Applications & Pathways
Towards Sustainable Mobility: A Systematic Review of Hydrogen Refueling Station Security Assessment and Risk Prevention
Jan 2025
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The signing of the Paris Agreement in 2016 established the goals of countries around the world for the transition from traditional fossil energy to sustainable energy in the 21st century. Reduce carbon emissions using new sustainable energy sources while safeguarding the energy needs of social development. The advantages of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles such as no carbon emissions long battery life and short hydrogenation time make them the developmen Read More
Environmental Implications of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System for Hydrogen Sustainability
Jan 2025
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Hydrogen known for its high energy content and clean combustion is promising in the energy transition. This study explores the environmental impact of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system. 1 kg of hydrogen production at 1 bar serves as the functional unit. The SOFC system generates hydrogen electricity and heat across five modes. Results indicate that the SOFC system achieves a global warming potential of 0.17–9.50 kg CO2 -eq/FU using the system e Read More
Retrofitted Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion Aircraft: Performance Simulation of Critical Operating Conditions
Jan 2025
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Retrofitting regional turboprop aircraft with hydrogen (H2)-electric powertrains using fuel cell systems (FCSs) has gained interest in the last decade. This type of powertrain eliminates CO2 NOx and fine particle emissions during flight as FCSs only emit water. In this context the “Hydrogen Aircraft Powertrain and Storage Systems” (HAPSS) project targets the development of a H2-electric propulsion system for retrofitting Dash 8- 300 series aircraft. The purp Read More
Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Optimal Operation of Low-Carbon Island Microgrid with High Renewables and Hybrid Hydrogen–Energy Storage System
Jan 2025
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Hybrid hydrogen–energy storage systems play a significant role in the operation of islands microgrid with high renewable energy penetration: maintaining balance between the power supply and load demand. However improper operation leads to undesirable costs and increases risks to voltage stability. Here multi-time-scale scheduling is developed to reduce power costs and improve the operation performance of an island microgrid by integrating dee Read More
Analyzing the Adoption of Hybrid Electric and Hydrogen Vehicles in Indonesia: A Multi-criteria and Total Cost of Ownership Approach
Jan 2025
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Indonesia faces mounting challenges from climate change and environmental degradation underscoring the need for sustainable transportation solutions. This study evaluates factors influencing the adoption of Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV) Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (HFCV) using Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) approaches. Eight key factors were analyzed: safety operational and mainte Read More
A New Electro-Biomembrane Integrated Renewable-Based System to Produce Power, Fresh Water and Hydrogen for Sustainable Communities
Jan 2025
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As the consequences of global warming become more severe it is more crucial than ever to capitalize on all locally accessible potential renewable energy sources and produce sufficient useable energy outputs to meet community demands while causing the least damage to the ecosystem. Therefore this paper focuses on a unique parabolic trough collector solar systempowered electro-biomembrane unit that combines a heat and power system with fresh Read More
Energy Equivalent Consumption and Optimization Strategies for Hybrid Hydrogen Fuel Systems in Multirotor Drones
Jan 2025
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This paper presents an improved Equivalent Consumption Minimization Strategy (ECMS) designed to optimize energy management for the hybrid hydrogen fuel power setups in multirotor drones. The proposed strategy aims to reduce hydrogen consumption and enhance the performance of the system consisting of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) and lithium batteries. Multirotor drones experience rapid power fluctuations due to their agile Read More
Economic and Resilient Operation of Hydrogen-based Microgrids: An Improved MPC-based Optimal Scheduling Scheme Considering Security Constraints of Hydrogen Facilities
Feb 2023
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Optimally scheduling alkaline electrolyzers (AELs) in a hydrogen-based microgrid (HBM) can greatly unleash the operational flexibility of the HBM. However existing scheduling strategies of AELs mostly utilize a simplified AEL model which ignores the nonlinear coupling of electric-hydrogen-thermal sectors violating the AEL’s security constraints thereby making the scheduling scheme infeasible. This paper proposes an improved model predictive control (MPC) Read More
Clean Hydrogen and Ammonia Synthesis in Paraguay from the Itaipu 14 GW Hydroelectric Plant
Nov 2019
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This paper aims at investigating clean hydrogen production from the large size (14 GW) hydroelectric power plant of Itaipu located on the border between Paraguay and Brazil the two countries that own and manage the plant. The hydrogen produced by a water electrolysis process is converted into ammonia through the well-known Haber-Bosch process. Hydraulic energy is employed to produce H2 and N2 respectively from a large-scale electrolysis syst Read More
Distribution of Relaxation Times Analysis of High-temperature PEM Fuel Cell Impedance Spectra
Feb 2017
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In this study Distribution of Relaxation Times (DRT) was successfully demonstrated in the analysis of the impedance spectra of High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (HT-PEMFC) doped with phosphoric acid. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was performed and the quality of the recorded spectra was verified by Kramers-Kronig relations. DRT was then applied to the measured spectra and polarization losses were separ Read More
Hydrogen as an Alternative Fuel: A Comprehensive Review of Challenges and Opportunities in Production, Storage, and Transportation
Jan 2025
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The rapid growth of the global population and industrial activities has significantly increased greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions with projections indicating a temperature rise of 3–6 ◦C by 2050. Urgent action is needed to limit global warming to 1.5 ◦C above pre-industrial levels. Hydrogen with its high energy density and compatibility with renewable energy systems presents a promising clean energy solution to mitigate GHGs emissions. Yet its widespre Read More
Assessing the Viability of Renewable Hydrogen, Ammonia, and Methanol in Decarbonizing Heavy-duty Trucks
Jan 2025
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Decarbonizing heavy-duty trucks (HDTs) is both challenging and crucial for achieving carbon neutrality in the transport sector. Renewable hydrogen (H2) methanol (MeOH) and ammonia (NH3) offer potential solutions yet their economic viability and emission benefits remain largely unexplored. This study presents for the first time a comprehensive techno-economic analysis of using these three renewable fuels to decarbonize HDTs through detailed f Read More
Experimental Characterization of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Hydrogen Fueled in a Residential Small Villa
Jan 2025
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The use of highly efficient cogeneration systems fueled by pure hydrogen such as Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) in the residential sector is one of the new frontiers for achieving the net zero greenhouse gas emissions tran sitions. The lack of experimental studies in this area prompted the authors to propose the present paper. It refers to hydrogen-fueled SOFC 1 kW-sized integrated into the plant system of a single-family villa configurated as a nearly Zero Read More
Hybrid Renewable Multi-generation System Optimization: Attaining Sustainable Development Goals
Jan 2025
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The optimization of hybrid renewable multi-generation systems is crucial for enhancing energy efficiency reducing costs and ensuring sustainable power generation. These factors can be significantly affected by system designs optimization methods climate changes and varying energy demands. The optimization of a stand-alone hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) that integrates various combinations of electricity heating cooling hydrogen Read More
Future Technological Directions for Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engines in Transport Applications
Oct 2024
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The paper discusses some of the requirements drivers and resulting technological paths for manufacturers to develop hydrogen combustion engines for use in two types of market application – onroad heavy- and light-duty. One of the main requirements is legislative certainty and this has now been afforded – at least in the major market of Europe – by the European Union’s recent adoption into law of tailpipe emissions limits specifically designed to encoura Read More
A Perspective on the Decarbonization of the Metals Industry
Nov 2024
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The decarbonization of the metals industry is a major challenge for the energy transition. Metals are indeed essential elements in the expansion of renewable energy installations worldwide but they also represent a relevant source of carbon emissions. Therefore metals producers need to carefully shift their technologies towards less carbon intensive routes. After ranking all the metals in terms of world production volume and total estimated carbon e Read More
Assessing the Impacts of Low-carbon Intensity Hydrogen Integration in Oil Refineries
Nov 2024
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This paper evaluates the potential impacts of introducing low-carbon intensity hydrogen technologies in two oil refineries with different complexity levels emphasizing the role of hydrogen production in reducing CO2 emissions. The novelty of this work lies in three key aspects: Comprehensive system analysis of refinery complexity using real site data integration of low-carbon Hydrogen technologies long-term and short-term strategies. Two Colombian refi Read More
Composite Membranes for High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells and Electrolysers: A Critical Review
Jul 2019
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Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells and electrolysers offer efficient use and production of hydrogen for emission-free transport and sustainable energy systems. Perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) membranes like Nafion® and Aquivion® are the state-of-the-art PEMs but there is a need to increase the operating temperature to improve mass transport avoid catalyst poisoning and electrode flooding increase efficiency and reduce the cost and co Read More
Design and Optimal Sizing of a Hydrogen Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) System for Addressing Residential Power Cutoffs
Jan 2025
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Hydrogen (H2) offers a green medium for storing the excess from renewables production instead of dumping it thus being crucial to decarbonisation efforts. Hydrogen also offers a storage medium for the grid’s cheap electricity to be used during grid peak demand or grid power cutoffs. Funded by the Scottish Government’s Emerging Energy Technologies this paper presents the design and performance analysis of a hydrogen uninterruptible power suppl Read More
Artificial Neural Networks as a Tool for High-Accuracy Prediction of In-Cylinder Pressure and Equivalent Flame Radius in Hydrogen-Fueled Internal Combustion Engines
Jan 2025
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The automotive industry is under increasing pressure to develop cleaner and more efficient technologies in response to stringent emission regulations. Hydrogenpowered internal combustion engines represent a promising alternative offering the potential to reduce carbon-based emissions while improving efficiency. However the accurate estimation of in-cylinder pressure is crucial for optimizing the performance and emissions of these engines. Whil Read More
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