The use of hydrogen in the rural sector in Venezuela: Technical and financial study of the storage phase

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1234-1240

  Posso, F ^a   Contreras, A ^b   Veziroglu, A ^c  

^a Science Department   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c International Association for Hydrogen Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Hydroelectricity; Mathematical model; Storage of hydrogen

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; INVESTMENTS; OPERATING COSTS; RURAL AREAS;

COMPRESSION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY MODELS; FINANCIAL MODELS; GAS-STORAGE SYSTEMS; HYDROELECTRICITY; INVESTMENT COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION METHODS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OVERALL COSTS; STORAGE OF HYDROGEN; STORAGE PRESSURES; TOTAL COSTS; UNIT COSTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COMPRESSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROKINESIS; ENERGY USE; GAS STORAGE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROGEN; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; STORAGE STRUCTURE;

EID: 58949099346     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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