H2BASE – hydrogen part for smart city puzzle

H2BASE

hydrogen part for smart city puzzle

HYDROGEN IS NO LONGER A TECHNOLOGY OF A DISTANT FUTURE. IT IS THE YEAR 2021, THE SMART CITY HAS JUST ACQUIRED H2BASE, THE ISLAND‘S HYDROGEN SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY AND HEAT. IT IS EMISSION-FREE, MOBILE, WITH A LARGE CAPACITY AND MARKED WITH THE LABEL „MADE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC“. IT PRODUCES ENERGY FROM HYDROGEN, ONLY PURE WATER DRIPS FROM THE EXHAUST. IT ECOLOGICALLY DRIVES ANYTHING ELECTRIC AND RECHARGES THE ELECTRIC CAR.

MONDAY

It is December 6, 2021, and the H2BASE system has been supplying the road closures with electricity and heat for four days. The highway pass must be completed on time. In this dry weather, the emission-free island facility illuminates the construction site, powers the power tools, and heats the building‘s facilities.

TUESDAY

Freezer facility in a nearby industrial area have applied for a loan of the green energy source H2BASE. They need to bridge the transition to a new technology. The potential outage would have caused large losses on frozen commodities.

WEDNESDAY

As every Wednesday, the H2BASE is in the parking lot in front of the town hall. Such a quick charger for a test with a fi xed schedule, so that electric motorists can count on it on their way to the centre. It appears here regularly to obtain statistical data and to reveal possible problems before building a stationary charging station.

THURSDAY

The H2BASE device is transported to the site of another need - due to the planned shutdown, the wastewater treatment plant technology was disconnected from electricity. Thanks to the operation of this hydrogen generator, it is not necessary to interrupt the processes in the technology.

FRIDAY

The H2BASE device is operated in pilot mode of a mobile charging station for electric vehicles. Through the CarEn application, anyone interested in recharging their car can call an off -road mobile quick charger directly to their car. The set is loaded on a set of cars up to 3.5 t and handles individual „customers“ according to an algorithm with the priority of minimizing service time. Thanks to the mobile charging station, one parked and completely discharged electric car in the city centre can also be recharged. Next Friday will be more challenging - the city is holding a conference and during the pro-

gram H2BASE will recharge electric cars waiting for their owners in the parking lot.

SATURDAY

The pumping station of the waterworks above the town stands in the protected zone of the water source. In the event of a power failure, it is not possible to use a non-ecological diesel generator here. Therefore, the H2BASE system is installed in the island power plant mode. We test power supply from an external source. After the end of the test operation, the system is transported for further use.

SUNDAY

H2BASE is located on the main square, where it serves to power entertainment attractions and stalls on the fi rst Advent Sunday. The waste heat is preferably used: visitors standing by the podium drinking hot wine are heated by hot air fans. All the energy that heats the participants, saturates them with food and drink, and provides them with an audiovisual experience is generated without any emissions or operational burdens on the environment. This is a comprehensive ecological provision of an urban event.

: Let‘s open up to the possibilities

H2BASE is a real and already produced Czech technology. For smart city to really work, technology alone is not enough. People and their thinking will play a major role in building a smart city. It is up to all of us to get rid of surviving stereotypes and open to the possibilities that are available today. Make the world around us a little „smarter“.

: What is H2BASE

H2BASE is a mobile island source of electricity and heat. The energy is stored here in hydrogen and, thanks to the fuel cell, is easily converted back into electrical and thermal energy. The device is easy to transport and variable. The outputs are a standard high / low voltage socket, or a cable from a fast-charging station for electric cars. The device has an output of 0 - 100 kW and a capacity of 230 kWh, which can be easily increased by adding hydrogen. The device is emission-free – 0 g CO2, 0 g NOX, 0 g solid particles, the only output is pure H₂O. Read more information at www.h2base.eu, where you fi nd more detailed technical data and video.

: Why hydrogen

Hydrogen has one amazing property - it is a great carrier of energy. It is thus possible to store a large amount of energy in a small amount of hydrogen. You can „keep“ it here for an almost unlimited time, and then convert it back into electrical and thermal energy using a fuel cell. Next, hydrogen is a resource that can be produced anywhere on Earth, regardless of resources wealth or the policies of the oil powers. And with a little exaggeration, it is the only inexhaustible and sustainable resource for our planet. You can read brief basic information about hydrogen on the blog www.devinn.cz/blog