Lower-cost Hydrogen (H2) Fuel Production from Distributed Wind via Paralleled Self-Excited Induction Generators (SEIG's) Close-coupled Electrolysis at Multi-turbine Off-grid Windplants

摘要

Achieving the California (CA) "80 × 50" (80% reduction in CO_2 emissions from transportation, below 1990 level, by 2050) and other statutory and regulatory goals will require ～ 7 million tons (MMT) per year of high-purity, zero-carbon-emissions, Hydrogen fuel for surface transportation (LDV, bus, goods movement), by Year 2050. This would require full output of ～ 250 GW of nameplate wind and/or solar. Freight trucking, in CA, would require ～ 1.6 million tons per year. [1] Aviation Hydrogen fuel, if that market develops, supports CA Gov Brown's ambition to reduce CA's petrol-source transportation fuel use. "80 × 50" cannot be achieved with BEV's, displaced by FCV's except for short, light-duty travel; attempting to is technically and economically suboptimal. AASI is now ready to convert its Palm Springs windplant entirely to "distributed" H2 fuel output, with no connection to the SCE grid. SBV project success enables wind deployment in a large new market.