Water Electrolyser
Make hydrogen, chlorine and zinc on sunlight. The electrolyser splits water and brine, and wins metal from solution.
32.8Tonnes of hydrogen at 30 bar a year
SunlightRuns on the array, unattended
Gases and Cathode Metal
- Hydrogen at 30 bar
32.8 tonnes a year, produced for $0.69 per kilogram, below hydrogen made from natural gas - Oxygen
262 tonnes a year alongside the hydrogen - Chlorine and caustic soda
From brine, on the same machine - Cathode zinc
463 tonnes a year, with the Calcining Kiln roasting the concentrate
Specification
| Rated input | 850 kilowatts |
| Materials | Off the shelf components |
| Energy capture | 100% of array output |
| Intensity | 3.50 to 58.0 megawatt-hours per tonne |
| Accepts | Deionised water, sodium chloride brine, zinc or copper leach solution |
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