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Prioritization of solar electricity and hydrogen co-production stations considering PV losses and different types of solar trackers: A TOPSIS approach

Jahangiri, M ; Sharif University of Technology | 2022

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.01.045
  3. Publisher: Elsevier Ltd , 2022
  4. Abstract:
  5. Renewable hydrogen production plays a key role in transitioning to a hydrogen economy. For this, developing countries are encouraged to keep up with industrialized nations. As such, this study seeks to evaluate the potential of all capital cities of Iran in terms of solar-based hydrogen production and prioritize the nominated alternatives. This step is highly valued because finding the most suitable place for this purpose can lead to substantial outcomes and consequently avoid failure. Therefore, here a 20-kW solar power plant is simulated by PVsyst 6.7 software and meteorological data of 31 capital cities is extracted using Meteonorm 7.1 software. Considering all losses associated with solar power plants, electricity and hydrogen generation are studied under the scenarios of using fixed optimal angle for solar cells, seasonally adjustable slope, single axis tacker and dual-axis tracker. Analyzing the impact of each technology on hydrogen production, MCDM approaches are applied to rank the stations considering 13 conflicting criteria. The numerical results demonstrate the minimum and maximum of hydrogen production for annual optimal angle scenario are related to Sari and Zahedan respectively with amounts of 457.4 kg/year and 671.5 kg/year. Also, under the optimal seasonal slope scenario hydrogen production efficiency increases by up to 3.8%. This figure for two other cases of single-axis tracker and dual-axis tracker is expected to be 30.6%, and 34.3%, respectively. Using the TOPSIS method, Yasuj is selected as the most suitable city for the purpose of this study. This recommendation is supported by the results of ranking analysis using WS, MAPPACC, and ELECTRE III methods. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
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  7. Hydrogen production ; Renewable energy ; Developing countries ; Meteorology ; Solar power generation ; Solar power plants ; Co-production ; Dual axis ; Optimal angle ; Prioritization ; Pvsyst ; Renewable energies ; Solar electricity ; Solar hydrogen ; Solar tracker ; Solar energy ; Electricity ; Energy efficiency ; Fuel cell ; Instrumentation ; Photovoltaic system ; Power plant ; Solar power ; Iran
  8. Source: Renewable Energy ; Volume 186 , 2022 , Pages 889-903 ; 09601481 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148122000556