Low carbon ultrasonic production of alternate fuel: Operational and mechanistic concerns of the sonochemical process of hydrogen generation under various scenarios |
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| Authors: | Kaouther Kerboua Oualid Hamdaoui Md Hujjatul Islam Abdulaziz Alghyamah Henrik Erring Hansen Bruno G. Pollet |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Higher School of Industrial Technologies, Department of Second Cycle, P.O. Box 218, 23000, Annaba, Algeria;2. Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Saud University, P.O. Box 800, 11421, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;3. Hydrogen Energy and Sonochemistry Research Group, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway;4. K.A.CARE Energy Research and Innovation Center at Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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| Abstract: | Sonochemistry is considered as one of the cleaner pathways for hydrogen production. The present paper investigates the potential of this technique based upon mass, mass to energy and energy conversion metrics, using modelling and experimental approaches. Four scenarios are examined assuming four saturating gases, namely O2, air, N2 and Ar, four acoustic frequencies, i.e., 20, 210, 326 and 488 kHz, and considering common acoustic intensities then common net electric power. The study revealed that Ar is the best fitting saturating gas for the sonochemical production of hydrogen. With a common acoustic intensity of 0.48 W/cm2, an optimum ratio of H2 molar yield to acoustic energy intensity is retrieved at 210 kHz, while with a common net electric power of 87 W, the highest ratio of hydrogen yield to electric energy was observed at 20 kHz. Results were interpreted based upon emitter surface, energy conversion and distinction of calorimetric and cavitational energies. |
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| Keywords: | Hydrogen Sonochemistry Saturating gas Acoustic pressure Acoustic frequency Metrics |
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