می­توان در پیل‌های سوختی در پهپادها استفاده کرد. تحلیل ترمودینامیکی الکترولایزر غشا پلیمری برای مشخص‌کردن افت‌های کلیدی و بهینه‌سازی عملکرد آن بسیار اساسی است. در این مقاله، فرایند الکترولیز آب توسط الکترولایزر غشا پلیمری در ترکیب با سیستم متمرکز خورشیدی به‌منظور تولید توان و هیدروژن مطالعه و اثر شدت تابش، چگالی جریان و دیگر پارامترهای عملکردی بر نرخ هیدروژن تولیدی بررسی‌ شده است. نتایج حاکی از آن است که با افزایش چگالی جریان و یا به‌عبارتی افزایش میزان هیدروژن تولیدی، ولتاژ الکترولایزر افزایش می‌یابد و راندمان انرژی و اگزرژی الکترولایزر کاهش می‌یابد. هم‌چنین افزایش دما، کاهش فشار و ضخامت غشای نفیونی سبب کاهش ولتاژ و بهبود عملکرد الکترولایزر می‌شود. با افزایش شدت تابش ورودی به سیستم خورشیدی به میزان 145درصد، میزان هیدروژن تولیدی 110 درصد افزایش و راندمان انرژی و اگزرژی الکترولایزر هر دو به میزان 13/8 درصد به‌دلیل بالاتر بودن نسبت جریان الکتریکی ورودی به هیدروژن خروجی کاهش می‌یابد.

کلیدواژه‌ها

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Energy and exergy analyses of a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer integrated with concentrating solar plant

نویسندگان [English]

  • Faezeh Moradi Nafchi 1
  • Ebrahim Afshari 2
  • Ehsan Baniasadi 2
چکیده [English]

Hydrogen production using PEM electrolysers is an effective method to produce a renewable energy resource. Also, the hydrogen and oxygen generated by electrlyzer can be used in a fuel cell of drones. Thermodynamic analysis of PEM electrolyzer is essential to identify key losses and to optimize the performance of the electrolyzer. In this article, the process of water electrolysis in a PEM electrolyser integrated with concentrating solar plant to produce power and hydrogen is studied and the effect of solar intensity, current density and other operating parameters on the rate of the hydrogen production is investigated. The results indicate that increase of current density and consequently the rate of the hydrogen production leads to increase of voltage and decrease of energy and exergy efficiency of the electrolyser. Also, increase of temperature, decrease of pressure and thickness of nafion membrane lead to decrease of voltage and improve the performance of electrolyser. Increase of solar intensity by 145 percent leads to increase of the rate of hydrogen production by 110 percent and decrease the exergy and energy efficiency of electrolyser by 13.8 percent.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • proton exchange membrane electrolyser
  • current density
  • energy and exergy efficiency
  • concentrating solar plant
  • solar intensity
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