High Energy Consumption and Costs: Traditional alkaline electrolysis for hydrogen production has an energy consumption of ≥4.5 kWh/Nm³ H₂, with electricity costs accounting for over 70% of the total hydrogen production cost. PEM electrolyzers rely on precious metal catalysts (platinum, iridium), resulting in an equipment investment of up to 12,000 RMB/kW.
Poor Adaptability to Fluctuating Power Sources: When the power supply from renewable energy (wind/solar) fluctuates by ±30%, the electrolyzer efficiency drops by 40% and its service life shortens by 50%.
Insufficient Hydrogen Purity: The purity of hydrogen from alkaline electrolysis ranges from 99.5% to 99.9%, containing trace KOH mist (≤1ppm), which causes poisoning of fuel cell catalysts.
Lack of Green Hydrogen Certification: Existing systems cannot track carbon footprints in real time, making it difficult to meet international green hydrogen standards (e.g., RFNBO).
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Yipu Hydrogen Production System achieves the following through a technology closed-loop of “non-precious metal electrolysis – wide-frequency adaptation – green hydrogen certification”:
Cost Breakthrough: The levelized cost of green hydrogen (LCOH) is reduced to 18 RMB/kg (compared to over 25 RMB for traditional systems).
Reliable Operation: Electrode service life of 80,000 hours, adapting to extreme wind and solar power fluctuations.
Asset Appreciation: Internationally certified green hydrogen obtains a carbon premium, increasing the project IRR by 3-5%.
Maintains low failure rate after 10,000 hours of operation; nearly maintenance-free durability
TECHNICAL STRENGTH
Leading Adsorption Dehydration Technology
Uses high-performance molecular sieve adsorbents with high water absorption capacity and resistance to acidic gas (H₂S/CO₂) corrosion, ensuring deep dehydration with a dew point ≤ -70℃.
Features an original hot nitrogen regeneration process, reducing energy consumption by 30% compared to traditional electric heating regeneration, and integrates a waste heat recovery system to significantly improve energy efficiency.
Modular and Customized Design Capability
Core equipment adopts modular prefabrication, supporting rapid deployment (installation cycle shortened by 50%) and adapting to diverse scenarios such as offshore platforms, onshore gas fields, and LNG pre-treatment.
Can customize single-tower, double-tower, or multi-tower parallel systems according to customer needs, with a treatment capacity ranging from 10,000 to 1,000,000 Nm³/d, flexibly matching gas fields of different scales.
Intelligent Control and Remote Operation & Maintenance
Equipped with a PLC+IoT intelligent control system to monitor key parameters such as pressure, temperature, and dew point in real time, supporting fault early warning and automatic adjustment.
Optimizes the adsorption-regeneration cycle through cloud-based big data analysis, extending the service life of molecular sieves and reducing operation and maintenance costs by 10%-15%.
Energy-Saving and Environmental Protection Technology
Features zero-emission design for regenerated tail gas, complying with EU CE, US EPA, and other environmental standards.
Energy consumption is 25%-40% lower than that of traditional Triethylene Glycol (TEG) dehydration systems, helping customers achieve carbon emission reduction goals.
Long-Cycle Operation Reliability
Molecular sieves adopt anti-pulverization coating technology, with a service life of over 5 years, reducing replacement frequency.
Key components (such as valves and instruments) are selected from international first-tier brands (e.g., Siemens, Emerson), with a Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) of over 100,000 hours.
Strong R&D and Engineering Experience
Possesses 19+ patents for dehydration technology and software copyrights; the R&D team is led by doctors and cooperates in-depth with universities and colleges.
Has over 1,000 successful cases worldwide, covering extreme working conditions such as high-sulfur gas fields in the Middle East and low-temperature environments in the Arctic.
Product Advantage Comparison
Indicator
Yipu System
Alkaline Electrolysis
PEM Electrolysis
Competitor Hybrid Type
Energy Consumption
3.8 kWh/Nm³
4.5-5.0 kWh/Nm³
4.2-4.8 kWh/Nm³
4.0 kWh/Nm³
Dynamic Response
0-100% load switching in seconds
Only 30-110% load range
20-150% load range
10-120% load range
Hydrogen Purity
≥99.999% (no KOH)
99.5-99.9% (contains KOH)
≥99.99%
99.95%
Investment Cost
6,000 RMB/kW (including purification)
3,000 RMB/kW (additional purification required)
12,000 RMB/kW
8,000 RMB/kW
Carbon Tracing
Full-chain blockchain recording
None
Partial data recording
Third-party certification required
Typical Case
Project Name: A 200MW Solar-to-Hydrogen Project in Northwest China
Working Conditions
Solar Power Output Fluctuation: 10%-100% per minute
Hydrogen Production Scale: 40,000 Nm³/day, supplying to a refinery to replace gray hydrogen
Results
Average energy consumption of 3.82 kWh/Nm³, hydrogen purity of 99.9993%
Obtained TÜV SÜD green hydrogen certification, with a carbon premium of 0.8 RMB/Nm³
Economic Benefits
Annual electricity cost savings of 26 million RMB (compared to alkaline electrolysis)
Annual carbon premium revenue of 11.68 million RMB
