Hydrogen Gen-Set Monitoring Kit
Background Hydrogen Village
One of Fab Lab Bali’s ongoing projects at the moment is ‘Hydrogen Village’, addressing energy reliance in Bali’s coastal communities through open, accessible, and safe green hydrogen innovation - blending applied research and community development for clean energy communities and ecosystem regeneration.
The Provincial Government of Bali has set a vision to achieve Net Zero Emissions by 2045. Due to the location, we feel that green hydrogen as an energy source emerges as the most fitting choice as hydrogen fuel cells are characterized by their superior energy density, reduced weight, and extended lifespan compared to lithium batteries.
However, the production of green hydrogen is still not cost-competitive and is not grounded for underrepresented communities, particularly in coastal areas of Indonesia. As such here in Fab Lab Bali, we recognise the need for a distributed, inclusive, frugal, open-source, bottom-up, and direct grassroots implementation innovation to this problem
Final Project Idea: Modular Hydrogen Gen-Set
The Fab Lab Bali team have decided to work on their final projects centered around the research areas of Hydrogen Village.
Eka is focusing on creating a frugal hydrogen generator, utilising the electrolysis method of hydrogen production.
Tafia is focusing on creating a frugal measuring system for catalyst’s toxicity. This catalyst is to be used in the fuel cells that splits water in H2 + O2
Meanwhile, I have decided to focus on making a frugal and modular hydrogen gen-set for everyday use.
To do that I understand that the input to output flow as a whole would be:
Hydrogen -> Fuel Cell (DC) -> Inverter -> Appliances (AC)