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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Acar, Canan
• Dincer, Ibrahim

Titel

Investigation of a unique integrated photoelectrochemical system for multigeneration purposes

Ist Teil von

• International journal of hydrogen energy, 2019-07, Vol.44 (34), p.18756-18766

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

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Quelle

Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study develops, investigates and analyze a continuous type hybrid photoelectrochemical-chloralkali H2 production reactor that converts the by–products into useful industrial commodities (i.e., Cl2 and NaOH). The proposed system maximizes solar spectrum use by taking advantage of photocatalysis and PV/T. Furthermore, by using electrodes as electron donors to support the photochemical reaction, the potential risk of pollutant emissions is minimized. The final products of this novel integrated system can be listed as H2, Cl2, NaOH, heat, and electricity. In this study, the effects of operating temperature and inlet mass flow rates on H2, Cl2, heat, and electricity production, energy and exergy efficiencies, and exergy destruction rates are presented. The results of this investigation show that the proposed system is capable of producing hydrogen up to 70 L/h, chlorine up to 60 L/h, heat up to 800 W, electricity up to 160 W, with energy and exergy efficiencies up to 80% and 30%, respectively. •An integrated solar based multigeneration system is investigated thermodynamically.•The integrated system's outputs are H2, Cl2, heat, and electricity.•The system has PV/T and a continuous type hybrid PEC-chloralkali reactor.•The proposed system maximizes the solar spectrum use by taking advantage of photocatalysis and PV/T.•The effects of operating temperature and inlet mass flow rates on the hydrogen production rates and efficiencies are presented.