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Concentrated solar-thermal offers a unique approach enabling H2 production using high-temperature solid-oxide electrolysis (SOEC). This presentation introduces our project, newly awarded by the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and hosted at NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation Facility (NASA IV&V). This project focuses on designing, building, integrating, evaluating, and optimizing an energy conversion system consisting of SOEC with solar concentrator thermal Energy Storage. First-of-its-kind modular designed & reversible SOEC/SOFC, ready for electricity generation using natural gas, will be designed and integrated with both solar concentrators and solar photovoltaic cells. The designed 25 KW SOEC system, powered by 100% solar energy, will produce >15 Kg of H2 per day, which is sufficient for cruising one H2 fuel-cell electric vehicle for ~900 miles. The project will demonstrate the technology's uniqueness and perspective in emerging H2 and electric vehicles, urban air mobility, aviation, AI data centers, and space technology, including space life support. |