Implementation of a prototype water electrolysis system as an alternative to produce hydrogen

• Published in: IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 1154; no. 1; pp. 12034 - 12048
• Main Authors: Tarazona-Romero, B E, Sandoval-Rodriguez, C L, Ascanio-Villabona, J G, Quintero-Ruiz, A, Páez-Castro, R E, Acosta-Cárdenas, O A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2021
• Subjects: Direct current; Electrolysis; Electrolysis of water; Electronic control; Energy consumption; Experimentation; Hydrogen; Hydrogen production; Low currents; Materials selection; Mechanical systems; photovoltaic system and CAD modeling; Power sources; prototype; Prototypes; Scale models
• ISSN: 1757-8981; 1757-899X
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1154/1/012034

Abstract The objective of the development of the prototype or scale model of production of hydrogen and oxygen through the electrolysis process of water is to generate an alternative with a sustainable approach, which proposes the supply or source of energy initially with a direct current power source. replaceable in the future by a photovoltaic solar system. For the development of the prototype, it began with the academic compilation of information, then the model was made in CAD, followed by the need to integrate an electronic control system and a mechanical system to obtain the final model, materials were selected and used premises for the development of the two systems, the electronic and physical schematization was carried out, chaired by the assembly and field experimentation. It is important to highlight that the constructed scale model generates hydrogen and oxygen with a low current consumption and a constant voltage, the maximum point of gas generation is the maximum point of energy consumption and its relationship is almost linear.