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Frontiers in Energy  2019, Vol. 13 Issue (3): 539-550   https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-019-0635-x
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Energy supply for water electrolysis systems using wind and solar energy to produce hydrogen: a case study of Iran
Mostafa REZAEI(), Ali MOSTAFAEIPOUR, Mojtaba QOLIPOUR, Mozhgan MOMENI
Industrial Engineering Department, Yazd University, Yazd 8915818411, Iran
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Abstract

Due to acute problems caused by fossil fuels that threaten the environment, conducting research on other types of energy carriers that are clean and renewable is of great importance. Since in the past few years hydrogen has been introduced as the future fuel, the aim of this study is to evaluate wind and solar energy potentials in prone areas of Iran by the Weibull distribution function (WDF) and the Angstrom-Prescott (AP) equation for hydrogen production. To this end, the meteorological data of solar radiation and wind speed recorded at 10 m height in the time interval of 3 h in a five-year period have been used. The findings indicate that Manjil and Zahedan with yearly wind and solar energy densities of 6004 (kWh/m2) and 2247 (kWh/m2), respectively, have the greatest amount of energy among the other cities. After examining three different types of commercial wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) systems, it becomes clear that by utilizing one set of Gamesa G47 turbine, 91 kg/d of hydrogen, which provides energy for 91 car/week, can be produced in Manjil and will save about 1347 L of gasoline in the week. Besides, by installing one thousand sets of X21-345 PV systems in Zahedan, 20 kg/d of hydrogen, enough for 20 cars per week, can be generated and 296 L of gasoline can be saved. Finally, the RETScreen software is used to calculate the annual CO2 emission reduction after replacing gasoline with the produced hydrogen.

Key wordswind energy    solar energy    water electrolysis    hydrogen production    Weibull distribution function (WDF)    Angstrom-Prescott (AP) equation
收稿日期: 2018-09-15      出版日期: 2019-09-04
Corresponding Author(s): Mostafa REZAEI   
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. [J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2019, 13(3): 539-550.
Mostafa REZAEI, Ali MOSTAFAEIPOUR, Mojtaba QOLIPOUR, Mozhgan MOMENI. Energy supply for water electrolysis systems using wind and solar energy to produce hydrogen: a case study of Iran. Front. Energy, 2019, 13(3): 539-550.
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City Longitude Latitude
Manjil 49°24′ E 36°44′ N
Zabol 61°29′ E 31°02′ N
Eghlid 52°38′ E 30°54′ N
Bushehr 50°49′ E 28°54′ N
Zahak 61°41′ E 30°54′ N
Zarrineh 46°55′ E 36°04′ N
Khoor 58°26′ E 32°56′ N
Noorabad 48°01′ E 34°03′ N
Ardebil 48°17′ E 38°15′ N
Binalood 59°22′ E 35°58′ N
Tab.1  
City Longitude Latitude
Mehriz 54°28′E 31°35′N
Zarand 56°34′E 30°46′N
Zahedan 60°50′E 29°30′N
Kashan 51°40′E 33°28′N
Abadan 48°22′E 30°21′N
Lar 54°16′E 27°40′N
Saravan 62°20′E 15°22′N
Minab 57°02′E 24°05′N
Jiroft 57°44′E 28°21′N
Nikshahr 60°41′E 27°12′N
Tab.2  
Month d/d ?δ
January 17 –20.9
February 47 –13
March 75 –2.4
April 105 9. 4
May 135 18.8
June 162 23.1
July 198 21.2
August 228 13.5
September 258 2.2
October 288 –9.6
November 318 –18.9
December 344 –23
Tab.3  
Losses Minimal losses/% Largest losses/%
Inverter losses 7 15
Temperature losses 6 15
DC cables losses 1 3
AC cables losses 1 3
Shadings (depends of site) 25 40
Losses weak irradiation 4 7
Losses due to dust, snow and etc. 1 2
Sum of losses 45 85
Performance ratio (PR) 55 15
Tab.4  
Fig.1  
City Average wind speed/(m?s–1) k c Wind power density/(W? (m2?a)–1) Wind energy density/(kWh?(m2?a)–1)
Manjil 9.13 2.508 10.291 685.49 6004.892
Zabol 7.17 2.218 8.092 337.82 2959.303
Eghlid 6.39 2.098 7.216 225.76 1977.657
Bushehr 6.24 2.072 7.043 246.01 2155.047
Zahak 5.53 1.951 6.239 161.47 1414.477
Zarrineh 6.61 2.132 7.452 266.31 2322.864
Khoor 6.21 2.068 7.011 234.17 2051.360
Noorabad 5.66 1.975 6.385 176.08 1542.437
Ardebil 7.05 2.204 7.960 342.76 3002.574
Binalood 5.73 1.987 6.465 193.35 1693.749
Tab.5  
Wind turbine Swept area/m2 Rated power
/kW
Cut-in speed /(m?s–1) Rated speed /(m?s–1) Cut-out speed /(m?s–1)
AN BONUS 300 kW Mk III 876.16 300 3 13 25
NORDEX N 27 572.56 150 3 15.5 25
Gamesa G47 1734.94 660 4 15 25
Tab.6  
City AN BONUS 300 kW Mk III NORDEX N 27 Gamesa G47
Cf /% Eout/(MWh?a–1) CO2 reduction /(kg?a–1) H2/(kg?d–1) Cf/% Eout/(MWh?a–1) CO2 reduction /(kg?a–1) H2/(kg?d–1) Cf/% Eout/(MWh?a–1) CO2 reduction /(kg?a–1) H2/(kg?d–1)
Manjil 45 1182.6 921434.6 55.37 32.5 427.05 332740.3 20 33.7 1948.4 1518114.9 91.22
Zabol 30.5 801.54 624528.0 37.53 21.4 281.196 219096.6 13.17 21.3 1231.48 959520.6 57.66
Gamesa G47 25 657 511908.1 30.76 17.6 231.264 180191.6 10.83 17 982.87 765814.6 46.02
Bushehr 24 630.72 491431.6 29.53 16.9 222.066 173025.2 10.4 16.2 936.62 729776.2 43.85
Zahak 19.5 512.46 399288.2 24 13.8 181.332 141286.6 8.49 12.8 740.05 576613.3 34.65
Zarrineh 26.5 696.42 542622.4 32.61 18.6 244.4 190429.9 11.44 18.1 1046.47 815367.4 49
Khoor 23.8 625.46 487336.5 29.28 16.8 220.75 172000.9 10.34 16 925.06 720766.5 43.31
Noorabad 20.3 533.48 415832.3 24.98 14.4 189.22 147429.8 8.86 13.3 768.95 599137.3 36
Ardebil 29.6 777.89 606099.1 36.42 20.7 272 211930.2 12.74 20.5 1185.23 923482.2 55.49
Binalood 20.8 546.62 425907.4 25.59 14.7 193.16 150501.1 9.04 13.7 792.08 617156.3 37.08
Tab.7  
Fig.2  
City Population Cars Average gasoline consumed /(L?week–1) Hydrogen produced/(kg?d–1) Gasoline saved/(L?a–1) CO2 emission reduced/t
Manjil 126300 31575 467651.4 91.22 70222.15 163.9
Zabol 167732 41933 621061.7 57.66 43985.30 103.6
Eghlid 98188 24547 363561 46.02 35496.91 82.7
Bushehr 205322 51330 760246.3 43.85 33181.89 78.8
Zahak 85642 21410 317106.9 34.65 26236.85 62.3
Zarrineh 23250 5812.5 86087.84 49.00 37811.93 88.1
Khoor 178232 44558 659940.1 43.31 33181.89 77.8
Noorabad 368452 92113 1364268 36.00 27780.19 64.7
Ardebil 482632 120658 1787043 55.49 42441.96 99.7
Binalood 315274 78818 1167366 37.08 28551.86 66.6
Tab.8  
City a b Average annual solar radiation energy
(MJ/m2) (kWh?(m2?a) –1)
Mehriz 0.345 0.398 7362.32 2046.636
Zarand 0.322 0.421 7601.20 2113.078
Zahedan 0.280 0.433 8083.14 2247.074
Kashan 0.361 0.35 7832.92 2177.296
Abadan 0.359 0.331 7463.47 2074.714
Lar 0.321 0.404 7780.45 2162.840
Saravan 0.275 0.430 7980.65 2218.440
Minab 0.340 0.306 7784.87 2163.952
Jiroft 0.322 0.421 7662.29 2130.116
Nikshahr 0.290 0.415 8012.56 2227.492
Tab.9  
Model X21-345 PS330P-24/T KD210GH-2PU
Manufacturer SunPower Phono Solar Kyocera
Module efficiency (or r in Eq. (18)) 21.16% 17.01% 14.40%
Type Mono crystalline Polycrystalline Polycrystalline
A/m2 1.63 1.94 1.48
Tab.10  
City X21-345 PS330P-24/T KD210GH-2PU
Minimal losses Largest losses Minimal losses Largest losses Minimal losses Largest losses
Mehriz 388.25 105.89 371.46 101.31 239.90 65.43
Zarand 400.85 109.32 383.52 104.60 247.69 67.55
Zahedan 426.27 116.26 407.84 111.23 263.39 71.83
Kashan 413.03 112.65 395.17 107.77 255.21 69.60
Abadan 393.57 107.34 376.55 102.70 243.19 66.32
Lar 410.29 111.90 392.55 107.06 253.52 69.14
Saravan 420.84 114.77 402.64 109.81 260.04 70.92
Minab 410.50 111.95 392.75 107.11 253.65 69.18
Jiroft 404.08 110.20 386.61 105.44 249.68 68.10
Nikshahr 422.55 115.24 404.28 110.26 261.10 71.21
Tab.11  
Fig.3  
City Population Cars Average gasoline consumed /(L?week –1) Hydrogen produced/(kg?d –1) Gasoline saved /(L?a –1) CO2 emission reduced/t
Mehriz 36442 9110 134941.3 18.18 14039.2 32.7
Zarand 66752 16688 247162.8 18.77 14494.9 33.7
Zahedan 670822 167705 2483862 19.96 15413.8 35.9
Kashan 308540 77135 1142432 19.34 14935.0 34.8
Abadan 232366 58091 860389.7 18.43 14232.3 33.1
Lar 68450 17112 253457.4 19.21 14834.6 34.5
Saravan 64800 16200 239935.1 19.70 15213.0 35.4
Minab 66322 16580 245578.1 19.22 14842.4 34.5
Jiroft 122036 30509 451863 18.92 14610.7 34.0
Nikshahr 19688 4922 72898.81 19.78 15274.8 35.5
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