Power Converter Topologies for Electrolyzer Applications to Enable Electric Grid Services

Bang Nguyen; Mayank Panwar; Rob Hovsapian; Kazunori Nagasawa; Tuyen Vu

doi:10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589044

Power Converter Topologies for Electrolyzer Applications to Enable Electric Grid Services

Bang Nguyen, Mayank Panwar, Rob Hovsapian, Kazunori Nagasawa, Tuyen Vu

Clarkson University

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Abstract

Hydrogen electrolyzers, with their operational flexibility, can be configured as smart dynamic loads which can provide grid services and facilitate the integration of more renewable energy sources into the electrical grid. However, to enable this ability, the electrolyzer system should be able to control both active and reactive power in coordination with the low-level controller of the electrolyzer via the power electronics system interface between the utility grid and electrolyzer. This paper discusses power converter topologies and the control scheme of this power electronics interface for electrolyzer applications to enable electricity grid services. For the sake of unity, in this paper, we consider the power converter system interfacing the utility grid at the line-to-line root mean square (RMS) value of 480 VAC-60 Hz and supplying to the 3500 A-750 kW PEM electrolyzer stack.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589044 https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589044
State	Published - 13 Oct 2021
Event	47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021 - Toronto, Canada Duration: 13 Oct 2021 → 16 Oct 2021

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Conference	47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	13/10/21 → 16/10/21

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NREL/CP-5700-80648

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dynamic loads
grid services
hydrogen electrolyzer
power electronics interface

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Nguyen, B., Panwar, M., Hovsapian, R., Nagasawa, K., & Vu, T. (2021). Power Converter Topologies for Electrolyzer Applications to Enable Electric Grid Services. Paper presented at 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021, Toronto, Canada. https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589044, https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589044

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