TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards renewable hydrogen-based electrolysis
T2 - Alkaline vs Proton Exchange Membrane
AU - van Haersma Buma, Bernhard N.D.
AU - Peretto, Marco
AU - Matar, Ziad M.
AU - van de Kaa, Geerten
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This paper focuses on the battle for a dominant design for renewable hydrogen electrolysis in which the designs, alkaline and proton exchange membrane, compete for dominance. First, a literature review is performed to determine the most relevant factors that influence technology dominance. Following that, a Best Worst Method analysis is conducted by interviewing multiple industry experts. The most important factors appear to be: Price, Safety, Energy consumption, Flexibility, Lifetime, Stack size and Materials used. The opinion of experts on Proton Exchange Membrane and alkaline electrolyser technologies is slightly skewed in favour of alkaline technologies. However, the margin is too small to identify a winner in this technology battle. The following paper contributes to the ongoing research on modelling the process of technology selection in the energy sector.
AB - This paper focuses on the battle for a dominant design for renewable hydrogen electrolysis in which the designs, alkaline and proton exchange membrane, compete for dominance. First, a literature review is performed to determine the most relevant factors that influence technology dominance. Following that, a Best Worst Method analysis is conducted by interviewing multiple industry experts. The most important factors appear to be: Price, Safety, Energy consumption, Flexibility, Lifetime, Stack size and Materials used. The opinion of experts on Proton Exchange Membrane and alkaline electrolyser technologies is slightly skewed in favour of alkaline technologies. However, the margin is too small to identify a winner in this technology battle. The following paper contributes to the ongoing research on modelling the process of technology selection in the energy sector.
KW - Alkaline electrolysis
KW - Best worst method
KW - Green hydrogen
KW - Innovation
KW - Proton Exchange Membrane
KW - Technology dominance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85165322228&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17999
DO - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17999
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85165322228
SN - 2405-8440
VL - 9
JO - Heliyon
JF - Heliyon
IS - 7
M1 - e17999
ER -