Scamman, D;
Newborough, M;
Bustamante, H;
(2015)
Hybrid hydrogen-battery systems for renewable off-grid telecom power.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
, 40
(40)
pp. 13876-13887.
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.08.071.
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Abstract
Off-grid hybrid systems, based on the integration of hydrogen technologies (electrolysers, hydrogen stores and fuel cells) with battery and wind/solar power technologies, are proposed for satisfying the continuous power demands of telecom remote base stations. A model was developed to investigate the preferred role for electrolytic hydrogen within a hybrid system; the analysis focused on powering a 1 kW telecom load in three locations of distinct wind and solar resource availability. When compared with otherwise equivalent off-grid renewable energy systems employing only battery energy storage, the results show that the integration of a 1 kW fuel cell and a 1.6 kW electrolyser at each location is sufficient, in combination with a hydrogen storage capacity of between 13 and 31 kg, to reduce the required battery capacity by 54–77%, to increase the minimum state-of-charge from 37 to 55% to >81.5% year-round despite considerable seasonal variation in supply, and to reduce the amount of wasted renewable power by 55–79%. For the growing telecom sector, the proposed hybrid system provides a ‘green’ solution, which is preferable to shipping hydrogen or diesel to remote base stations.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Hybrid hydrogen-battery systems for renewable off-grid telecom power |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.08.071 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.08.071 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher. |
| Keywords: | Telecom; Off-grid; Electrolysis; Hybrid hydrogen-battery energy storage; Renewable storage |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476211 |
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