Stage 11 of 15 / Calculation
Close the plant energy performance
Add stack, BOP, compression, conditioning and cooling into one plant kW and one system kWh/kg.
- Advanced
- 15 stages
- 14 min
- Process and energy systems
After this stage you can
- Report stack, BOP, compression, conditioning, cooling and plant totals.
- State system kWh/kg and LHV/HHV efficiency with the heating-value basis.
- Confirm annual stack plus annual auxiliary equals annual plant energy.
The engineering
Plant power is stack power plus every modelled auxiliary. System specific electricity is plant kW divided by delivered kg/h. Stack specific electricity remains the owned stack figure so you can see the auxiliary adder.
LHV and HHV efficiencies use screening heating values and the full plant electrical denominator. They are not guarantees. Annual energy applies the same operating factor to stack and auxiliaries so the annual balance closes.
If system kWh/kg looks “good”, check whether compression and cooling were actually included. This journey refuses to hide them.
EngiMetric / green hydrogen educational workbench
Green Hydrogen Plant — Educational Screening Workbench
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Draft development workbench (noindex). Inputs are saved in this browser only. Calculations shown are screening/educational outputs from the existing model where implemented; missing or unsupported quantitative areas remain explicit. Completing stages records self-declared learning progress only — it is not quantitative engineering capability, not an OEM guarantee, and not industrial/project approval.
Stage
Inputs
Edit the screening inputs for this stage, then calculate. Values you enter are marked as user-entered in the local project state; defaults remain illustrative until replaced.
Screening results
Results come from the existing hydrogen screening model. Unsupported quantitative areas, missing evidence, and review requirements remain explicit; outputs are not certified design or approval decisions.
Process & balance context
This educational workbench presents stage-specific calculated outputs and limitations. Detailed interactive diagrams are not required for journey completion; use the stage results and assumptions panels to review boundaries, flows, energy, storage, and economics context.
Assumptions, limitations & review
Your deliverable for this stage
A closed plant energy statement with distinguishable power terms.
Stage assumptions, limits and sources
Assumptions
- Heating values are screening constants, not a measured gas analysis.
- Every load uses the same operating hours, days and availability.
Constraints
- Stack + auxiliary = plant, on both kW and annual kWh.
Limitations
- No part-load curve, standby power or start-stop energy.
- No temperature-dependent enthalpy.
Review status
- Needs engineering review
- Professional review is required before publication or use as a design basis.
Sources
- CIAAW - Standard Atomic Weightsstandards
- NIST Chemistry WebBook - Hydrogengovernment
- U.S. Department of Energy - Hydrogen Production: Electrolysisgovernment
- IEA - Global Hydrogen Review 2024, Hydrogen productionresearch institution
- IRENA - Electrolyser costsengineering org
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Stage kind: Calculation / Journey: green-hydrogen / Stage: energy-performance