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Optimal Wind Turbine Design for H2 Production

Bay, Chris (ORCID:0000000226585559)·Stanley, Andrew P. J.·Jasa, John·Potere-Ramos, Dakota·Leighton, Daniel (ORCID:0000000271077684)·King, Jen (ORCID:0000000162190098)
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NREL and industrial partners GE and Nel seek to advance affordable green hydrogen production by optimizing wind turbine design specifically for hydrogen production and validating designs using NREL's ARIES facilities. This project will couple wind turbine, wind plant, solar plant, and electrolyzer models to predict hydrogen production from variable, renewable power sources. It will then use gradient-based optimization with exact-analytic gradients to optimize wind turbine rotor diameter, hub height, and power rating for optimal hydrogen production. Finally, it will validate the optimal turbine designs using the ARIES research platform, where it will compare a baseline turbine to the optimal design for a variety of scenarios and resources.

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Bay, Chris (ORCID:0000000226585559), Stanley, Andrew P. J., Jasa, John, Potere-Ramos, Dakota, Leighton, Daniel (ORCID:0000000271077684), King, Jen (ORCID:0000000162190098). 2022-09-22. Optimal Wind Turbine Design for H2 Production. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1889868

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