Journal article
Technoeconomic analysis of photoelectrochemical hydrogen production from desalination waste brine using concentrated solar flux
International journal of hydrogen energy, Vol.49(Part D), pp.360-372
01/2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.222
Abstract
Co-generation of hydrogen with value-added by-products is a promising route for affordable low-carbon hydrogen. This work presents a system for and a technoeconomic analysis of hydrogen with the co-generation of chlorine and sodium hydroxide from waste brine. The system uses a conceptual triple-junction gallium arsenide (3-J GaAs)-based photoelectrochemical (PEC) reactor at high solar concentrations (50–500x). The base case of 200x solar concentration results in a solar-to-chemical (SCE) efficiency of 15% and a levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) production of $15.76/kgH2. Revenue from by-products ($45.36/kgH2) is critical for offsetting the operating costs, with sodium hydroxide constituting 64% of total by-product revenue. The sensitivity analysis showed that under favorable combinations of the key variables (sodium hydroxide price, waste brine pretreatment price, and PEC replacement lifetime) PEC hydrogen generation from waste brine would be viable and have prices reaching $0.78/kgH2.
•Analysis of concentrated triple-junction photoelectrochemical hydrogen production.•Desalination waste brine as feed with co-production of chlorine and sodium hydroxide.•Results show that solar hydrogen can be reduced below the U.S. Department of Energy target of $1/kgH2.•Reactor lifetime, concentration factor, and co-product prices have economic leverage.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Technoeconomic analysis of photoelectrochemical hydrogen production from desalination waste brine using concentrated solar flux
- Creators
- Marisol Contreras - Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAMark Mba-Wright - Iowa State UniversityChristina Wulf - Forschungszentrum JülichCharles O. Stanier - University of IowaSyed Mubeen - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of hydrogen energy, Vol.49(Part D), pp.360-372
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.222
- ISSN
- 0360-3199
- eISSN
- 1879-3487
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100010629, name: Fulbright Association
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 09/2023
- Date published
- 01/2024
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984466775202771
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