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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN USING HYDROELECTRICITY IN VENEZUELA
https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2018.22-24.088-095
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to develop and evaluate a mathematical model for the process of hydrogen production in Venezuela, via electrolysis and using hydroelectricity, with a view to using it as an energy vector in rural sectors of the country. Regression models were prepared to estimate the fluctuation of the main variables involved in the process: the production of hydrogen, the efficiency of energy conversion, the cost of hydroelectricity and the cost of the electrolyser. Finally, the proposed model was applied to various different time-horizons and populations, obtaining the cost of hydrogen production in each case. The results obtained are well below those mentioned in the references, owing largely to the low cost of the electricity used, which accounts for around 45% of the total cost of the system.
About the Authors
A. Contrerasa
Applied to Engineering
Spain
Spain
Alfonso Contrerasa
Department of Chemistry
UNED, 28040, Madrid
F. Possob
Science Department
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Fausto Possob
ULA-Táchira, Sede Paramillo, 5001, San Cristуbal
Т. N. Veziroglu
Mechanical Engineering, University of Miami
United States
United States
T. Nejat Veziroglu - Ph.D. in Heat Transfer, Professor, President of International Association for Hydrogen Energy, a member of 18 scientific organizations
Clean Energy Research Institute
P.O. Box 248294 Coral Cables, FL 33124-0620
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Contrerasa A., Possob F., Veziroglu Т.N. MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN USING HYDROELECTRICITY IN VENEZUELA. Alternative Energy and Ecology (ISJAEE). 2018;(22-24):88-95. https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2018.22-24.088-095
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