Mingxuan Chen1, Jun Jia2, Baoping Zhang1, Leiyan Han3, Mengbo Ji3,4, Zhangtao Yu1, Dongfang Li1, Wenyong Wang1, Hongjing Jia1, Huachi Xu2,*
Energy Engineering, Vol.121, No.10, pp. 3055-3074, 2024, DOI:10.32604/ee.2024.051524
- 11 September 2024
Abstract The rise in hydrogen production powered by renewable energy is driving the field toward the adoption of systems comprising multiple alkaline water electrolyzers. These setups present various operational modes: independent operation and multi-electrolyzer parallelization, each with distinct advantages and challenges. This study introduces an innovative configuration that incorporates a mutual lye mixer among electrolyzers, establishing a weakly coupled system that combines the advantages of two modes. This approach enables efficient heat utilization for faster hot-startup and maintains heat conservation post-lye interconnection, while preserving the option for independent operation after decoupling. A specialized thermal exchange model… More >