Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 8 (2013) 6311 - 6320 International Journal of ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE www.electrochemsci.org Developing an Integrated Solar Powered System to Generate Hydrogen from Sea Water Farqad Saeed 1,* , Hatem M. Alsyouri 2 , Ahmed Al-Ghandoor 3 , Yaseen Al-Husban 4 , Amani Abdelhadi 1 , Sarah Al- Weissi 1 1 Knowledge Sector, Royal Scientific Society, Amman, Jordan 2 Chemical Engineering Department, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan 3 Industrial Engineering Department, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan 4 Renewable Energy Research and Development Center, Al- Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma’an, Jordan * E-mail: farqad.hadeethi@rss.jo . Received: 5 January 2013 / Accepted: 22 March 2013 / Published: 1 May 2013 This paper highlights efforts to design and fabricate a lab-scale integrated module to generate and purify hydrogen from sea water obtained from Gulf of Aqaba in a totally green process. The electrochemical reactor performance was controlled and monitored online. Multiple regression analysis was used to produce a model to show the effect of panel temperature (Tc), solar irradiation (Ir) and current (I) on the production of hydrogen (Q): Q = 158.0047- 0.37203×Tc 1.6 + 0.02923×Ir 1.4 + 0.006901×I 2 This model was selected according to the highest R 2 and R 2 adj and model significant according to ANOVA statistical analysis based on F- and P-tests. The produced hydrogen was further purified using a Pd-Cu membrane and the results revealed that the membrane was able to separate and purify hydrogen from the feed mixture with infinite selectivity in the studied range of variables. Keywords: Electrochemical Reactor, Solar cells, Pd-Cu membrane. 1. INTRODUCTION Solar Hydrogen Energy Systems (SHESs) are receiving an increasing attention worldwide due to the huge energy potential of solar radiation and the effective conversion to chemical energy carriers like hydrogen [1,2]. Hydrogen produced from water using solar energy is a sustainable source for home heat and/or electric energy supply [3,4]. There has been much recent development of SHESs for hydrogen production, however, cost and efficiency can be the main shortcomings for proper