Patent ID: 8795481
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: C25B,H02J,Y02B,Y02P,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A controller configured to selectively activate an electrolyzer configured to produce hydrogen gas from source material using electricity, the controller comprising: a pre-processing module configured to determine a prediction length by dividing a predefined prediction horizon by a predefined time interval, to produce a forced array that indicates whether the electrolyzer may be forced to operate at each time interval during the prediction length responsive to the electrolyzer being online, and to produce an availability array that indicates whether the electrolyzer is available for operation at each time interval during the prediction length responsive to the electrolyzer being offline; an optimization module having: a post-processing module configured to determine whether to send to the electrolyzer instructions including at least one of a start command, a stop command, or the optimized operating power value produced by the operating power determinator.