Examination of a Mobile Platform Suitable for Production and Periodic Storage of Renewable Energy
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https://doi.org/10.33038/jcegi.4948Keywords:
hydrogen, solar panels, biogas, renwable energyAbstract
One of the largest problems of our time is the constantly growing demand for energy and its satisfaction. Humanity obtained this energy primarily by burning fossil fuels, and obtains it so even today. This is the case to be expected for a long time to come, despite of the rise of alternative energy sources. However, there is significant difference between fossil energy sources. Hydrogen and biogas, for example, have much smaller impact on the environment than traditional sources of energy. By combining these with renewable sources, such as solar energy, the environmental impact can be further reduced, and the typical problems of renewable energy sources, the temporal difference between energy production and consumption and the storage of energy, can also become manageable.
The goal of my work was to investigate the possibility of an energy-producing and energy-storing device that produces hydrogen using solar cells. After storage, this can be used alone or mixed with biogas to produce electricity in a mobile, containerized design. This allows us to store solar energy and use it in the form of electricity at any time. I examined five versions, during which I performed their energetic analysis and comparison, as well as the related economic calculations.
The large, gas mixture using version proved to be the best. It had the lowest specific cost regarding electrical power, and the second lowest regarding stored energy. Taking into account the payback time of the investment too, which was the shortest for this version, it proved to be the only version that is economically feasible at present. Its only notable drawback is that it can only be used where there is sufficient amount of biogas provided from an external source.
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