TY - JOUR
T1 - Review on Power Electronic Converters for Producing Hydrogen from Renewable Energy Sources
AU - Guo, Xiaoqiang
AU - Wei, Yupeng
AU - Wan, Yanming
AU - Zhou, You
AU - Kong, Lingguo
AU - Zhang, Zhe
AU - Lu, Zhigang
AU - Hua, Changchun
AU - Malinowski, Mariusz
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The combination of hydrogen energy and renewable energy generation is one of the important ways to achieve the goals of carbon neutrality and the peak of carbon dioxide emissions, where power electronic converters are widely used. In order to realize the efficient operation of the electrolysis hydrogen production system, the power electronic converter is required to have the characteristics of low voltage and high current capability, low output current ripple, high step-down ratio, and high reliability. Firstly, this paper analyzes the electrolyzer model, and studies the characteristics and technical indicators of the existing commercial electrolyzer. Secondly, this paper sorts and classifies the power electronic converters applied in various electrolysis hydrogen production systems including the alkaline electrolyzer, the polymer exchange membrane electrolyzer and the solid oxide electrolyzer, and various topologies are analyzed and compared. Meanwhile, the potential applications, existing problems and development trends of power electronic converters for producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources are discussed and summarized.TFoundation:his work is supported by Science and Technology Innovation Project of CHN Energy (No. GJNY-19-136), National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFB1503100), and Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of Hebei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. F2020203013).
AB - The combination of hydrogen energy and renewable energy generation is one of the important ways to achieve the goals of carbon neutrality and the peak of carbon dioxide emissions, where power electronic converters are widely used. In order to realize the efficient operation of the electrolysis hydrogen production system, the power electronic converter is required to have the characteristics of low voltage and high current capability, low output current ripple, high step-down ratio, and high reliability. Firstly, this paper analyzes the electrolyzer model, and studies the characteristics and technical indicators of the existing commercial electrolyzer. Secondly, this paper sorts and classifies the power electronic converters applied in various electrolysis hydrogen production systems including the alkaline electrolyzer, the polymer exchange membrane electrolyzer and the solid oxide electrolyzer, and various topologies are analyzed and compared. Meanwhile, the potential applications, existing problems and development trends of power electronic converters for producing hydrogen from renewable energy sources are discussed and summarized.TFoundation:his work is supported by Science and Technology Innovation Project of CHN Energy (No. GJNY-19-136), National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2018YFB1503100), and Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of Hebei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. F2020203013).
KW - Current ripple
KW - Electrolysis hydrogen production
KW - Electrolyzer
KW - Hydrogen energy
KW - Power electronic converter
KW - Renewable energy
U2 - 10.7500/AEPS20201101004
DO - 10.7500/AEPS20201101004
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1000-1026
VL - 45
SP - 185
EP - 199
JO - Dianli Xitong Zidonghua/Automation of Electric Power Systems
JF - Dianli Xitong Zidonghua/Automation of Electric Power Systems
IS - 20
ER -
