Comments on: Wind-to-H2 plant more efficiency with multilingual controls http://www.windpowerengineering.com/design/electrical/controls/wind-to-h2-plant-more-efficiency-with-multilingual-controls/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chade W. Charles http://www.windpowerengineering.com/design/electrical/controls/wind-to-h2-plant-more-efficiency-with-multilingual-controls/#comment-583 Chade W. Charles Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:09:12 +0000 http://www.windpowerengineering.com/?p=2275#comment-583 The efficiency of using hydrogen as an energy storage medium has been called into question often. Options to "feeding the grid" would be to envision H2 as a feed stock to chemical processes. Compare the energy efficiency of a dedicated wind production of H2 to industrial scale steam reforming, or as a byproduct of petroleum refining and chemicals production. Turning 99.999% pure H2 into building blocks for plastics could trim a lot off the oil deficit. In this day and time even the addition of 10-20% H2 to existing natural gas supply chain has the advantage of stretching the limited resource as well as reducing the N2 and S2 pollutants. The efficiency of using hydrogen as an energy storage medium has been called into question often. Options to “feeding the grid” would be to envision H2 as a feed stock to chemical processes. Compare the energy efficiency of a dedicated wind production of H2 to industrial scale steam reforming, or as a byproduct of petroleum refining and chemicals production. Turning 99.999% pure H2 into building blocks for plastics could trim a lot off the oil deficit.

In this day and time even the addition of 10-20% H2 to existing natural gas supply chain has the advantage of stretching the limited resource as well as reducing the N2 and S2 pollutants.

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