Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Computer and Information, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities, Duyun, Guizhou, 558000, China; Key Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligent Optimization of Guizhou Province, Duyun, Guizhou, 558000, China; Institute for Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (IBDAAI), Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: haitao@sgmtu.edu.cn
  • 2 Natural Science Department, Community College, King Saud University, Riyadh, 12642, Saudi Arabia
  • 3 Department of Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Lebanese French University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  • 4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Engineering & Technology, GLA University, Mathura, UP, 281001, India
  • 5 Department Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32952, Egypt. Electronic address: walid.elshafai@el-eng.menofia.edu.eg
  • 6 Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark
Chemosphere, 2023 Sep;336:139160.
PMID: 37327820 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139160

Abstract

In the third millennium, developing countries will confront significant environmental problems such as ozone depletion, global warming, the shortage of fossil resources, and greenhouse gas emissions. This research looked at a multigenerational system that can generate clean hydrogen, fresh water, electricity, heat, and cooling. The system's components include Rankine and Brayton cycles, an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), flash desalination, an Alkaline electrolyzer, and a solar heliostat. The proposed process has been compared for two different start-up modes with a combustion chamber and solar heliostat to compare renewable and fossil fuel sources. This research evaluated various characteristics, including turbine pressure, system efficiency, solar radiation, and isentropic efficiency. The energy and exergy efficiency of the proposed system were obtained at around 78.93% and 47.56%, respectively. Exergy study revealed that heat exchangers and alkaline electrolyzers had the greatest exergy destruction rates, at 78.93% and 47.56%, respectively. The suggested system produces 0.04663 kg/s of hydrogen. Results indicate that at the best operational conditions, the exergetic efficiency, power, and hydrogen generation of 56%, 6000 kW, and 1.28 kg/s is reached, respectively. Also, With a 15% improvement in the Brayton cycle's isentropic efficacy, the quantity of hydrogen produced increases from 0.040 kg/s to 0.0520 kg/s.

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