Method and device for manufacturing liquid hydrogen by offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12429280-B2
Application number	US-202318112729-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2023
Priority date	Apr 22, 2022
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a device for manufacturing liquid hydrogen by offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine. The method comprises the following steps: electrolyzing seawater to obtain hydrogen based on electric energy output by an offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator, liquefying the hydrogen into prepared liquid hydrogen, and outputting a part of the liquid hydrogen as the refrigerant of the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator. The device comprises a liquid preparation platform, an offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator, a seawater electrolysis unit, a hydrogen liquefaction unit and a liquid hydrogen storage unit, wherein the power ends of the seawater electrolysis unit and the hydrogen liquefaction unit are connected with the output end of the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator, and the hydrogen liquefaction unit is connected with the coolant input end of the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for manufacturing liquid hydrogen by offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine, comprising:
a liquid preparation platform ( 1 ), used as a supporting platform;
an offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator ( 2 ), used for wind power generation;
a seawater electrolysis unit ( 3 ), used for electrolyzing seawater to obtain hydrogen;
a hydrogen liquefaction unit ( 4 ), used for liquefying the hydrogen into liquid hydrogen;
a liquid hydrogen storage unit ( 5 ), used for storing the prepared liquid hydrogen;
a standby power module ( 6 ); and
a control unit ( 7 ),
wherein the seawater electrolysis unit ( 3 ), the hydrogen liquefaction unit ( 4 ) and the liquid hydrogen storage unit ( 5 ) are connected in sequence and respectively arranged on the liquid preparation platform ( 1 ); power ends of the seawater electrolysis unit ( 3 ) and the hydrogen liquefaction unit ( 4 ) are connected with a power output end of the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator ( 2 ); and an output end of the hydrogen liquefaction unit ( 4 ) or an output end of the liquid hydrogen storage unit ( 5 ) is connected with a coolant input port of the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator ( 2 ) to output the liquid hydrogen as a refrigerant of the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator ( 2 ),
wherein the seawater electrolysis unit ( 3 ) comprises a seawater desalination component ( 31 ) and a water electrolysis hydrogen production module ( 32 ) which are connected with each other,
wherein the seawater desalination component ( 31 ) comprises a seawater pump ( 311 ), a multistage filtration component ( 312 ), a booster pump ( 313 ) and a reverse osmosis filtration component ( 314 ) which are connected in sequence, an output end of the reverse osmosis filtration component ( 314 ) comprises a fresh water outlet and a brine outlet, and the seawater pump ( 311 ) and booster pump ( 313 ) are connected with the power output end of the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator ( 2 ),
wherein the water electrolysis hydrogen production module ( 32 ) comprises a PEM electrolytic bath ( 321 ) and an AC-DC converter ( 322 ), the PEM electrolytic bath ( 321 ) comprises an anode plate ( 323 ) and a cathode plate ( 324 ) which are arranged in a gap, an anode diffusion layer ( 325 ), a proton exchange membrane ( 326 ) and a cathode diffusion layer ( 327 ) are sequentially arranged between the anode plate ( 323 ) and the cathode plate ( 324 ) in a gap, a surface of a side, close to the anode diffusion layer ( 325 ), of the proton exchange membrane ( 326 ) is provided with an anode catalyst layer ( 328 ), a surface of a side, close to the cathode diffusion layer ( 327 ), of the proton exchange membrane ( 326 ) is provided with a cathode catalyst layer ( 329 ), an AC side of the AC-DC converter ( 322 ) is connected with the power output end of the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator ( 2 ), and a DC side of the AC-DC converter ( 322 ) is connected with the anode plate ( 323 ) and the cathode plate ( 324 ),
wherein the hydrogen liquefaction unit ( 4 ) comprises: a hydrogen-helium heat exchanger ( 42 ), used for hydrogen-helium heat exchange so as to realize hydrogen liquidation; a helium refrigeration module ( 43 ), used for using helium as a refrigerant to provide helium refrigeration for hydrogen-helium heat exchange; a hydrogen liquefaction module ( 44 ),
wherein the hydrogen liquefaction module ( 44 ) is interconnected with a hydrogen transmission channel in the hydrogen-helium heat exchanger ( 42 ); the helium refrigeration module ( 43 ) is interconnected with a helium transmission channel in the hydrogen-helium heat exchanger ( 42 ); and a liquid hydrogen output port of the hydrogen liquefaction module ( 44 ) is connected with the liquid hydrogen storage unit ( 5 ),
wherein the helium refrigeration module ( 43 ) comprises a helium compressor ( 431 ), a primary helium heat exchanger ( 432 ), a liquid nitrogen precooler ( 433 ), a secondary helium heat exchanger ( 434 ) and a helium expander ( 435 ), an output end of the helium compressor ( 431 ) is connected with an inlet of the helium transmission channel of the hydrogen-helium heat exchanger ( 42 ) through a first heat exchange channel of the primary helium heat exchanger ( 432 ), a first precooling channel of the liquid nitrogen precooler ( 433 ), a second heat exchange channel of the secondary helium heat exchanger ( 434 ), and the helium expander ( 435 ) in sequence, and an outlet of the helium transmission channel of the hydrogen-helium heat exchanger ( 42 ) is connected with a helium inlet of the helium compressor ( 431 ) through a third heat exchange channel of the secondary helium heat exchanger ( 434 ) and a fourth heat exchange channel of the primary helium heat exchanger ( 432 ); the hydrogen liquefaction module ( 44 ) comprises a hydrogen compressor ( 441 ), a primary hydrogen heat exchanger ( 442 ), a secondary hydrogen heat exchanger ( 443 ), a throttle valve ( 444 ) and a gas-liquid separator ( 445 ), an output end of the water electrolysis hydrogen production module ( 32 ) passes through the hydrogen compressor ( 441 ), a fifth heat exchange channel of the primary hydrogen heat exchanger ( 442 ), a second precooling channel of the liquid nitrogen precooler ( 433 ), a sixth heat exchange channel of the secondary hydrogen heat exchanger ( 443 ), the hydrogen transmission channel of the hydrogen-helium heat exchanger ( 42 ), and the throttle valve ( 444 ) in sequence to enter the gas-liquid separator ( 445 ), a top of the gas-liquid separator ( 445 ) is provided with a hydrogen outlet, the hydrogen outlet is connected with a hydrogen inlet of the hydrogen compressor ( 441 ) after passing through a seventh heat exchange channel of the secondary hydrogen heat exchanger ( 443 ) and an eighth heat exchange channel of the primary hydrogen heat exchanger ( 442 ) in sequence, and a liquid hydrogen output port of the gas-liquid separator ( 445 ) is connected with the liquid hydrogen storage unit ( 5 ),
wherein the liquid hydrogen storage unit ( 5 ) comprises a liquid hydrogen storage tank which is composed of an outer shell ( 51 ) and an inner container ( 52 ) and of a double-layer structure, a vacuum or thermal insulation material layer ( 53 ) is arranged between the outer shell ( 51 ) and the inner container ( 52 ), and the liquid hydrogen storage tank is respectively provided with a liquid hydrogen filling port ( 54 ), a liquid hydrogen discharge port ( 55 ), and a hydrogen discharge port ( 56 ),
wherein the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator ( 2 ) comprises a superconducting generator ( 21 ), a converter ( 22 ) and a transformer ( 23 ) which are connected in sequence, the superconducting generator ( 21 ) is connected with a superconducting liquid hydrogen refrigeration unit ( 24 ) for cooling a superconductor in the superconducting generator ( 21 ), and the output end of the hydrogen liquefaction unit ( 4 ) or an input end of the liquid hydrogen storage unit ( 5 ) is connected with a coolant input port of the superconducting liquid hydrogen refrigeration unit ( 24 ) to output the liquid hydrogen as the refrigerant of the offshore off-grid superconducting wind turbine generator ( 2 ),
wherein the superconducting liquid hydrogen refrigeration unit ( 24 ) comprises a hydrogen storage cold box ( 241 ), a low-temperature circulating pump ( 242 ), a refrigerator ( 243 ) and a heat exchanger ( 244 ), the hydrogen storage cold box ( 241 ) is provided with the coolant input port of the superconducting liquid hydrogen refrigeration unit ( 24 ) for inputting the liquid hydrogen, the low-temperature circulating pump ( 242 ), the refrigerator ( 243 ) and the heat exchanger ( 244 ) are connected end to end to form a liquid hydrogen flow circuit, and a

Assignees

• Univ Hunan

Inventors

• Huang Sheng
• Zhai Yujia
• Huang Shoudao
• Yan Chang
• Liao Wu
• Zhang Ji
• Wei Juan
• Qu Yinpeng

Classifications

• H02J2101/28

  Wind energy · CPC title

• H02J15/50

  using stored hydrogen · CPC title

• Y02E70/30

  Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin · CPC title

• H02J9/04

  in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source · CPC title

• F25J2260/30

  Integration in an installation using renewable energy · CPC title