Advances in hydrogen production, storage and distribution /

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing, 2014.
Series:Woodhead Publishing in energy ; 63.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Advances in Hydrogen Production, Storage and Distribution; Copyright; Contents; Contributor contact details; Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; Dedication; Preface; Part I Fundamentals of hydrogen production; 1 Key challenges in the development of an infrastructure for hydrogen production, delivery, storage and use; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The hydrogen infrastructure; 1.3 Building an infrastructure for the hydrogen economy; 1.4 National planning for hydrogen infrastructure building; 1.5 Conclusion: outlook for the hydrogen economy; 1.6 Summary.
  • 1.7 Sources of further information and advice1.8 References; 1.9 Appendix: acronyms; 2 Assessing the environmental impact of hydrogen energy production; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Self-regulating energy systems and materials circulation; 2.3 An ideal energy system based on materials circulation; 2.4 The environmental impact factor (EIF) of carbon and hydrogen; 2.5 Local environmental impact factors for hydrogen and carbon in Japan; 2.6 A green hydrogen energy system; 2.7 Conclusions; 2.8 References; 2.9 Appendix: list of symbols and acronyms.
  • 3 Hydrogen production from fossil fuel and biomass feedstocks3.1 Introduction: hydrogen from coal and natural gas; 3.2 Partial oxidation (POX) technology; 3.3 Steam reforming of natural gas and naphtha; 3.4 Steam reforming and steam gasification of bio-feedstock; 3.5 Economics and CO2 emissions of biomassgasification; 3.6 Traditional feedstock purification: catalyst poison removal; 3.7 Synthesis gas processing; 3.8 Future trends and conclusions; 3.9 References; 3.10 Appendix: nomenclature; 4 Hydrogen production in conventional, bio-based and nuclear power plants; 4.1 Introduction.
  • 4.2 Hydrogen production in conventional and bio-based power plants4.3 Combined carbon capture and storage (CCS); 4.4 Hydrogen production in nuclear power plants; 4.5 Conclusions; 4.6 References; 4.7 Appendix: list of symbols and acronyms; 5 Portable and small-scale stationary hydrogen production from micro-reactor systems; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Portable and small-scale hydrogen production; 5.3 Microfluidic devices for process intensification; 5.4 Feedstocks and technologies for hydrogen production in micro-reactors; 5.5 Micro-reactor design: key issues for hydrogen production.
  • 5.6 Industrial scale-up and improvement of technology uptake5.7 Process analysis and the business case; 5.8 Future trends; 5.9 Conclusions; 5.10 Sources of further information and advice; 5.11 Acknowledgments; 5.12 References; 5.13 Appendix: abbreviations; Part II Hydrogen production from renewable sources; 6 Hydrogen production by water electrolysis; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Electrolytic hydrogen production; 6.3 Types of electrolyzers; 6.4 Water electrolysis thermodynamics; 6.5 Kinetics of water splitting; 6.6 Electrolyzer current-voltage (I-V) curves; 6.7 High-pressure water electrolysis.