Solar-driven water splitting at 13.8% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency

Re:Solar-driven water splitting at 13.8% solar-to-hydrogen e... by pfdietz on Friday November 19, 2021 @02:46PM (#29281420)

You didn't understand what I said. I'm not arguing about a pipeline. I'm arguing about all the little hydrogen carrying piping in the solar field. This is needed to bring together all that hydrogen being generated at the hydrogen-generating solar collectors, before it even gets to a pipeline.

Simpler just to avoid all that and generate the hydrogen at large separate electrolyzers at the side of the utility-scale solar field (say), and then inject into the pipeline.

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Re:Solar-driven water splitting at 13.8% solar-to-hydrogen e... by Hypx_ on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:09PM (#29281705)

Should be noted that that will work too. In fact that is the plan for most facilities. However, you will still need a separate electrolysis facility. With this you just pipe hydrogen into bigger pipes. It could be cheaper to implement it this way.

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