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Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Systems: Electric Applications

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 13128

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez

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Research Group in Sustainable and Renewable Electrical Technologies (PAIDI-TEP023), Department of Electrical Engineering, Higher Technical School of Engineering of Algeciras, University of Cadiz, Algeciras, Spain
Interests: smart cities; smart grids; microgrids; renewable energy; wind energy; photovoltaic solar energy; energy storage systems; hydrogen and fuel cells; hybrid electric systems; electric vehicles; electric power systems; power converters and energy management/control systems
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Dr. Pablo García Triviño

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Research Group in Electrical Technologies for Sustainable and Renewable Energy (PAIDI-TEP023), Department of Electrical Engineering, Higher Polytechnic School of Algeciras, University of Cadiz, Algeciras (Cádiz), Spain
Interests: hydrogen and fuel cells; wind energy; photovoltaic solar energy; renewable energy; energy storage systems; hybrid electric systems; microgrids; smart grids; electric vehicles; power converters and energy management/control systems
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Andrés García-Vázquez

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Research Group in Sustainable and Renewable Electrical Technologies (PAIDI‐TEP023), Department of Electrical Engineering, Higher Polytechnic School of Algeciras, University of Cadiz, Algeciras (Cádiz), Spain
Interests: hydrogen and fuel cells; renewable energy systems; energy storage; microgrids; power converters; electric vehicles.
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Prof. Dr. Carlos E. Ugalde-Loo

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School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Queen's Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK
Interests: power system stability and control; grid integration and control of renewables; HVDC transmission; DC technologies; modelling and control of integrated energy systems; modelling of dynamic systems; multivariable control
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Hydrogen is a clean energy carrier. It can be produced from any primary energy sources by electrolyzers and used to generate electricity by fuel cells, which are very efficient energy conversion devices. The combined use of hydrogen and electricity represents one of the most promising ways to achieve sustainable energy systems in the future due to their very low to zero carbon emissions, no emissions of harmful ambient, low noise, high efficiency, high power quality, and flexibility in the energy management of electric grids. Hydrogen energy systems can be used in many electric applications, such as portable appliances (mobile phones, laptops, etc.), electric power supplies for domestic, commercial and industrial sectors, microgrids with renewable energy sources, electric transport (electric vehicles, trains, tramways), grid-scale electric power plants, and grid-scale energy storage systems.

This Special Issue includes, but is not limited, to the following topics:

  • Hydrogen fuel cells for portable applications;
  • Hydrogen-based electric power supplies for domestic, commercial and industrial sectors;
  • Hydrogen systems in isolated or grid-connected microgrids;
  • Hydrogen-based hybrid electric energy systems;
  • Hydrogen-powered electric transport (e.g. electric vehicles, trains, tramways);
  • Grid-scale fuel cell-based electric power plants;
  • Grid-scale hydrogen-based electrical energy storage systems;
  • Power electronics for hydrogen electric applications;
  • Advanced control techniques for hydrogen electric applications;
  • State-of-the-art reviews on hydrogen electric applications.

Prof. Carlos Andrés García-Vázquez
Dr. Pablo García-Triviño
Dr. Carlos Andrés García-Vázquez
Dr. Carlos E. Ugalde-Loo
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Keywords

  • Hydrogen electric applications
  • Fuel cells
  • Electrolyzers
  • Portable applications
  • Electric power supply
  • Microgrids
  • Hybrid electric energy systems
  • Hydrogen electrical energy storage
  • Hydrogen-powered electric transport systems
  • Power electronics and control

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Optimal Operation of a Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell Coupled Integrated Energy System
by Oscar Utomo, Muditha Abeysekera and Carlos E. Ugalde-Loo
Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3525; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063525 - 22 Mar 2021
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Integrated energy systems have become an area of interest as with growing energy demand globally, means of producing sustainable energy from flexible sources is key to meet future energy demands while keeping carbon emissions low. Hydrogen is a potential solution for providing flexibility [...] Read more.
Integrated energy systems have become an area of interest as with growing energy demand globally, means of producing sustainable energy from flexible sources is key to meet future energy demands while keeping carbon emissions low. Hydrogen is a potential solution for providing flexibility in the future energy mix as it does not emit harmful gases when used as an energy source. In this paper, an integrated energy system including hydrogen as an energy vector and hydrogen storage is studied. The system is used to assess the behaviour of a hydrogen production and storage system under different renewable energy generation profiles. Two case studies are considered: a high renewable energy generation scenario and a low renewable energy generation scenario. These provide an understanding of how different levels of renewable penetration may affect the operation of an electrolyser and a fuel cell against an electricity import/export pricing regime. The mathematical model of the system under study is represented using the energy hub approach, with system optimisation through linear programming conducted via MATLAB to minimise the total operational cost. The work undertaken showcases the unique interactions the fuel cell has with the hydrogen storage system in terms of minimising grid electricity import and exporting stored hydrogen as electricity back to the grid when export prices are competitive. Full article
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Hybrid Intelligent Modelling in Renewable Energy Sources-Based Microgrid. A Variable Estimation of the Hydrogen Subsystem Oriented to the Energy Management Strategy
by José-Luis Casteleiro-Roca, Francisco José Vivas, Francisca Segura, Antonio Javier Barragán, Jose Luis Calvo-Rolle and José Manuel Andújar
Sustainability 2020, 12(24), 10566; https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410566 - 17 Dec 2020
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This work deals with the prediction of variables for a hydrogen energy storage system integrated into a microgrid. Due to the fact that this kind of system has a nonlinear behaviour, the use of traditional techniques is not accurate enough to generate good [...] Read more.
This work deals with the prediction of variables for a hydrogen energy storage system integrated into a microgrid. Due to the fact that this kind of system has a nonlinear behaviour, the use of traditional techniques is not accurate enough to generate good models of the system under study. Then, a hybrid intelligent system, based on clustering and regression techniques, has been developed and implemented to predict the power, the hydrogen level and the hydrogen system degradation. In this research, a hybrid intelligent model was created and validated over a dataset from a lab-size migrogrid. The achieved results show a better performance than other well-known classical regression methods, allowing us to predict the hydrogen consumption/generation with a mean absolute error of 0.63% with the test dataset respect to the maximum power of the system. Full article
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Methodology for the Optimal Design of a Hybrid Charging Station of Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles Supplied by Renewable Energies and an Energy Storage System
by Higinio Sánchez-Sáinz, Carlos-Andrés García-Vázquez, Francisco Llorens Iborra and Luis M. Fernández-Ramírez
Sustainability 2019, 11(20), 5743; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11205743 - 17 Oct 2019
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The global energy system is changing, mainly to achieve sustainable transport technologies and clean electrical generation based on renewable sources. Thus, as fuels, electricity and hydrogen are the most promising transport technologies in order to reduce greenhouse emissions. On the other hand, photovoltaic [...] Read more.
The global energy system is changing, mainly to achieve sustainable transport technologies and clean electrical generation based on renewable sources. Thus, as fuels, electricity and hydrogen are the most promising transport technologies in order to reduce greenhouse emissions. On the other hand, photovoltaic and wind energies, including energy storage, have become the main sources of distributed generation. This study proposes a new optimal-technical sizing method based on the Simulink Design Optimization of a stand-alone microgrid with renewable energy sources and energy storage to provide energy to a wireless power transfer system to charge electric vehicles along a motorway and to a hydrogen charging station for fuel cell-powered buses. The results show that the design system can provide energy for the charging of electric vehicles along the motorway and produce the hydrogen consumed by the fuel cell-buses plus a certain tank reserve. The flexibility of the study allows the analysis of other scenarios, design requirements, configurations or types of microgrids. Full article
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