Nuclear has the corner on energy density, but the land-use issue overlooks potential for dual use. Solar is making strides, and this platform offers average 15% efficiency with very low cost per watt capital
You can configure these in any power scheme; set up your panels for 2.5 volts and all the amps you can gather and power your electrolyser anytime the sun shines. With a little effort the power can be had cheaply. It's really only a matter of scale
This is a pretty interesting concept...making your own solar panels to fit the design of the electrolyser...I've been designing the electrolyser to fit the solar panels, which given the current trend to making higher voltage panels..which I think, makes it more difficult (expensive) to build the electrolyser There is definitely an opportunity for some balance here. I see one opportunity as educational...When I do demos I just grab my 50 watt panel which is somewhere around 12 volts and 4 amps and hook it up to a couple of pieces of metal in the KOH solution inside a glass container...its great to see all the bubbles...people actually get the concept but...from a technical side....I'm definitely over voltaging the cell and the metal turns black
Thanks for the link. its something to seriously consider. Tim
Renewables Rape the Environment, so choose Nuclear
Posted - Sep 10 2009 : 1:37:28 PM
