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P2X water electrolyzer system for green hydrogen

Our commitment to sustainability drives us to explore the possibilities of green hydrogen production, a key focus of our research. By pushing the boundaries of power conversion and electrolysis technologies, we aim to contribute to a cleaner and more sustainable energy future.

Research scope

  • Develop new power converter topologies for efficient integration of electrolyzers with energy storage systems
  • Develop advanced control methods for enabling electrolyzers to participate in grid services
  • Enhance the electrolyzer lifetime through intelligent power smoothing control schemes
  • Developing new grid services by using electrolyzers
  • Investigation of the transient phenomena during operation of electrolyzers
  • Designing the predictive and real-time intelligent power management tools for electrolyzers
  • Electrochemistry of Electrolyzer Systems

Research topics

Energy Efficient Power Converter Topology

  • Thyristor based converters
  • IGBT based converters
  • SiC device based power converters
  • AC-DC isolated converter
  • Integrated approach to converter design

Grid services and grid stability improvement

  • Coordination control of electrolyzer/energy storage systems
  • Frequency containment and frequency restoration grid services
  • Grid forming control of electrolyzer power supply for stability improvement
  • Transient grid services
  • Intelligent AI-based power management tools
  • Dynamic modelling and simulation
  • Hardware-in-the-loop simulation and studies
  • Protection of electrolyzers

Dynamic modelling and simulation

  • Dynamic modelling of electrolyzer (Multiphysics model/ AI based model/ Lookup table-based model)
  • Digital twin of electrolyzer and power supply
  • Modelling and analysis of the interaction of electrolyzer with grid
  • Modeling of control loops and analysis of their impact on the system dynamics

Electrochemistry of electrolyzer

  • Dynamic modelling of electrolyzer electrochemistry (Multiphysics model/ AI based model/ Lookup table-based model)
  • Digital twin of electrolyzer stacks, electrodes, membranes, electrolyte/electrode flow field and power supply
  • Innovative stack design

Research group

 

Contact

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Ebel Tel. +45 65501288 / ebel@sdu.dk

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Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering University of Southern Denmark

  • Alsion 2
  • Sønderborg - DK-6400
  • Phone: +45 6550 1630

Last Updated 24.06.2024