Electrochemical reactor – Solar
Electrolysis of water provides one such solution for distributed hydrogen production and the process is compatible with existing and future power generation technologies such as solar power. Therefore it is worth to mention some of the advantages of water electrolysis:
- Compactness, high current density and small footprint, thus making it easier to collect a large quantity of hydrogen from a small space.
- Provision of on-site, on-demand hydrogen generation at homes, service stations and other end-user sites leading to a reduction in transport/storage costs.
- Modularity of the technology, permitting tailoring to the requirements of specific sites.
- Prior existence of the transmission/distribution infrastructure for electricity.
- An early path to the hydrogen economy, reducing the need for establishing up-front transmission distribution.
On the other hand the solar atlas indicates that Jordan is one of the sun-belt countries with high intensity of direct solar radiation (4800 – 6400 Wh/m2/day) :
