Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy

A Master of Science thesis in Mechanical Engineering by Mohamed Shahin Shahin entitled, "Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy," submitted in May 2015. Thesis advisor is Dr. Mehmet Fatih Orhan. Soft and hard copy availab...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Shahin, Mohamed Shahin (author)
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Solar
Rankine cycle
Thermodynamic analysis
Electrolyzer
Parabolic trough
Heliostat field
Renewable energy sources
Hydrogen as fuel
Solar thermal energy
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spelling Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar EnergyShahin, Mohamed ShahinHydrogen productionSolarRankine cycleThermodynamic analysisElectrolyzerParabolic troughHeliostat fieldRenewable energy sourcesHydrogen as fuelSolar thermal energyA Master of Science thesis in Mechanical Engineering by Mohamed Shahin Shahin entitled, "Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy," submitted in May 2015. Thesis advisor is Dr. Mehmet Fatih Orhan. Soft and hard copy available.Due to the global challenges faced everyday by our planet earth, several groundbreaking energy solutions are needed to reduce the environmental pollution caused by fossil fuels and improve energy sustainability for the future generations. The increase in fossil fuel prices, environmental pollution, and limitations in fossil fuel reserves, stresses the need of an alternative energy source that is clean, not hazardous, and dependable. Hydrogen is believed to be the future energy carrier that will reduce environmental pollution and solve the current energy crises especially when produced from a renewable energy source. Solar energy is a renewable source that has been used in the production of hydrogen for years because it is inexhaustible, clean, and a free energy source. Hydrogen is produced by a means of a water splitting process, mainly electrolysis, which requires energy input provided by harvesting solar energy. The proposed model integrates the solar harvesting system to a conventional Rankine cycle, producing electric and thermal power, used in domestic applications, and production of hydrogen by high temperature electrolysis (HTE) using a solid oxide steam electrolyzer (SOSE). The objective of this research is to carry out thermodynamic energy analysis on the proposed system to study the performance and efficiency of the system. The system is divided into three subsystems; solar collector(s), steam cycle, and electrolysis subsystem, where thermodynamic analysis is done using equations from the literature and Engineering Equations Solver (EES). Moreover, parametric analysis will be carried out with the results obtained from EES to study the performance of the system under different conditions. The analysis that will be carried out is to study the effect of varying the solar flux and varying the area of the solar collector on the rate of hydrogen produced. Finally, a comparative analysis will be done with a parabolic trough and heliostat field to investigate which works most effectively with the plant and has the highest rate of hydrogen produced.College of EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringMaster of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)Orhan, Mehmet Fatih2015-06-30T07:34:26Z2015-06-30T07:34:26Z2015-05info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdf35.232-2015.27http://hdl.handle.net/11073/7845en_USoai:repository.aus.edu:11073/78452025-06-26T12:25:30Z
spellingShingle Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy
Shahin, Mohamed Shahin
Hydrogen production
Solar
Rankine cycle
Thermodynamic analysis
Electrolyzer
Parabolic trough
Heliostat field
Renewable energy sources
Hydrogen as fuel
Solar thermal energy
status_str publishedVersion
title Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy
title_full Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy
title_fullStr Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy
title_full_unstemmed Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy
title_short Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy
title_sort Coupling of an Electrolyzer with Rankine Cycle for Sustainable Hydrogen Production via Thermal Solar Energy
topic Hydrogen production
Solar
Rankine cycle
Thermodynamic analysis
Electrolyzer
Parabolic trough
Heliostat field
Renewable energy sources
Hydrogen as fuel
Solar thermal energy
url http://hdl.handle.net/11073/7845