Hydrogen Hubs: Electrolyzers, Storage, Transport, and End-Use Cases

• Compare electrolyzer options (PEM/Alkaline/SOEC) for target duty cycles.

• Size production + BoP for grid vs RE coupling.

• Build/stress-test an LCOH model with sensitivities.

• Choose storage/transport pathways (CGH₂/LH₂/LOHC/NH₃) with quantified losses/costs.

• Specify end-use requirements (purity, pressure, dynamics) across sectors.

• Compute CI (kg CO₂e/kg H₂) and align with certification/GoO.

• Apply H₂ safety/codes: ventilation, detection, zoning, siting.

• Draft a dispatch plan and governance (telemetry/KPIs, SLAs, risk).

📅 Day 1 – Electrolyzers & Production

• Tech overview: PEM, Alkaline, SOEC (efficiency, dynamics, water quality, degradation)
• Sizing & coupling: grid vs RE (PV/wind), capacity factor, curtailment absorption, power quality
• Economics & policy: CAPEX/OPEX, stack replacement, LCOH levers, incentives/permitting
• Safety basics: H₂ properties, ventilation, detection, area classification
• Hands-on: Quick plant-sizing + LCOH calculator for a sample hub

📅 Day 2 – Storage & Transport

• Storage options: CGH₂, LH₂, LOHC, NH₃ — energy penalties, boil-off, turnaround
• Assets/codes: vessels, cryo tanks, tube trailers; siting setbacks, key standards
• Networks: trucking vs pipelines, blending limits, compression energy, hub-and-spoke design
• Risk/HSE: leak scenarios, dispersion, sensors, emergency response
• Hands-on: Size storage and choose a transport mix; estimate logistics cost and losses

📅 Day 3 – End-Use & Hub Integration

• Uses: refining, DRI steel, chemicals, turbines/engines, fuel cells (mobility/backup); purity & duty cycles
• Integration: demand portfolios, temporal matching, hybrid H₂–power ops, curtailment valorization
• Carbon & certification: CI (kg CO₂e/kg H₂), guarantees of origin, low-carbon labeling
• Ops & governance: telemetry, SLAs, risk register, stakeholder coordination
• Hands-on: Build a hub dispatch plan matching production, storage, and deliveries; output CI and KPI snapshot

• Energy, process, chemical, mechanical, or electrical engineers

• Project developers, EPCs, and hydrogen/OEM teams (electrolyzers, storage, transport)

• Industrial users: refining, DRI steel, ammonia/chemicals, power & mobility integrators

• Utilities, IPPs, and RE planners (PV/wind + grid coupling)

• City/state energy planners, ports & logistics operators, and hub consortia leads

• HSE/risk professionals and compliance officers (codes/standards)

• Policy, permitting, and regulatory officials

• Investors, lenders, and commercial/finance analysts

• Researchers and senior students in energy systems

• Size electrolyzers (PEM/Alkaline/SOEC) and power/water needs.

• Optimize grid vs RE coupling; handle curtailment and power quality.

• Build an LCOH model with CAPEX/OPEX, stack life, incentives, sensitivities.

• Select storage/transport mix (CGH₂/LH₂/LOHC/NH₃) with losses and costs.

• Align end-use (refining, DRI, chemicals, power, mobility) with purity/duty cycles.

• Calculate carbon intensity (kg CO₂e/kg H₂) for certification/GoO.

• Apply core HSE/codes: ventilation, detection, area classification, siting.

• Produce a dispatch plan with CI/KPI snapshot and governance basics.