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Minute-level dynamic response-based capacity planning for alkaline-PEM hybrid hydrogen production systems
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Chuansheng CAO1, Cong JIANG1, Wei LI1, Chang TANG1, Lei HUANG2, Chang WEN2
Thermal Power Generation | 2026, 55(5) : 1 - 12
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Minute-level dynamic response-based capacity planning for alkaline-PEM hybrid hydrogen production systems
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Chuansheng CAO1, Cong JIANG1, Wei LI1, Chang TANG1, Lei HUANG2, Chang WEN2
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  • 1.PowerChina Hubei Electric Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430040, China
  • 2.School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Published: 2026-05-25 doi: 10.19666/j.rlfd.202507058
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[Objective]

Challenges such as adapting to renewable energy power fluctuations and coping with start-stop mechanisms exist during the operation of electrolyzers. Capacity configuration models based on long time scales struggle to accurately capture these dynamic characteristics, which reduces the accuracy of capacity planning for hydrogen production systems.

[Methods]

Taking a hybrid hydrogen production system composed of alkaline (ALK) electrolyzers and proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers as the research object, this paper proposes a minute-level time-scale capacity planning method for hybrid hydrogen production. First, a minute-level electrolyzer start-stop control model is designed to accurately describe the operating states of the two types of electrolyzers. Second, considering ALK electrolyzers’ poor adaptability to power fluctuations and long start-stop time, we develop a power allocation strategy that prioritizes the stable operation of ALK electrolyzers. Finally, we conduct multi-objective optimization for the capacity planning problem of the hybrid hydrogen production system, and the Pareto solution set of the model is obtained via the augmented ε-constraint method.

[Results]

Simulation results show that under the condition of 20 MW installed wind power capacity and 20 MW installed photovoltaic capacity, with a total system investment cost of 25 million yuan, the proposed 1-minute time-scale model increases the average daily hydrogen production by 14.7%, reduces the unit hydrogen production cost by 7.5%, and decreases the renewable energy curtailment rate by 63.6% compared with the traditional 15-minute time-scale model. In addition, with 1-minute scheduling accuracy, the ALK/PEM electrolyzer capacity ratio is gradually optimized as investment increases: when the total investment is below 25 million yuan, the proportion of ALK electrolyzers exceeds 90%; when the total investment exceeds 30 million yuan, the investment proportion of PEM electrolyzers rises to 19.4%. In contrast, for the 15-minute time-scale model, the ALK/PEM capacity ratio reaches 4:1 even when the investment is only 20 million yuan. This prematurely increased proportion of PEM electrolyzers not only deviates from practical engineering conditions but also degrades overall system performance, indicating that coarse time-scale scheduling may lead to capacity mismatch.

electrolyzer  /  hybrid hydrogen production  /  multi-objective optimization  /  capacity configuration optimization  /  renewable energy
Chuansheng CAO, Cong JIANG, Wei LI, Chang TANG, Lei HUANG, Chang WEN. Minute-level dynamic response-based capacity planning for alkaline-PEM hybrid hydrogen production systems[J]. Thermal Power Generation, 2026 , 55 (5) : 1 -12 . DOI: 10.19666/j.rlfd.202507058
  • National Key Research and Development Program(2024YFB4006505)
  • Technology Project of China Power Construction Co., Ltd.(DJ-ZDXM-2023-16)
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doi: 10.19666/j.rlfd.202507058
  • Receive Date:2025-07-21
  • Online Date:2026-08-14
  • Published:2026-05-25
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  • Received:2025-07-21
  • Revised:2025-08-28
  • Accepted:2025-09-16
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National Key Research and Development Program(2024YFB4006505)
Technology Project of China Power Construction Co., Ltd.(DJ-ZDXM-2023-16)
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    1.PowerChina Hubei Electric Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan 430040, China
    2.School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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