Assessment of solar and wind energy as motive for potential hydrogen production of Algeria country; development a methodology for uses hydrogen-based fuel cells

• Published in: International journal of hydrogen energy 2018-05, Vol.43 (19), p.9192-9210
• Main Authors: Blal, Mohamed, Belasri, Ahmed, Benatillah, Ali, Hamouda, Massaoud, Lachtar, Salah, Sahouane, Nordine, Laribi, Slimane, Mostefaoui, Mohamed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Electrolyzer; Hydrogen; Photovoltaic; Solar radiation; Wind speed
• ISSN: 0360-3199; 1879-3487
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.200

This study is based on method of storing the part of renewable energy in the hydrogen form for using in a fuel cell at the absence of solar radiation due to overcast day or in the night. In addition, the system advantage don't need a batteries compared with other systems. The present work is compared energy potential of the wind and solar with the results of hydrogen production and to address the various obstacles to study and evaluation. This work is assessment the renewable resources in various sites of Algeria, especially in Adrar area which is one regions of the high solar energy in the world, where the radiation rates exceed more than 2300kWh/m2 per year, the area is also characterized by high wind power. In fact, by these two energy sources (solar and wind) that it characterized by Adrar, it's interesting to combine electrical producing energy and hydrogen production. The studies indicate that there are the meteorological factors related to the nature of site (irradiation, temperature and wind speed) are linked to the generation of electricity by renewable energy. The results obtained showing that the hydrogen production related to the solar radiation values, where southern of Algeria has more hydrogen potential compared with the northern. The simulation results show that the energy supplied by a photovoltaic module type UDTS 50 can supply energy for ten electrolyzer cells which are connected in series with this module. [Display omitted] •South of Algeria has a hydrogen potential, Adrar for Wind Energy and Tamanrasset for solar Energy.•A methodology for stored the convert of renewable energy is proposed.•Develop a methodology using hydrogen-based fuel cells to exploit hydrogen potential.•A measurements of solar radiation at Adrar site within two months is studied.