Hydrogen Fuel Production, Transport, and Storage

As worldwide energy needs continue to increase, so do growing economic and environmental concerns of traditional petroleum energy sources. Hydrogen offers a clean, non-petroleum alternative.
Hydrogen has received major interest as an alternative energy carrier because it can be made from the most widely available primary energy source and produces zero or near zero tailpipe emissions. Focusing on the production, transport, storage, safety, and environmental aspects, Hydrogen Fuel provides a comprehensive review of the latest information on hydrogen fuel. This book presents various production methods, including natural gas, coal, nuclear energy, wind energy, biomass, photobiological processes, solar energy, and electrolysis. This reference also discusses storage in tanks, metal hydrides, and carbon materials and deals with the safety of carbon sequestration.

From Methane to Hydrogen—Making the Switch to a Cleaner Fuel Source The world’s overdependence on fossil fuels has created environmental problems, such as air pollution and global warming, as well as political and economic unrest. With water as its only by-product and its availability in all parts of the world, hydrogen promises to be the next great fuel source. All of the Key Aspects of Hydrogen Fuel Hydrogen Fuel: Production, Transport, and Storage describes various aspects of hydrogen fuel, including production from both renewable and nonrenewable sources, purification, storage, transport, safety, codes, and carbon dioxide sequestration. The book examines the unique properties and uses of the hydrogen molecule, its ability to be produced from numerous energy sources, and its separation and purification. It explains how to transport hydrogen using pipelines and tankers, and how to store it using compressed tanks, metal hydrides, carbon adsorbents, and chemical hydrides. The expert contributors also discuss codes and standards, monitoring techniques, and safety designs. The Path to a Cleaner World and Energy Independence Focusing on a clean, economical alternative to nonrenewable energy, this volume provides the latest information on the hydrogen fuel economy.

Production and Use of Hydrogen Fundamentals and Use of Hydrogen as a Fuel K.K. Pant and Ram B. Gupta Production of Hydrogen from Hydrocarbons Nazim Z. Muradov Hydrogen Production from Coal Shi-Ying Lin Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energy Ryutaro Hino and Xing L. Yan Hydrogen Production from Wind Energy Dimitrios A. Bechrakis and Elli Varkaraki Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Biomass by Thermochemical Process W. de Jong Use of Solar Energy to Produce Hydrogen Neelkanth G. Dhere and Rajani S. Bennur Hydrogen Separation and Purification Ashok Damle Transportation and Storage of Hydrogen Targets for Onboard Hydrogen Storage Systems: An Aid for the Development of Viable Onboard Hydrogen Storage Technologies Sunita Satyapal and George J. Thomas Hydrogen Transmission in Pipelines and Storage in Pressurized and Cryogenic Tanks Ming Gao and Ravi Krishnamurthy Hydrogen Storage in Metal Hydrides K.K. Pant and Ram B. Gupta Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Materials K.K. Pant and Ram B. Gupta Hydrogen Storage in Organic Chemical Hydrides on the Basis of Superheated Liquid-Film Concept Shinya Hodoshima and Yasukazu Saito Safety and Environmental Aspects of Hydrogen Fuel Hydrogen Codes and Standards James M. Ohi Hydrogen Sensing and Detection Prabhu Soundarrajan and Frank Schweighardt Hydrogen Safety Fotis Rigas and Spyros Sklavounos Carbon Sequestration Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, Klaus S. Lackner, and Liang-Shih Fan Index