Hydrogen Infrastructure within HySA National Program in South Africa: Road Map and Specific Needs

Thermal treatment induced transition from Zn3(OH)2(BDC)2 (MOF-69c) to Zn4O(BDC)3 (MOF-5)

“…HySA Infrastructure Competence Centre at Council for Scientific and IndustrialResearch(CSIR), South Africa, was set up to deliver technologies for hydrogen storage, fuelling options, and hydrogen distribution infrastructure. Given these goals, the developmento fh ydrogen storage materials with high hydrogen adsorption capacities and fast charge/discharge kinetics becameakey first step to building expertise in hydrogen storage options [2]. MOF-5 [IRMOF-1; Zn 4 O(BDC) 3 ,B DC =1,4-benzenedicarboxylate] continues to be an attractive hydrogen storage material due to its high surface area,permanent porosity, thermal stability and high syntheticy ield.…”

Evaluation of the potential for hybridization of gas turbine power plants with renewable energy in South Africa

“…In SA the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has established a national hydrogen production programme (HySA). A state of the art hydrogen storage laboratory is being established at the CSIR [65] which will enable the synthesis, characterization and testing hydrogen storage systems. Combined heat and power (CHP) is part of the HySA programme [66] geared towards utilizing hydrogen gas for power production.…”

“…Combined heat and power (CHP) is part of the HySA programme [66] geared towards utilizing hydrogen gas for power production. Hydrogen can also be produced by water splitting, using solar power as the primary heat source [65].Combustion of hydrogen in gas turbines has no hazardous emission like C02, SOx, CO, HC but NOx has been reported [46]. However, this does not create a problem if oxygen rich fuels (such as ethanol, biodiesel) are burned in gas turbines along with hydrogen.…”