Optimizing green hydrogen production: Leveraging load profile simulation and renewable energy integration

As our world continues to rapidly industrialize and our population grows at an unprecedented rate, the energy demands have become one of the primary drivers for economic growth. However, the availability of traditional fossil fuels is limited and their use leads to serious environmental problems. Recently, in the last few decades, many developments have been made in the area of energy efficiency driven by non-conventional energy sources. So, inclination towards renewables such as solar (PV) energy, wind power, hydro energy, bio-fuels, bio/green-hydrogen, etc., seems to be a feasible alternative in the coming future. Technology alternatives dealing with fuel cells appears to be a promising approach to fulfil the ever-exceeding energy requirements. The purpose of the present research is to extract information about the working principle and applications of renewable energy technologies such as photo-electrolysis, photovoltaic power, wind power, electrolyzer for hydrogen generation, fuel cells for power generation and also to gain knowledge for the future research and improvements for the renewable technology systems. All the experiments are conducted with the help of Heliocentric, the kit for green and clean energy trainer technology. Here the energy efficiency for the system is found to be-86% with a hydrogen volume of 30 cm3 and a time of 174 s (-3 min). Similarly, for a system with 25 cm3 of hydrogen volume and a time of 110 s, the efficiency calculated is around-36%. The research work outcomes are anticipated to help in the clear understanding of renewable energy technologies and their integration to produce sustainable, green and clean energy.(c) 2023 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.