Hydrogen energy systems for underwater applications

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2022-01-01

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Sezgin, Berna
Devrim, Yilser
Öztürk, Tayfur
Eroglu, Inci

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© 2022 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLCThe most critical development in conventional underwater applications in recent years is to use hydrogen energy systems, including Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) systems. Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell-powered AIP systems increase interest worldwide. They offer many advantages such as longer endurance time without going to the surface for 2–3 weeks or without snorkeling with an average speed, perfectly silent operation, environmentally friendly process, high efficiency, and low thermal dissipation underwater. PEM fuel cells require a continuous source of hydrogen and oxygen as reactants to sustain a chemical reaction to produce electrical energy. Hydrogen storage is the critical challenge regarding the quality of supplied hydrogen, system weight, and volume. This paper reviewed hydrogen/oxygen storage preferences coupled with PEM Fuel Cell applications in the literature for unmanned underwater vehicles. Since underwater vehicles have different volume and weight requirements, no single hydrogen storage technique is the best for all underwater applications.

Subject Keywords

Hydrogen storage, PEM Fuel cells, Reformer, Submarine, Unmanned underwater vehicle

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85125116586&origin=inward
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/97607

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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.01.192

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B. Sezgin, Y. Devrim, T. Öztürk, and I. Eroglu, “Hydrogen energy systems for underwater applications,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, pp. 0–0, 2022, Accessed: 00, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85125116586&origin=inward.