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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
Preface | p. vii |
Editor | p. ix |
Contributors | p. xi |
Section I Production and Use of Hydrogen | p. 1 |
1 Fundamentals and Use of Hydrogen as a Fuel | p. 3 |
2 Production of Hydrogen from Hydrocarbons | p. 33 |
3 Hydrogen Production from Coal | p. 103 |
4 Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energy | p. 127 |
5 Hydrogen Production from Wind Energy | p. 161 |
6 Sustainable Hydrogen Production by Thermochemical Biomass Processing | p. 185 |
7 Use of Solar Energy to Produce Hydrogen | p. 227 |
8 Hydrogen Separation and Purification | p. 283 |
Section II Transportation and Storage of Hydrogen | p. 325 |
9 Targets for Onboard Hydrogen Storage Systems: An Aid for the Development of Viable Onboard Hydrogen Storage Technologies | p. 327 |
10 Hydrogen Transmission in Pipelines and Storage in Pressurized and Cryogenic Tanks | p. 341 |
11 Hydrogen Storage in Metal Hydrides | p. 381 |
12 Hydrogen Storage in Carbon Materials | p. 409 |
13 Hydrogen Storage in Organic Chemical Hydrides on the Basis of Superheated Liquid-Film Concept | p. 437 |
Section III Safety and Environmental Aspects of Hydrogen | p. 475 |
14 Hydrogen Codes and Standards | p. 477 |
15 Hydrogen Sensing and Detection | p. 495 |
16 Hydrogen Safety | p. 535 |
17 Carbon Sequestration | p. 569 |
Index | p. 603 |