Study of the influence of the balance of plant and key parameters on the performance of an alkaline water electrolyzer

摘要

The main objective of this paper is the study and optimization of several key parameters of the balance of plant (BoP) that constitutes an alkaline electrolyzer. Particularly, the paper focuses on analyzing the influence of the gas-electrolyte separators design and on determining the critical parameters of operation, in order to establish certain design - basis for such systems. Moreover, a mathematical model is developed for the polarization curve with the aim of predicting the system behavior under different operating conditions.