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Increasing the Energy Efficiency of Gas Boosters for Hydrogen Storage and for Refueling Stations

Rufer, Alfred  
February 1, 2023
Energies

A new electrically driven gas booster is described as an alternative to the classical air-driven gas boosters known for their poor energetic efficiency. These boosters are used in small scale Hydrogen storage facilities and in refueling stations for Hydrogen vehicles. In such applications the overall energy count is of significance and must include the efficiency of the compression stage. The proposed system uses an electric motor instead of the pneumatic actuator and increases the total efficiency of the compression process. Two mechanical principles are studied for the transformation of the rotational motion of the motor to the linear displacement of the compressor pistons. The strongly fluctuating power of the compressor is smoothed by an active capacitive auxiliary storage device connected to the DC circuit of the power converter. The proposed system has been verified by numeric simulation, including the thermodynamic phenomena, the kinetics of the new compressor drive and the the operation of the circuits of the power smoothing system.

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research article
DOI
10.3390/en16041763
Web of Science ID

WOS:000939160600001

Author(s)
Rufer, Alfred  
Date Issued

2023-02-01

Publisher

MDPI

Published in
Energies
Volume

16

Issue

4

Article Number

1763

Subjects

Energy & Fuels

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hydrogen compression

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hydrogen storage

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gas booster

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energy efficiency

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active power decoupling

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capacitive storage

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REVIEWED

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March 27, 2023
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