The present invention provides a method and system for electrolyzer
diagnosis based on curve fitting analysis and efficiency optimization.
The present invention relates to monitoring the electrochemical cell
components by using curve fitting and estimating the overall electrolyzer
performance by using predictive models. The system according to the
present invention includes an extraction unit for selecting suitable
operation zones, a filtering unit, a curve fitting unit performing linear
or non-linear regression by using user-defined equations applied to
current-voltage data points and a curve fitting goodness analysis unit.
The zones are defined as start-up zones, shutdown zones and load change
zones. The system further includes a curve fitting parameters
characterization unit for classifying curve fitting parameters by respect
to the electrolyzer cells components technology and reference values, and
a characterization database for storing fitting coefficients and their
characterization.