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PhD Thesis - Energy Systems Research Unit - University of Strathclyde

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keep this excess production to a minimum. The hydrogen storage requirement<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ile shown in Figure 8.7 gives the maximum amount <strong>of</strong> hydrogen storage that<br />

needs to be provided during the year, and also shows the necessity for<br />

interseasonal storage (which is partly due to the large heat requirement for crop<br />

drying during the harvest period). To find this optimum solution, different<br />

scenarios were tried in order to reduce the required plant sizes, and minimise<br />

excess electricity, heat and hydrogen production, while still meeting all the<br />

required energy demands.<br />

Figure 8.4: Electricity Supply and Demand and Electrolyser Loading<br />

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