Thermodynamical and electrochemical model of a PEM electrolyzer plant in the megawatt range with a literature analysis of the fitting parameters
- In the coming years, the European Union plans to establish Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, each with a 100 MW capacity. However, the selection of their locations has not been systematically optimized to leverage potential benefits, such as utilizing waste heat from large facilities for district heating. Presently, there are hardly any corresponding system models in the literature dynamically simulating a PEM electrolyzer of this size. This paper introduces a first model approach for such systems, drawing on parameters from existing literature. It addresses the inconsistency found in the literature regarding the use of the exchange current density, which varies by a factor of 10 9. A novel optimization process is developed by using an auxiliary parameter to fit the exchange current density with a newfound condition between the anode and cathode side. The outcome is a comprehensive model of a PEM electrolyzer plant, exemplarily adapted to the Siemens Silyzer 300.
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
| Author: | Malte Pfennig, Barbara Schiffer, Tanja Clees |
| Parent Title (English): | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy |
| Volume: | 104 |
| First Page: | 567 |
| Last Page: | 583 |
| ISSN: | 0360-3199 |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-83753 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.04.335 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Publishing Institution: | Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg |
| Date of first publication: | 2024/05/07 |
| Copyright: | © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. This is an open access article under the CC BY license. |
| Funding: | This work was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [Hydrogen Flagship Project TransHyDE_FP1 MechaMod, grant number 03HY201N]. |
| Keywords: | Electrolyzer; Hydrogen; Modeling; PEM; Thermal energy |
| Departments, institutes and facilities: | Fachbereich Ingenieurwissenschaften und Kommunikation |
| Institut für Technik, Ressourcenschonung und Energieeffizienz (TREE) | |
| Projects: | Verbundvorhaben TransHyDE_FP1: Systemanalyse zu Transportlösungen für grünen Wasserstoff - Teilvorhaben der Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS): MechaMod - Modellierung und Analyse mechatronischer Komponenten für gekoppelte Wasserstoffnetze |
| Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC): | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten |
| Open access funding: | Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg / Graduierteninstitut |
| Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg / Publikationsfonds / Förderung durch den Publikationsfonds der H-BRS | |
| Entry in this database: | 2024/06/05 |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
