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Influence of shunt currents in industrial-scale alkaline water electrolyzer plants

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  • Sakas, Georgios
  • Ibáñez-Rioja, Alejandro
  • Pöyhönen, Santeri
  • Kosonen, Antti
  • Ruuskanen, Vesa
  • Kauranen, Pertti
  • Ahola, Jero

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The aim of this paper is to analyze through simulation how the energy efficiency of a single electrolysis stack at various loads is affected by shunt currents and to determine the energy-optimal load distribution between lines in a multiline electrolysis system under various magnitudes of shunt current losses. A dynamic energy and mass balance model of an industrial 3MW, 16bar alkaline water electrolyzer (AWE) process was developed using MATLAB. The optimization goal is to determine the power supply for each AWE line so that it can meet any hydrogen demand while minimizing the global specific energy consumption (SEC). The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is used to minimize the objective function. According to the results of the single stack investigation, shunt current reduction could significantly improve the energy efficiency of partial-load operation. In addition, the optimization study revealed that whenever two or more lines are required to run in order to satisfy the hydrogen demand, the global SEC is minimized when the lines operate at equal loads.

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  • Sakas, Georgios & Ibáñez-Rioja, Alejandro & Pöyhönen, Santeri & Kosonen, Antti & Ruuskanen, Vesa & Kauranen, Pertti & Ahola, Jero, 2024. "Influence of shunt currents in industrial-scale alkaline water electrolyzer plants," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 225(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:225:y:2024:i:c:s0960148124003318
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.120266
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