ESTIMATION OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM WIND POWER IN THE SOUTH OF ALGERIA

The current work gives an estimation of hydrogen production from wind power. Two aspects of the system are considered. Estimation of the wind power produced by three types of wind turbines generators and the energy required for the electrolysis process. Wind data at seven sites of the south of Algeria were used. The hydrogen production at various sites has been found to vary according to the wind speed and the wind speed frequency distribution. However, for the same speed at different sites we obtained different values. For an average speed of 7.5 m/s at 30 m height, we obtained 3900 Nm3 for the 10 kW wind turbine, 25350 Nm3 for 50 kW and 99150 Nm3 for 250 kW.