The Open Fuel Cells Journal

2010, 3 : 1-7
Published online 2010 June 3. DOI: 10.2174/1875932701003010001
Publisher ID: TOFCJ-3-1

Hydrogen Production Using Sea Water Electrolysis

H.K. Abdel-Aal , K.M. Zohdy and M. Abdel Kareem
Higher Technological Institute, c/o 18 Jedah Street, Doki, Cairo, Egypt.

ABSTRACT

Electrolysis is one of the acknowledged means of generating chemical products from their native state. This is true for hydrogen production from water. The use of saline water (sea water in particular) as a feedstock for producing hydrogen by electrolysis is examined in this paper. Little consideration is given however, to the availability and the quality of the raw material used in the production of hydrogen; that is water. Under normal conditions of operation, the electrolysis cell behaves to produce H2/Cl2 rather than H2/O2.

Experimental results are presented for the electrolysis of a wide range of saline water (0.5-7.0% TDS) and interpretations are given for two main cell-operating-characteristics. These are: rate of hydrogen production and chlorine evaluation.

Keywords:

Seawater electrolysis, hydrogen, chlorine.