Multi-Criteria Comparative Analysis of Clean Hydrogen Production Scenarios
Different hydrogen production scenarios need to be compared in regard to multiple, and often distinct aspects. It is well known that hydrogen production technologies based on environmentally-friendly renewable energy sources have higher values of the economic indicators than methods based on fossil...
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| description | Different hydrogen production scenarios need to be compared in regard to multiple, and often distinct aspects. It is well known that hydrogen production technologies based on environmentally-friendly renewable energy sources have higher values of the economic indicators than methods based on fossil fuels. Therefore, how should this decision criterion (environmental) prevail over the other types of decision criteria (technical and economic) to make a scenario where hydrogen production only uses renewable energy sources the most attractive option for a decision-maker? This article presents the results of a multi-variant comparative analysis of scenarios to annually produce one million tons of pure hydrogen (99.999%) via electrolysis in Poland. The compared variants were found to differ in terms of electricity sources feeding the electrolyzers. The research demonstrated that the scenario where hydrogen production uses energy from photovoltaics only becomes the best option for the environmental criterion weighting value at 61%. Taking the aging effect of photovoltaic installation (PV) panels and electrolyzers after 10 years of operation into account, the limit value of the environmental criterion rises to 63%. The carried out analyses may serve as the basis for the creation of systems supporting the development of clean and green hydrogen production technologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3bfe25189db54cabbae6e10fe60400022023-11-20T09:58:07ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732020-08-011316418010.3390/en13164180Multi-Criteria Comparative Analysis of Clean Hydrogen Production ScenariosBartosz Ceran0Institute of Electric Power Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3A, 60-965 Poznan, PolandDifferent hydrogen production scenarios need to be compared in regard to multiple, and often distinct aspects. It is well known that hydrogen production technologies based on environmentally-friendly renewable energy sources have higher values of the economic indicators than methods based on fossil fuels. Therefore, how should this decision criterion (environmental) prevail over the other types of decision criteria (technical and economic) to make a scenario where hydrogen production only uses renewable energy sources the most attractive option for a decision-maker? This article presents the results of a multi-variant comparative analysis of scenarios to annually produce one million tons of pure hydrogen (99.999%) via electrolysis in Poland. The compared variants were found to differ in terms of electricity sources feeding the electrolyzers. The research demonstrated that the scenario where hydrogen production uses energy from photovoltaics only becomes the best option for the environmental criterion weighting value at 61%. Taking the aging effect of photovoltaic installation (PV) panels and electrolyzers after 10 years of operation into account, the limit value of the environmental criterion rises to 63%. The carried out analyses may serve as the basis for the creation of systems supporting the development of clean and green hydrogen production technologies.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/16/4180photovoltaic-electrolysisclean hydrogensustainable hydrogen production |
| spellingShingle | Bartosz Ceran Multi-Criteria Comparative Analysis of Clean Hydrogen Production Scenarios Energies photovoltaic-electrolysis clean hydrogen sustainable hydrogen production |
| title | Multi-Criteria Comparative Analysis of Clean Hydrogen Production Scenarios |
| title_full | Multi-Criteria Comparative Analysis of Clean Hydrogen Production Scenarios |
| title_fullStr | Multi-Criteria Comparative Analysis of Clean Hydrogen Production Scenarios |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multi-Criteria Comparative Analysis of Clean Hydrogen Production Scenarios |
| title_short | Multi-Criteria Comparative Analysis of Clean Hydrogen Production Scenarios |
| title_sort | multi criteria comparative analysis of clean hydrogen production scenarios |
| topic | photovoltaic-electrolysis clean hydrogen sustainable hydrogen production |
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