Dynamic Electric Simulation Model of a Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer System for Hydrogen Production

Giuseppe De Lorenzo (), Raffaele Giuseppe Agostino and Petronilla Fragiacomo
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Giuseppe De Lorenzo: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria, Cube 44C, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy
Raffaele Giuseppe Agostino: Department of Physics, University of Calabria, Cube 31C, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy
Petronilla Fragiacomo: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria, Cube 44C, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Rende, CS, Italy

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: An energy storage system based on a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer system, which could be managed by a nanoGrid for Home Applications (nGfHA), is able to convert the surplus of electric energy produced by renewable sources into hydrogen, which can be stored in pressurized tanks. The PEM electrolyzer system must be able to operate at variable feeding power for converting all the surplus of renewable electric energy into hydrogen in reasonable time. In this article, the dynamic electric simulation model of a PEM electrolyzer system with its pressurized hydrogen tanks is developed in a proper calculation environment. Through the calculation code, the stack voltage and current peaks to a supply power variation from the minimum value (about 56 W) to the maximum value (about 440 W) are controlled and zeroed to preserve the stack, the best range of the operating stack current is evaluated, and hydrogen production is monitored.

Keywords: PEM electrolyzer system; dynamic electric modelling; performance analysis; energy storage; nanoGrid; diagnostic tool (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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