Renewable Hydrogen Technologies: Production, Purification, Storage, Applications and Safety

The fields covered by the hydrogen energy topic have grown rapidly, and now it has become clearly multidisciplinary. In addition to production, hydrogen purification and especially storage are key challenges that could limit the use of hydrogen fuel. In this book, the purification of hydrogen with membrane technology and its storage in solid form using new hydrides and carbon materials are addressed. Other novelties of this volume include the power conditioning of water electrolyzers, the integration in the electric grid of renewable hydrogen systems and the future role of microreactors and micro-process engineering in hydrogen technology as well as the potential of computational fluid dynamics to hydrogen equipment design and the assessment of safety issues. Finally, and being aware that transportation will likely constitute the first commercial application of hydrogen fuel, two chapters are devoted to the recent advances in hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines for transport vehicles. Hydrogen from water and biomass considered Holistic approach to the topic of renewable hydrogen production Power conditioning of water electrolyzers and integration of renewable hydrogen energy systems considered Subjects not included in previous books on hydrogen energy Micro process technology considered Subject not included in previous books on hydrogen energy Applications of CFD considered Subject not included in previous books on hydrogen energy Fundamental aspects will not be discussed in detail consciously as they are suitably addressed in previous books Emphasis on technological advancements Chapters written by recognized experts Up-to date approach to the subjects and relevant bibliographic references INDICE: Introduction 1. Renewable hydrogen: Production routes and energetic utilization 2. Present and future of renewable hydrogen as energy carrier Hydrogen from water 3. Recent advances in water electrolysis 4. Electric conditioning systems for electrolyzers fed with renewables: Power electronics 5. Integration of hydrogen systems and grid-connected renewable electric plants 6. Photocatalytic water splitting 7. Solar thermal water splitting Hydrogen from biomass 8. Biomass sources for hydrogen production 9. Hydrogen from biomass: Advances in thermochemical processes 10. Biological and fermentative hydrogen production 11. Catalytic microreactors for hydrogen production 12. Hydrogen from bioalcohols New technologies for hydrogen purification and storage 13. Micro process technology for hydrogen purification 14. Advances in hydrogen separation and purification with membranes 15. Advances in hydrogen storage in carbon materials 16. Progress in hydrogen storage in metal and complex hydrides Transportation applications 17. Recent advances in fuel cells for transport using hydrogen 18. Hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines Modeling and safety issues 19. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) as a tool for designing hydrogen technology 20. Risk analysis of hydrogen fuel through CFD simulations

• ISBN: 978-0-444-56352-1
• Editorial: Elsevier Science
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 472
• Fecha Publicación: 30/05/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés