Stage 1 of 15 / Introduction
Write the project basis
Fix the hydrogen target, technology label, operating calendar, availability and study boundary before any rate is computed.
- Advanced
- 15 stages
- 12 min
- Process and energy systems
After this stage you can
- State the project name, location label, technology, daily target and operating calendar.
- Separate owner requirements from illustrative defaults and unknown site facts.
- Explain why availability reduces annual production without changing the hourly rating.
The engineering
A hydrogen study fails quietly when the brief mixes an offtake wish with a verified interconnection and a water permit. The daily target, operating hours, days per year and availability change every downstream mass, energy and cost figure. They are decisions, not outputs.
The default case is a 4,000 kg/day coastal demonstration with a PEM label. It is a teaching plant. Location, grid status, water source and every unit rate must be replaced before a real decision. The workbench records the statement; it does not certify the site.
Technology is a labelled envelope (PEM, alkaline or SOEC), not a fitted polarisation curve. Changing the label changes the screening band for stack kWh/kg. It does not import a vendor map.
EngiMetric / green hydrogen educational workbench
Green Hydrogen Plant — Educational Screening Workbench
Loading the hydrogen project state...
Draft development workbench (noindex). Inputs are saved in this browser only. Calculations shown are screening/educational outputs from the existing model where implemented; missing or unsupported quantitative areas remain explicit. Completing stages records self-declared learning progress only — it is not quantitative engineering capability, not an OEM guarantee, and not industrial/project approval.
Stage
Inputs
Edit the screening inputs for this stage, then calculate. Values you enter are marked as user-entered in the local project state; defaults remain illustrative until replaced.
Screening results
Results come from the existing hydrogen screening model. Unsupported quantitative areas, missing evidence, and review requirements remain explicit; outputs are not certified design or approval decisions.
Process & balance context
This educational workbench presents stage-specific calculated outputs and limitations. Detailed interactive diagrams are not required for journey completion; use the stage results and assumptions panels to review boundaries, flows, energy, storage, and economics context.
Assumptions, limitations & review
Your deliverable for this stage
A design-basis paragraph and a saved project state reused by every later stage.
Stage assumptions, limits and sources
Assumptions
- The learner owns the target, calendar and technology label.
- Defaults are round teaching values, not quotations or site measurements.
- One saved state feeds every later stage and the exported report.
Constraints
- The workbench is a browser-side screening model, not FEED or a bankable study.
Limitations
- No title search, geotechnical investigation, permit review or offtake contract.
- No measured climate, water analysis or grid study is bundled.
Review status
- Needs engineering review
- Professional review is required before publication or use as a design basis.
Sources
- CIAAW - Standard Atomic Weightsstandards
- NIST Chemistry WebBook - Hydrogengovernment
- U.S. Department of Energy - Hydrogen Production: Electrolysisgovernment
- IEA - Global Hydrogen Review 2024, Hydrogen productionresearch institution
- IRENA - Electrolyser costsengineering org
Stage progress is stored in this browser only. The explanation and every limit on this page remain readable with JavaScript disabled; the calculators need it to run.
Stage kind: Introduction / Journey: green-hydrogen / Stage: project-basis