Stand-alone PV-hydrogen energy system in Taleghan-Iran using HOMER software: Optimization and techno-economic analysis

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1389-1402

  Shiroudi, Abolfazl ^a   Taklimi, Seyed Reza Hosseini ^b   Mousavifar, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Taghipour, Peyman ^a,c  

^a AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrolyzer; Fuel cell; HOMER; Hydrogen; PV array; Stand alone

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOFTWARE;

IRAN;

EID: 84883654573     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-013-9443-3     Document Type: Article

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