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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
High temperature electrolyser system optimized by increasing the pressure at the electrolyser output
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Pierre Dumoulin, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Nicolas Tauveron, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Guillaume Montzieux, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Vincent Lacroix, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Brigitte Gonzalez, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Jean-Baptiste Lopez-Velasco, Grenoble Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A system including a high temperature electrolyser, a first supply line of the electrolyser configured to supply steam, a first discharge line of the electrolyser configured to discharge dihydrogen, a second discharge line of the electrolyser configured to discharge dioxygen, a first heat exchange module configured to provide heat exchange between the first supply line and the first discharge line, and a steam generator arranged on the first supply line and configured to produce steam from liquid water. The system also includes a module for recovering thermal energy from the dihydrogen at the output of the module for the benefit of the first steam supply line, the module having a compressor arranged in the first discharge line and configured to compress the dihydrogen, and a first heat exchanger arranged between the first supply line and the first discharge line to transmit thermal energy of the compressed dihydrogen to liquid water.