MASS LOAD CASCADE ANALYSIS APPROACH FOR HYDROGEN AND WATER UTILITY NETWORK DESIGN

This paper addresses the mass load cascade analysis (MLCA) for reuse/recycle and regeneration of water and hydrogen networks as an extension to the mass problem table for targeting the minimum water flowrate in reuse/recycle water network. The MLCA technique gives the pinch concentration and accurate identification of minimum fresh water and hydrogen flowrates required for utility network after source-sink allocation targets. Additionally, selection of hydrogen purification unit was accessed via MLCA. All these targets are determined ahead of detailed design of utility network. Different water and hydrogen network case studies from literature are solved to illustrate the proposed approach.