Photovoltaic solar energy conversion for hydrogen production by alkaline water electrolysis: Conceptual design and analysis

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 133, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-13

  Bhattacharyya, Rupsha ^a   Misra, Apurva ^b   Sandeep, K C ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline water electrolysis; Conceptual design; Exergy analysis; Hydrogen production; Solar photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; IRRADIATION; METEOROLOGY; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION RATE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84999636130     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.11.057     Document Type: Article

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