Fuel Cells are a compelling Multi-use in Design technology. The Unitized Reversible Fuel Cell can operate in reverse as an electrolyzer breaking up water into oxygen and hydrogen by running electricity through the water. Fuel Cells employ several multi-use concepts that may allow this technology to create compatative economic advantage on several levels while allowing the feasible introduction of several cutting edge technologies
Stationary Electrical Production
The reversible fuel cell is suitable to many renewable energy systems that produce excess electricity at times where there is excess demand. Certain times of excess capacity may make electrolysis feasible on the electrical grid, leading to a cheap source of hydrogen production using existing infrastructure and technologies. In solar and wind applications a reversible fuel cell can replace batteries that typically are need for off-grid solar. On grid tied system regenerative systems can store energy in the form of hydrogen and then at peak times switch over to generate electrical power for export to the grid when electrical power is in high demand and at a premium. The advantage the reversible fuel cell gives us is the ability to leverage power distribution patterns through the conversion of solar, wind and biomass energy into hydrogen which can then be stored and used on demand.Â