Micro-scale energy resiliency
Team
Name: Muhammed Zaki Iqbal
Nationality: Indian
Institution / Company: University of Birmingham, Dubai
Name: Shaik Sahil Muzawar
Nationality: Indian
Institution / Company: University of Birmingham, Dubai
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahil-shaik/
Name: Mohammed Abubakar Siddique
Nationality: Indian
Institution / Company: University of Birmingham, Dubai
-FINALIST of Powerless City Competition
The design proposes an integrated hydrogen refuelling station, which would double out as a power station for minuscule neighbourhood-based activities. This shall be done by retrofitting conventional stations with hydrogen-focused equipment and infrastructure and its city-wide replication. And since the hydrogen is produced on-site, there wouldn’t be a requirement to create long-distance pipelines or electricity transmission cables. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and hence, would never run out. Furthermore, the process of hydrogen extraction can be run as a truly net zero process, since, hydrogen would be produced on-site through electrolysis, and the electricity to initiate electrolysis would be provided by other renewable sources such as a rooftop or adjacent array of solar panels, the hydrogen would be stored in compressed, liquified form to save up on storage space and then made readily available for refuelling. Furthermore, the only by-product of hydrogen consumption would be H2O. Therefore, even by considering embodied carbon, hydrogen production, distribution and consumption would not produce any emissions. The excess hydrogen produced can be repurposed for other uses, such as street lighting or powering neighbourhood homes, thus enabling a fine cycle of energy production and consumption at the micro-level.
#Hydrogen #Refuelling station #Prosumer #Upgrade and innovation of energy systems #Batteries and Energy storage
