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Theoretical Study of a Water Electrolyzer System for a Green Hydrogen Production Performance Evaluation Prediction.

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Last updated: 29 Mar 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

The main emphasis of the current study is to improve the performance of hydrogen (H2) production under various working conditions via electrolysis of water. A mathematical model is designed and analyzed considering the influence of several parameters such as electrolyte type, its concentration, electrode material with its surface area, number of electrolysis cells, generated thermal energy, applied pressure, temperature and current density. The system has been designed using Engineering Equation Solver (EES) Software. Results showed that the optimum cell voltage was achieved when the concentration of KOH solution as an electrolyte was 30% wt. On the other hand, the most suitable material for coating electrodes is iridium-dioxide (IrO2) but its cost represented a challenge, stainless-steel can be used, alternatively, it is recommended to use substituted materials such as mixed metal oxides or non-precious metal catalysts. It was also found that the rate of the H2 production and generated thermal energy increased as the surface area of the electrode plate, the number of cells, and current density were increased. the influence of increasing temperature on the cell voltage is studied, which causes the cell voltage to rise because of the ohmic resistance reduction, resulting in lower operating costs. It is found that the cell voltage recorded 1.851 V at 40 °C, and 1.677 V at 80 °C. It is found that the operating pressure affects the reversible voltage, where a higher operating pressure leads to a non-linearly higher reversible voltage, resulting in a higher overall cell voltage.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.312122.10190

Keywords

Green hydrogen, Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolyzer, Activation overpotential, Electrolyte Conductivity, solar energy

Authors

First Name

Hamdy

Last Name

El Ghetany

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Solar Dept, NRC

Email

hamdy.elghetany@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0003-0081-2562

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Halawa

MiddleName

Aly

Affiliation

Prof. of Mechanical Engineering Al-Azhar University

Email

prof.mohamed.halawa@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Amal

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Eid

Affiliation

Mechanical Engineering Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

amleid507@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

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-

Volume

68

Article Issue

5

Related Issue

54251

Issue Date

2025-05-01

Receive Date

2024-08-13

Publish Date

2025-05-01

Page Start

471

Page End

488

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_381094.html

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381,094

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Theoretical Study of a Water Electrolyzer System for a Green Hydrogen Production Performance Evaluation Prediction.

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29 Mar 2025