Simultaneous synthesis of H2, O2, and N2 via an innovatory energy system in Coronavirus pandemic time: Design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches

In this work, an innovative integrated system that is incorporated from solid oxide elec-trolysis cells and an oxygen separator membrane is assessed and optimized from the techno-economic aspects to respond to oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen demands for hospitals and other health care applications. B...

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Main Authors: Wei, Haoran, Dai, Jie, Maharik, Ibrahim, Ghasemi, Amir, Mouldi, Abir, Brahmia, Ameni
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spelling my.um.eprints.409452023-08-28T02:33:37Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/40945/ Simultaneous synthesis of H2, O2, and N2 via an innovatory energy system in Coronavirus pandemic time: Design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches Wei, Haoran Dai, Jie Maharik, Ibrahim Ghasemi, Amir Mouldi, Abir Brahmia, Ameni TP Chemical technology In this work, an innovative integrated system that is incorporated from solid oxide elec-trolysis cells and an oxygen separator membrane is assessed and optimized from the techno-economic aspects to respond to oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen demands for hospitals and other health care applications. Besides, a parametric comparison is con-ducted to apprehend the weights of parameters changes on the performance of criteria. Relying on the assessments, from the hydrogen production of 1 kg/s, 23.19 kg/s of oxygen, and 50.22 kg/s of nitrogen are produced. The parametric study shows that by raising the working temperature of the electrolyzer, the cell voltage variation has descending trend and the power consumption of the system is decreased by 19%. Finally, the results of multi -criteria optimization on the Pareto front reveal that in the optimal case, the system payback period is attained at about 5.32 years and the exergy efficiency of 92.47%, which are improved 16.6% and 16.2% compared to the base case, sequentially. Consequently, this system is proposed to consider as a cost-effective and reliable option towards its vital and valuable productions, in the pandemic period and after's.(c) 2021 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2022-07 Article PeerReviewed Wei, Haoran and Dai, Jie and Maharik, Ibrahim and Ghasemi, Amir and Mouldi, Abir and Brahmia, Ameni (2022) Simultaneous synthesis of H2, O2, and N2 via an innovatory energy system in Coronavirus pandemic time: Design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47 (62). pp. 26038-26052. ISSN 0360-3199, DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.12.044 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.12.044>. 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.12.044
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Wei, Haoran
Dai, Jie
Maharik, Ibrahim
Ghasemi, Amir
Mouldi, Abir
Brahmia, Ameni
Simultaneous synthesis of H2, O2, and N2 via an innovatory energy system in Coronavirus pandemic time: Design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches
description In this work, an innovative integrated system that is incorporated from solid oxide elec-trolysis cells and an oxygen separator membrane is assessed and optimized from the techno-economic aspects to respond to oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen demands for hospitals and other health care applications. Besides, a parametric comparison is con-ducted to apprehend the weights of parameters changes on the performance of criteria. Relying on the assessments, from the hydrogen production of 1 kg/s, 23.19 kg/s of oxygen, and 50.22 kg/s of nitrogen are produced. The parametric study shows that by raising the working temperature of the electrolyzer, the cell voltage variation has descending trend and the power consumption of the system is decreased by 19%. Finally, the results of multi -criteria optimization on the Pareto front reveal that in the optimal case, the system payback period is attained at about 5.32 years and the exergy efficiency of 92.47%, which are improved 16.6% and 16.2% compared to the base case, sequentially. Consequently, this system is proposed to consider as a cost-effective and reliable option towards its vital and valuable productions, in the pandemic period and after's.(c) 2021 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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author Wei, Haoran
Dai, Jie
Maharik, Ibrahim
Ghasemi, Amir
Mouldi, Abir
Brahmia, Ameni
author_facet Wei, Haoran
Dai, Jie
Maharik, Ibrahim
Ghasemi, Amir
Mouldi, Abir
Brahmia, Ameni
author_sort Wei, Haoran
title Simultaneous synthesis of H2, O2, and N2 via an innovatory energy system in Coronavirus pandemic time: Design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches
title_short Simultaneous synthesis of H2, O2, and N2 via an innovatory energy system in Coronavirus pandemic time: Design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches
title_full Simultaneous synthesis of H2, O2, and N2 via an innovatory energy system in Coronavirus pandemic time: Design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches
title_fullStr Simultaneous synthesis of H2, O2, and N2 via an innovatory energy system in Coronavirus pandemic time: Design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches
title_full_unstemmed Simultaneous synthesis of H2, O2, and N2 via an innovatory energy system in Coronavirus pandemic time: Design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches
title_sort simultaneous synthesis of h2, o2, and n2 via an innovatory energy system in coronavirus pandemic time: design, techno-economic assessment, and optimization approaches
publisher Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
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