The Design and Analysis of a Reversible Solid Oxide Cell and Gas Turbine Integrated System

In the further advancement of the energy transition towards renewable energy sources, a significant role can be played by energy storage systems. A relatively new energy storage technology is the reversible solid oxide cell. A reversible solid oxide cell is an electrochemical device that can operate as an electrolyser to produce a fuel from...

System integration of a high pressure alkaline electrolyser

To anticipate for future demand of sustainable liquid fuels, Zero Emission Fuels B.V. develops a solar powered micro plant which produces methanol from water and carbon dioxide captured from outside air. An intermediate step in this process is the electrolysis of water to create hydrogen which reacts with carbon dioxide to methanol. This study...

Conditions for Profitability & Grid Effects of PV-Electrolysis

In this graduation research conditions affecting the profitability as well as the grid effects of a PV-Electrolysis system have been studied using the site of PV park Oosterwolde as a case study. During the study a wide variety scenarios have been created from a set of influential parameters on the PV-Electrolysis business case, which have...

Characterization of a high pressure alkaline electrolyser with respect to product gas purity

Zero Emission Fuels B.V. (ZEF) is developing a microplant, which ultimately provides a pathway to produce a hydrocarbon in a sustainable manner. This microplant consists of several subsystems. One of which is an alkaline water electrolyser, in which water is split into oxygen and hydrogen under specific operating conditions.<br/>As a mixture of...

Optimisation of a Hybrid Wind, Solar, Electrolysis plant serving the Dutch Electricity and Hydrogen Market

This research evaluates and optimises the competitiveness of a combined wind, solar, and electrolyser plant in the Dutch electricity and hydrogen market. For the electricity market, this study used the EPEX spot market, where most electricity is traded. The hydrogen market is far less transparent than the electricity market; hence, a market had...

Transient modeling and control of a small-scale and self-pressurized electrolysis system

Zero Emission Fuels B.V. (ZEF) is a start-up company developing a fully autonomous methanol synthesis micro-plant that will be energy driven by solar panels. The process implements an alkaline water electrolyzer, which supplies the methanol synthesis reactor with hydrogen. The electrolysis system includes a small-scale stack of cells and is...

An ex-ante LCA study on wind-based hydrogen production in the Netherlands

Environmental emissions from transports need to be reduced in order to construct a sustainable society. Nowadays, gasoline and diesel account for 21% of the total carbon emissions in the world. In the Netherlands, important projects are present to develop a hydrogen economy by 2050. Hydrogen can be used as a sustainable fuel alternative for...