Addressing System Integration Issues Required for the Developmente of Distributed Wind-Hydrogen Energy Systems: Final Report

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/926648· OSTI ID:926648

Mann, M D; Salehfar, H; Harrison, K W; Dale, N; Biaku, C; Peters, A J; Hernandez-Pacheco:, E

Wind generated electricity is a variable resource. Hydrogen can be generated as an energy storage media, but is costly. Advancements in power electronics and system integration are needed to make a viable system. Therefore, the long-term goal of the efforts at the University of North Dakota is to merge wind energy, hydrogen production, and fuel cells to bring emission-free and reliable power to commercial viability. The primary goals include 1) expand system models as a tool to investigate integration and control issues, 2) examine long-term effects of wind-electrolysis performance from a systematic perspective, and 3) collaborate with NREL and industrial partners to design, integrate, and quantify system improvements by implementing a single power electronics package to interface wild AC to PEM stack DC requirements. This report summarizes the accomplishments made during this project.

• Research Organization: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE - Office of Energy Research (ER)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-04ER46115
• OSTI ID: 926648
• Report Number(s): ER46115-3; TRN: US201006%%825
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
17 WIND ENERGY
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
DESIGN
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FUEL CELLS
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
PERFORMANCE
VIABILITY
electrolysis
hydrogen
wind
distributed energy
fuel cells
power control system
electrochemical impeadance spectroscopy