Micro-Grid for On-Site Wind-and-Hydrogen Powered Generation
Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences 2014
Pāvels Suskis, Aleksandrs Andreičiks, Ingars Steiks, Oskars Krievs, Jānis Kleperis

The authors propose a micro-grid for autonomous wind-and-hydrogen power generation thus replacing such traditional fossil-fuelled equipment as domestic diesel generators, gas micro-turbines, etc. In the proposed micro-grid the excess of electrical energy from wind turbine is spent on electrolytic production of hydrogen which is then stored under low-pressure in absorbing composite material. The electrolyser has a non-traditional feeding unit and electrode coatings. The proposed DC/DC conversion topologies for different micro-grid nodes are shown to be well-designed. The prototypes elaborated for the converters and hydrogen storage media were tested and have demonstrated a good performance.


Keywords
wind power, hydrogen, electrolysis, hydrogen storage, metal hydride, zeolite, PEM fuel cells, step-up buck/boost DC/DC converters, multilevel inverters
DOI
10.2478/lpts-2014-0002
Hyperlink
http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lpts.2014.51.issue-1/lpts-2014-0002/lpts-2014-0002.xml

Suskis, P., Andreičiks, A., Steiks, I., Krievs, O., Kleperis, J. Micro-Grid for On-Site Wind-and-Hydrogen Powered Generation. Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, 2014, Vol.51, Iss.1, pp.12-20. ISSN 0868-8257. Available from: doi:10.2478/lpts-2014-0002

Publication language
English (en)
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