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Hydrogen Production by Photovoltaic-powered Electrolysis

Project Summary

Full Title: Production of Hydrogen by Photovoltaic-powered Electrolysis
Project ID: 91
Principal Investigator: D.L. Block
Keywords: Hydrogen production; electrolysis; photovoltaic (PV)

Purpose

To evaluate hydrogen production from photovoltaic (PV)-powered electrolysis.

Performer

Principal Investigator: D.L. Block
Organization:Florida Solar Energy Center
Address:1679 Clearlake Road
Cocoa, FL 32922
Telephone:321-638-1001
Email:block@fsec.ucf.edu

Sponsor(s)

Name:Michael Ashworth
Organization:Florida Energy Office

Name:Neil Rossmeissl
Organization:DOE/Advanced Utilities Concepts Division

Name:H.T. Everett
Organization:NASA/Kennedy Space Center

Project Description

Type of Project: Analysis
Category: Hydrogen Fuel Pathways
Objectives: The objectives of the line focusing PV system are to reduce overall system cost under the assumptions that lenses and mirrors are cheaper to deploy than are PV cells, and that low-voltage, high-current dc electricity can efficiently power a single-cell elctrolyzer to produce hydrogen.
Methodology/Approach: Line focus concentrating photovoltaics coupled with single-cell electrolyzers to produce gaseous hydrogen.
Timeframe Studied: 1990 - 1995

Products/Deliverables

 

  • Description: Task 1 Report
    Publication Title: Production of Hydrogen by Photovoltaic-powered Electrolysis
    Author Name(s): Block, David
    (PDF 2.8 MB) Download Adobe Reader.
    Publication Date: December 1995


Date Last Updated: 11/10/2006