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PhD Thesis - Energy Systems Research Unit - University of Strathclyde

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original calculation <strong>of</strong> the amount <strong>of</strong> hydrogen that could be made with the<br />

available electricity used the power consumption rate at 100% load. The new<br />

power consumption figure at partial load may be found by interpolation between<br />

the part load percentage figures given. This process is repeated continuously,<br />

using the new percentage load calculated each time to ascertain the power<br />

consumption figure, until the difference between the current amount <strong>of</strong><br />

hydrogen that can be made, and the new amount is negligible (e.g. less than<br />

0.001). The new percentage load is then checked to see if it is below the<br />

minimum load, and, if not, the amount <strong>of</strong> hydrogen made is calculated by<br />

multiplying Equation 5.44 by the percentage load, and dividing by 100. All the<br />

electricity available is used, and the amount <strong>of</strong> water used is calculated by<br />

multiplying Equation 5.45 by the percentage load, and dividing by 100. This<br />

procedure is shown Graphically in Figure 5.21.<br />

The output <strong>of</strong> this section to the matching stage is a graph <strong>of</strong> electrolyser<br />

percentage loading, a total amount <strong>of</strong> electricity and water used, and a total<br />

amount <strong>of</strong> hydrogen made. As the hydrogen is made, it is made available for<br />

use at that timestep, or stored for subsequent use by adding it to the available<br />

fuel pr<strong>of</strong>ile in the same way that fuel used has been subtracted in other<br />

procedures.<br />

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