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John S. or anyone: Is this still operational and has it been a
success? - Jorg Ostrowski
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Renewable energy sources can produce electricity for electrolysis.
For example, in 1989, Humboldt State University's Schatz Energy
Research Center began working on a stand-alone solar hydrogen system.
The system uses a 9.2 kilowatt hour peak photovoltaic array to provide
power to the lab's
compressors that aerate fish tanks.
The power not used to run the compressors runs a 7.2 kilowatt bipolar
alkaline electrolyzer.
The electrolyzer can produce 53 standard cubic feet of hydrogen per
hour (25 standard liters per minute).
The unit has been operating without supervision since 1993.
When there is not enough power from the array, the
hydrogen provides fuel for a 1.5-kilowatt proton exchange membrane
fuel cell to provide power for the compressors.
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Amazing, let's see what a search yields;
The Schatz Solar Homepage;
http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~serc/facilities.html
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$170.00 Solar Hydrogen experimenter kit;
http://www.host.slip.net/~h2man/exp_kit.htm
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---"Jorg D. Ostrowski" wrote:
>
>
> John S. or anyone: Is this still operational and has it been a
success?
> Jorg Ostrowski
>
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> > Renewable energy sources can produce electricity for electrolysis.
For
> > example, in 1989, Humboldt State University's Schatz Energy Research
> > Center
> > began working on a stand-alone solar hydrogen system. The system
uses a
> > 9.2
> > kilowatt hour peak photovoltaic array to provide power to the lab's
> > compressors that aerate fish tanks. The power not used to run the
> > compressors runs a 7.2 kilowatt bipolar alkaline electrolyzer. The
> > electrolyzer can produce 53 standard cubic feet of hydrogen per
hour (25
> > standard liters per minute). The unit has been operating without
> > supervision since 1993. When there is not enough power from the
array,
> > the
> > hydrogen provides fuel for a 1.5-kilowatt proton exchange membrane
fuel
> > cell
> > to provide power for the compressors.
>
>
>
==
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