Renewable Energy Hydrogen Systems

ystein Ulleberg
Senior Research Scientist & Section Head

Institute for Energy Technology

EU-Seminar on Renewable Energy (SFFE) 16 March 2006, NTNU, Trondheim

2006-03-16

RE & H2 Activities at IFE/HSYS

1. Fundamental Research on Hydrogen Storage
New advanced materials for hydrogen storage

2. Applied Research on Integrated RE/H2 Systems

Stationary power systems based on renewable energy Hydrogen storage systems based on metal hydrides

3. Development of Hydrogen Demonstration Systems

Small-scale PV/H2 stand-alone power systems Remote community wind/H2 energy systems (mini-grids)

4. Energy System Analysis

Planning of regional and national hydrogen infrastructure

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RE/H2 System Activities at IFE/HSYS

Modeling & System Analysis: System Design Development of Control Strategies Evaluation of Demonstration Systems Technical Feasibility Studies Laboratory Work: Component Testing & Characterization Testing of Control Algorithms Integrated System Design Prototype Development

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Wind/Hydrogen Power System at IFE

5 kW 48 - 58 V DC (battery charging range) Lead-acid Battery 48 V nominal AC/DC converter

End User
50 Hz 230 V AC DC/AC inverter DC bus 46 - 58 V

DC/DC step-down converter

DUTY

Control Strategy
ON/OFF ON/OFF

DUTY

DC/DC step-up converter Diode

1.5 kW

Electrolyser 46 - 50 V DC

H2 storage

Fuel Cell 12 - 20 V DC

1.2 kW

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Hydrogen Energy Models

RE/H2 System Simulation Design & Controls
PV Load

HYDROGEMS
HYDROGen Energy ModelS

Photovoltaics Wind Turbines Water Electrolysis Fuel Cells H2 Gas Storage Metal Hydrides

Wind

Electrolyzer

Fuel Cell

Battery

Batteries Compressors

H2

Power Conditioning Diesel Engine Diesel Engines

www.hydrogems.no

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HYDROGEMS
HYDROGen Energy ModelS RE/H2 Model Library Developed at IFE since 1995 Publicly available since June 2001 Adopted into TRNSYS16 in 2005 Ca. 175 users worldwide Academic (50%), Institutes (25%), Commercial (25%) Main sponsor: Norwegian Research Council 56 Organizations 20 Countries

11 years

Norway, Greece, Spain, France, USA, Portugal, Australia, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Canada, Malaysia, Brazil, Korea, UK, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Russia

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Hybrid Systems
Wind/Diesel/Hydrogen
Wind Turbine(s)

End User Electricity Heat

Electrolyzer

Fuel Cell

Hydrogen

Diesel engine gensets

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Design & Evaluation Parameters

Design Parameters for Main System Components:
Peak Power & Maximum Capacities Investment and O&M costs

Evaluation Parameters
Energy Production & Use Diesel Consumption System Efficiency (Electrical) Fraction of Load met by RE Local RE-utilization Cost of Energy (COE)

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RE/H2-system (HARI-project, UK)

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Summary of Main Projects

PV & Wind H2-systems
Hardware: IFE-system laboratory Software: TRNSYS & Matlab Simulink (w/HYDROGEMS)

Hybrid RE Systems
Evaluation of Integrated Hydrogen Systems, IEA HIA Annex 18 West Nordic Feasibility Study: Nordic Energy Research PhD-study on Hybrid Wind Systems: University of Tasmania

Wind/H2-systems
Utsira Demonstration Project HYTREC Demonstration Project

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