Energy Characteristics of a Combined Power Plant Based on a Hydronic Chemical Current Source

Abstract

This paper presents the results of energy characteristics calculations of a combined power plant (PP) based on a hydronic chemical current source (CCS) with an aluminum anode, as a hydrogen generator for an oxygen-hydrogen electrochemical generator (О2/Ð2 ECG). Calculations based on current-voltage characteristics (CVC) of sources. It has been shown that the hydronic CCS over the entire operating time of the О2/Ð2 ECG increases its CVC and power characteristic by 30% at the beginning of work and by 20% at the end of the 24- hour resource when using pure nickel cathodes in the hydronic CCS. Using cathodes with a MoS2 catalytic coating in a hydronic CCS increases CVC of the ECG by 50% at the beginning of work and by 40% at the end of a 24-hour resource. At the same time, the hydronic CCS provides the О2/Ð2 ECG with hydrogen in full volume during the whole period of operation