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Course syllabus - Renewable Hydrogen: Generation, Storage, Transport, and Utilization for Industrial Applications

Scope

3.0 credits

Course code

ERA327

Valid from

Spring semester 2026

Education level

Second cycle

Progressive Specialisation

A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Energy Engineering

Organisation

School of Business, Society and Engineering

Ratified

2025-06-26

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

Objectives

This goal of this course is to develop a basic understanding of renewable hydrogen as a pivotal component for industrial applications, focusing on its generation, storage, transport, and utilization within industrial contexts.

Learning outcomes

  1. Explain the fundamental knowledge and theories behind electrolysis and fuel cell technologies.
  2. Be able to compare and describe the differences of existing renewable hydrogen generation technologies (PEM, AE, AEM, SOE, etc.), and existing fuel cell technologies (PEMFC, MSFC, SOFC, etc.)
  3. Describe the principles of hydrogen storage, including gas phase, liquid phase, and material-based storage and thermal management of storage systems.
  4. Identify the challenges of hydrogen transportation and be able to describe relevant solutions.

Course content

  1. Fundamental knowledge and theories of electrolysis (renewable hydrogen generation) and fuel cell technologies.
  2. Existing renewable hydrogen generation technologies (PEM, AE, AEM, SOE, etc.), and their applications.
  3. Existing fuel cell technologies (PEMFC, MSFC, SOFC, etc.) and their applications in energy-intensive (process industry, biofuels, metallurgy) and transport sectors (airplanes, bus/tracks etc.).
  4. Principles of hydrogen storage, including gas phase, liquid phase, and material-based storage and thermal management of storage systems
  5. Challenges of hydrogen transportation, and relevant solutions.
  6. Description of key elements of a hydrogen-based market economy i.e., from generation to utilization with all relevant actors.

Specific requirements

A minimum of 75 credits in one or more of the following areas: energy engineering, mechanical engineering, production technology, product and process development, computer technology, and computer science or equivalent fields. Alternatively, at least 40 credits in a technology-related field combined with a minimum of two years of full-time professional experience in a relevant industrial sector are also considered eligible. In addition, English A/English 6 is required.

Examination

Written assignment (INL1). 3 credits. Grade: Pass (G) or Fail (U). Learning outcome: 1-6.

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

Two-grade scale