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Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2014 Jan 28;16(4):1632-8. doi: 10.1039/c3cp54351j. Epub 2013 Dec 09.

Comparison of hydrogen production and electrical power generation for energy capture in closed-loop ammonium bicarbonate reverse electrodialysis systems.

Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP

Marta C Hatzell, Ivan Ivanov, Roland D Cusick, Xiuping Zhu, Bruce E Logan

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.

PMID: 24322796 DOI: 10.1039/c3cp54351j

Abstract

Currently, there is an enormous amount of energy available from salinity gradients, which could be used for clean hydrogen production. Through the use of a favorable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) cathode, the projected electrical energy generated by a single pass ammonium bicarbonate reverse electrodialysis (RED) system approached 78 W h m(-3). However, if RED is operated with the less favorable (higher overpotential) hydrogen evolution electrode and hydrogen gas is harvested, the energy recovered increases by as much ~1.5× to 118 W h m(-3). Indirect hydrogen production through coupling an RED stack with an external electrolysis system was only projected to achieve 35 W h m(-3) or ~1/3 of that produced through direct hydrogen generation.

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