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Hydrogen fuel : production, transport, and storage
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Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009
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xii, 611 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
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9781420045758
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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.


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Hydrogen is an important ingredient used in numerous industries including food, pharmaceuticals, chemical/metal processing, petroleum, and electronics. It has been used as fuel for spacecrafts, and it will be an important component of any future alternative fuel mix. This book covers several major topics on hydrogen: production, use, transportation, storage, safety, and environmental issues. Though hydrogen production from hydrocarbons is well developed, it is energy intensive. The use of renewables (nuclear, wind, solar) and thermochemical processing of biomass are new concepts. The work thoroughly addresses these latter technologies and identifies constraints in each. The discussion on the separation and purification of hydrogen is significant. Safe storage and transportation of hydrogen are colossal challenges. Gupta pays due attention to these issues, discussing onboard storage systems for hydrogen, and storage in pressurized and cryogenic tanks and in metal hydrides, carbonaceous materials, and organic chemicals. Addressing the safety and environmental impacts of hydrogen via review of existing and developing codes of standards complements this book's rich content. As carbonaceous compounds will be important feedstock for hydrogen production, the thorough discussion of CO^D[2 sequestration technologies presented at the end of the book is excellent for conclusion. In short, a comprehensive work on hydrogen fuel. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections. J. Tavakoli Lafayette College


Table of Contents

K. K. Pant and Ram B. GuptaNazim Z. MuradovShi-Ying LinRyutaro Hino and Xing L. YanDimitrios A. Bechrakis and Elli VarkarakiWiebren de JongNeelkanth G. Dhere and Rajani S. BennurAshok DamleSunita Satyapal and George J. ThomasMing Gao and Ravi KrishnamurthyK. K. Pant and Ram B. GuptaK. K. Pant and Ram B. GuptaShinya Hodoshima and Yasukazu SaitoJames M. OhiPrabhu Soundarrajan and Frank SchweighardtFotis Rigas and Spyros SklavounosAh-Hyung Alissa Park and Klaus S. Lackner and Liang-Shih Fan
Prefacep. vii
Editorp. ix
Contributorsp. xi
Section I Production and Use of Hydrogenp. 1
1 Fundamentals and Use of Hydrogen as a Fuelp. 3
2 Production of Hydrogen from Hydrocarbonsp. 33
3 Hydrogen Production from Coalp. 103
4 Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energyp. 127
5 Hydrogen Production from Wind Energyp. 161
6 Sustainable Hydrogen Production by Thermochemical Biomass Processingp. 185
7 Use of Solar Energy to Produce Hydrogenp. 227
8 Hydrogen Separation and Purificationp. 283
Section II Transportation and Storage of Hydrogenp. 325
9 Targets for Onboard Hydrogen Storage Systems: An Aid for the Development of Viable Onboard Hydrogen Storage Technologiesp. 327
10 Hydrogen Transmission in Pipelines and Storage in Pressurized and Cryogenic Tanksp. 341
11 Hydrogen Storage in Metal Hydridesp. 381
12 Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Materialsp. 409
13 Hydrogen Storage in Organic Chemical Hydrides on the Basis of Superheated Liquid-Film Conceptp. 437
Section III Safety and Environmental Aspects of Hydrogenp. 475
14 Hydrogen Codes and Standardsp. 477
15 Hydrogen Sensing and Detectionp. 495
16 Hydrogen Safetyp. 535
17 Carbon Sequestrationp. 569
Indexp. 603