Energies
Health-Aware Distributionally Robust Scheduling of Integrated Electro-Hydrogen Systems Considering Electrolyzer Degradation Inertia and Recovery
Renewable-driven operation exposes proton-exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers to ramps, starts, and partial-load conditions that accelerate degradation and weaken scheduling reliability. This paper develops a health-aware scheduling framework for an integrated electro-hydrogen system. It represents operating stress, delayed response, irreversible degradation, recoverable performance loss, and efficiency feedback. Scheduled rest partially relaxes the recoverable state, while per-unit health budgets yield degradati …