Professional Certificate of Competency in Fundamentals of Green Hydrogen Technology

Course Duration
Duration
  • 3 Months
Course Study
Study Mode
  • Online
Course Location
Location
  • Online
Course Code
Course Code
CGH
Course Intakes
Intakes
  • 4 March 2025
  • 10 June 2025
Course Type
Course Type
  • Professional Certificate
Course Fees
Fees

Course Overview

Green hydrogen refers to hydrogen gas produced without emitting harmful greenhouse gases during its production. The process involves extracting hydrogen from water through electrolysis, which utilizes renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power. During electrolysis, an electrical current breaks down water molecules into their constituent elements: hydrogen and oxygen.

This course explores how green hydrogen is produced and utilized in various industries. This course also covers current and future opportunities.

Course Benefits

  • You may be eligible to claim CPD points through your local engineering association
  • Receive a Certificate of Completion from EIT
  • Learn from well-known faculty and industry experts from around the globe
  • Flexibility of attending anytime from anywhere, even when you are working full-time
  • Interact with industry experts during the webinars and get the latest updates/announcements on the subject.
  • Experience global learning with students from various backgrounds and experience which is a great networking opportunity

After completing this course, you will be able to

  • Understand the basic difference between different color coding of hydrogen
  • Know the fundamental properties of hydrogen
  • Understand the various technologies to produce green hydrogen
  • Evaluate the current and future energy market trends

Course Details

The course is composed of 12 modules.

Module
Module 1:

Introduction to Hydrogen Technology

  • Hydrogen as a clean energy and its applications
  • Chemical and physical properties of hydrogen
  • Different shades of hydrogen
  • Overview of hydrogen transportation and storage
Module 2:

Introduction to Green Hydrogen Technology

  • History of green hydrogen production processes
  • Drivers for green hydrogen technologies – greenhouse emission and global warming
  • Difficulties in the uptake of green hydrogen production
  • International policies to support green hydrogen production
Module 3:

Drivers and Barriers for Green Hydrogen Production Technologies

  • Drivers
  • Low energy costs by use of renewable energy
  • Reduction in technology price and ready to scale up
  • Increase in hydrogen applications and market growth
  • New government policies to reduce emissions
  • Barriers
  • High production cost
  • Lack of infrastructure
  • Significant energy loss per stage
Module 4:

Green Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis – Fundamentals (I)

  • Water splitting reaction cell reaction thermodynamics
  • Effect of pH on electrolysis
  • Effect of temperature and pressure on electrolysis
  • Efficiency of electro-chemical water splitting
Module 5:

Green Hydrogen Production by Water Electrolysis – Fundamentals (II)

  • Water splitting cell – characteristics and kinetics
  • Electrochemical cells and their sources of energy dissipation
  • Faradaic efficiency of electrolysis cells
  • Mechanism of half-cell reaction
  • Effect of temperature and pressure on kinetics
Module 6:

Green Hydrogen Production by Solid Polymer Water Electrolysis (PEM) (I)

  • Introduction to solid polymer electrolyte cell
  • Assemblies of membrane electrode
  • Electrocatalysts and the coating process
  • Spacers and bipolar plates
Module 7:

Green Hydrogen Production by Solid Polymer Water Electrolysis (PEM) (II)

  • PEM cells unit electrochemical performances
  • Characteristics of full and half cell
  • Cell stacking and its performance
  • Balancing the plant and diagnosis tool
  • Effects of operating at high pressure and current densities
Module 8:

Green Hydrogen Production by Alkaline Water Electrolysis (I)

  • Introduction to unit electrolysis cells, electrolyte, electrodes and catalyst
  • The zero-gap assembly
  • Anionic membranes
  • Electrochemical performances and its comparison
Module 9:

Green Hydrogen Production by Alkaline Water Electrolysis (II)

  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of alkaline water electrolysis
  • Effects of operating at high pressure and current densities
  • Small, medium and large-scale electrolysers
  • Types of electrolysers
  • Oerlikon
  • Norsk-Hydro
  • Zdansky
  • High pressure electrolysers
Module 10:

Green Hydrogen Production by Unitized Regenerative Systems

  • Introduction to unitized regenerative systems
  • Low-temperature unitized regenerative systems modes
  • Water electrolysis
  • Fuel cell
  • URFC
  • High-temperature unitized regenerative systems modes
  • Water electrolysis
  • Fuel cell
  • URFC
Module 11:

Green Hydrogen Production by High-Temperature Steam Electrolysis

  • Introduction to solid-state electrochemistry
  • Ohmic losses and contact resistances
  • Anode and cathode polarization
  • Electronic and ionic charge transport
  • Role of microstructure and temperature
Module 12:

Green Hydrogen Market and Opportunities

  • Global green hydrogen market
  • Impact of COVID-19
  • Key players operating in the market
  • Global current and upcoming green hydrogen projects
  • Future needs in green hydrogen production technology

The instructor for this course is yet to be determined.

Learn about our instructors.

To obtain a certificate of completion for EIT’s Professional Certificate of Competency, students must achieve a 65% attendance rate at the live, online fortnightly webinars.  Detailed summaries/notes can be submitted in lieu of attendance.  In addition, students must obtain a mark of 60% in the set assignments which could take the form of written assignments and practical assignments. Students must also obtain a mark of 100% in quizzes.  If a student does not achieve the required score, they will be given an opportunity to resubmit the assignment to obtain the required score.

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You are expected to spend approximately 5-8 hours per week learning the course content. This includes attending fortnightly webinars that run for about 90 minutes to facilitate class discussion and allow you to ask questions. This program has a 65% attendance requirement in the live webinars in order to graduate from the program.  If you are unable to attend the live webinars, you have the option of watching the recording of completed webinars and sending a summary of what you have learnt from the webinar to the Learning Support officer.  The summaries go towards your attendance requirement for the program.

This program is run online on an intensive part-time basis and has been designed to fit around full-time work. It will take three months to complete.

We understand that sometimes work commitments and personal circumstances can get in the way of your studies, so if at any point you feel that you are struggling with the pace of the course or finding a particular module challenging, you are encouraged to contact your designated Learning Support Officer for assistance.

Registrations are open for our upcoming intakes. Please ensure you book your place at least one week before the start date of the program.

Hear from our students

  The delivery methodology and the information available in the e-library can’t be beaten. The other important aspect of online education is recorded lectures. You can review the tutorial and lessons on repeat when you need to understand the concept.  
M Masemola, South Africa
  What I liked most about the course and EIT is the flexibility is offered regarding education. It gave me the opportunity to study and work full-time.  
C Groenewald, South Africa
  I enjoyed interacting with students all around the world, and seeing how the principles I have learned applies to them as well.  
S Zeelie, South Africa
  My line of work requires me travel quite often. I could not attend every class due to my remote locations, but still I could recap and stay on top of the study material thanks to the recordings. Also, all the Instructors were world class.  
P Pretorius, South Africa

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