Sensitivity of hydrogen price

Sensitivity Analysis. The sensitivity of hydrogen price to the following variables was calculated raw materials cost, plant capital cost, stream factor, plant size, and by-product credits. 

Figure 6 shows the sensitivity of hydrogen price to feedstock price, all plotted on the same scale. It should be noted that the "feedstock for electrolysis is electric power, not primary fuel, so that capital costs and inefficiencies associated with power generation are included in the raw material cost. The circles on this figure represent the base case for our calculations and reflect approximately realistic values for raw material costs for large-scale plants in 1979. 

Figure 7 shows the sensitivity of hydrogen price to variations in plant cost, and also exhibits the considerable differences in plant cost assumed for the base case — believed to be reasonable... 

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