United Arab Emirates

Combined heat and power (CHP) in a single and integrated device is concurrent or synchronized production of many sources of usable power typically electric as well as thermal. Integrating combined heat and power systems in today’s energy market will address energy scarcity global warming as well as energy-saving problems. This review highlights the system design for fuel cell CHP technologies. Key among the components discussed was the ty Read More

To provide an effective energy transition hydrogen is required to decarbonize the hard-toabate industries. As a case study this paper provides a holistic view of the hydrogen energy transition in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). By utilizing the directional distance function undesirable data envelopment analysis model the energy economic and environmental efficiency of UAE sectors are estimated from 2001 to 2020 to prioritize hydrogen sector coupling. Read More

Commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells can only materials provided its performance is closely related to existing technologies useful in commercial application. Other critical parameters like the utilization of cheaper materials should be taken into account during the manufacturing of the cell. A key component in the cell that has direct correlation to the cell perfor‐ mance is the flow plate. The weight coupled with cost of the cell revolves Read More

The world’s economy heavily depends on the energy resources used by various countries. India is one of the promising developing nations with very low crude reserves actively looking for new renewable energy resources to power its economy. Higher energy consumption and environmental pollution are two big global challenges for our sustainable development. The world is currently facing a dual problem of an energy crisis as well as environmental d Read More

This paper presents a novel energy management strategy (EMS) to control a wind-hydrogen microgrid which includes a wind turbine paired with a hydrogen-based energy storage system (HESS) i.e. hydrogen production storage and re-electrification facilities and a local load. This complies with the mini-grid use case as per the IEA-HIA Task 24 Final Report where three different use cases and configurations of wind farms paired with HESS are proposed in or Read More

In this study a green hydrogen system was studied to provide electricity for an office building in the Sharjah emirate in the United Arab Emirates. Using a solar PV a fuel cell a diesel generator and battery energy storage; a hybrid green hydrogen energy system was compared to a standard hybrid system (Solar PV a diesel generator and battery energy storage). The results show that both systems adequately provided the power needed for the load of the Read More

Recently with the large-scale integration of renewable energy sources into microgrid (µGs) power electronics distributed energy systems have gained popularity. However low inertia reduces system frequency stability and anti-disturbance capabilities exposing power quality to intermittency and uncertainty in photovoltaics or wind turbines. To ensure system stability the virtual inertia control (VIC) is presented. This paper proposes two solutions to over Read More

Significant research efforts are directed towards finding new ways to reduce the cost increase efficiency and decrease the environmental impact of power-generation systems. The poly-generation concept is a promising strategy that enables the development of a sustainable power system. Over the past few years the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell-based Poly-Generation Systems (PEMFC-PGSs) have received accelerated developments due to th Read More

About 95% of the hydrogen presently produced is from natural gas and coal and the remaining 5% is generated as a by-product from the production of chlorine through electrolysis1 . In the hydrogen economy (Crabtree et al. 2004; Penner 2006; Marbán and Valdés-Solís 2007) hydrogen is produced entirely from renewable energy. The easiest approach to advance renewable energy production is through solar photovoltaic and electrolysis a pathway o Read More

Hydrogen fueling standards stipulates a sustainable cooling system technically and economically. Accordingly the interior surface temperature of the on-board H2 storage tank in fuel cell electric vehicles must not exceed the maximum specified limit (358.15 K) and the fueling rate must be ≤ 42.86 sec / kg-H2 with T40 dispenser at 70 MPa. In this context H2 refueling stations often employ double-tube and block heat exchangers for heat transfer. This stu Read More