Power Electronics for Electrolyzer Applications to Enable Grid Services

Conference · Thu Jun 08 04:00:00 EDT 2023

OSTI ID:2336784

Hovsapian, Rob; Chanda, Sayonsom; Panwar, Mayank; Agalgaonkar, Yash; Sprik, Sam; Nagasawa, Kazunori; Leighton, Daniel

The Power Electronics for Electrolyzer Applications to Enable Grid Services project aims to develop smart converter for dedicated electrolyzer applications to enable grid services via standardization of control interfaces between hydrogen electrolyzer system low-level controls and power converter controls. The project provides additional revenue source for electrolyzer through participation in grid services and reduces the cost of deployment and controls integration through standardization and risk due to supply-chain issues. It also enables the adoption of green hydrogen via standardizing the integration of energy storage, renewables, and distributed energy resources. Furthermore, the work provides a controlled validation environment to evaluate scalable integration solution for hydrogen production technologies, improves overall reliability and maintainability of the electrolyzer system for grid applications, and directly contributes to DOE HFTO's "Hydrogen Shot" goal.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 2336784
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-5C00-86540; MainId:87313; UUID:2c28d0eb-7a3b-48bf-8711-7af1b0027b85; MainAdminId:72353
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

HYDROGEN
OPAL-RT
energy transitions
grid stability
hydrogen electrolyzer
multi-megawatt
power conversion
standards
wind-hydro controls