Pedro Gerber Machado

Dr. Pedro Gerber Machado


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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8 March 2021 in Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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ATAna Carolina Rodrigues Teixeira
Ana Carolina Rodrigues Teixeira
PMPedro Gerber Machado
Pedro Gerber Machado
FCFlavia Mendes de Almeida Collaço
Flavia Mendes de Almeida Collaço
DMDominique Mouette
Dominique Mouette

14 January 2021 in Wires Energy and Environment
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Pedro Gerber Machado
ATAna C. R. Teixeira
Ana C. R. Teixeira
FCFlavia M. A. Collaço
Flavia M. A. Collaço
DMDominique Mouette
Dominique Mouette

28 April 2023 in Energies
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José Carlos Curvelo SantanaJosé Carlos Curvelo Santana
José Carlos Curvelo Santana
PMPedro Gerber Machado
Pedro Gerber Machado
CNCláudio Augusto Oller Do Nascimento
Cláudio Augusto Oller Do Nascimento
CRCelma de Oliveira Ribeiro
Celma de Oliveira Ribeiro
The Brazilian energy grid is considered as one of the cleanest in the world, because it is composed of more than 80% of renewable energy sources. This work aimed to apply the levelized costs (LCOH) and environmental cost accounting techniques to demonstrate the feasibility of producing hydrogen (H2) by alkaline electrolysis powered by the Brazilian energy grid. A project of hydrogen production, with a lifetime of 20 years, had been evaluated by economical and sensitivity analysis. The production capacity (8.89 to 46.67 kg H2/h), production volume (25 to 100%), hydrogen sale price (1 to 5 USD/kg H2) and the MAR rate were varied. Results showed that at 2 USD/kg H2, all H2 production plant sizes are economically viable. On this condition, a payback of fewer than 4 years, an IRR greater than 31, a break-even point between 56 and 68% of the production volume and a ROI above 400% were found. The sensitivity analysis showed that the best economic condition was found at 35.56 kg H2/h of the plant size, which generated a net present value of USD 10.4 million. The cost of hydrogen varied between 1.26 and 1.64 USD/kg and a LCOH of 37.76 to 48.71 USD/MWh. LCA analysis showed that the hydrogen production project mitigated from 26 to 131 thousand tons of CO2, under the conditions studied.

21 November 2019 in Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
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PMPedro Gerber Machado
Pedro Gerber Machado
MCMarcelo Cunha
Marcelo Cunha
AWArnaldo Walter
Arnaldo Walter
AFAndré Faaij
André Faaij
JGJoaquim J. M. Guilhoto
Joaquim J. M. Guilhoto

20 July 2021 in Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
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MPMichelle C. A. Picoli
Michelle C. A. Picoli
PMPedro Gerber Machado
Pedro Gerber Machado

11 May 2023 in Wires Energy and Environment
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Pedro Gerber Machado
ATAna Carolina Rodrigues Teixeira
Ana Carolina Rodrigues Teixeira
ESEdmilson Moutinho dos Santos
Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos
DMDominique Mouette
Dominique Mouette