The impact of renewable energy intermittency on the operational characteristics of a stand-alone hydrogen generation system with on-site water production

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 12253-12265

  Clarke, Daniel P ^a   Al Abdeli, Yasir M ^a   Kothapalli, Ganesh ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dump load; Hydrogen generation; PEM electrolyser; Renewable energy prediction; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

DUMP LOAD; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; LABORATORY TESTING; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PEM ELECTROLYSER; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY PENETRATIONS; THRESHOLD CAPACITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84883788857     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.07.031     Document Type: Article

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