ارايه‌ مدل تعيين كننده تركيب بهينه‌ تكنولوژي هاي توليد گاز هيدروژن

Presentation of a Model for Determining the Optimal Mix of Technologies for the Production of Hydrogen Gas

This paper introduces a method to define an optimized set of various technologies of producing hydrogen gas, consistent with available potentials in different regions, with a view to minimize production costs. The costs covered by this model include costs of utilizing a hydrogen gas production system, costs of gas transfer and those of greenhouse gasesʹ emission related to each technology. Available potentials in each region means the extent of availability of initial materials required for each technology, acceptable limit of greenhouse gasesʹ emission, the financial resources at hand for investing in production plants and demand in the relevant region, which are all considered in this model. Furthermore, in this paper different methods of hydrogen gas production are categorized based on production system capacity and in a lower level, based on the type of production process, which are used in model planning stages. The model introduced in this paper can be utilized in future research, with a bottom-up analytical viewpoint, using the optimization methodology of production technologies in the regions that are to be investigated. JEL Classification: C61