Static-dynamic modelling of the electrical behaviour of a commercial advanced alkaline water electrolyser

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 18598-18614

  Ursúa, Alfredo ^a   Sanchis, Pablo ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkaline water electrolyser; Dynamic modelling; Equivalent electric circuit; Renewable hydrogen

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE WATER; AREA-SPECIFIC RESISTANCES; DC CURRENT; DOUBLE LAYERS; DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITANCE; DYNAMIC OPERATIONS; ELECTRICAL MODELS; ELECTROLYSERS; EQUIVALENT ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; HIGH HARMONICS; I-V CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; MATLAB-SIMULINK; MODEL SIMULATION; OHMIC EFFECT; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; POWER SUPPLY; SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC MODELS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; TOPOLOGY;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 84869801189     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.125     Document Type: Article

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