Not exact matches
The test bed at NREL allows for modeling these systems and controllers in a simulated environment
first and then testing with actual
electrolyzer hardware and grid models.
The
first half is done in an
electrolyzer, which splits a water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen, and the second half in a fuel cell, which puts them back together.
So far, the approach is more than 85 per cent efficient and the company is working to have its
first commercial
electrolyzer on the market by 2014, with a small home - scale unit possible by 2015.