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production, safety, storage and applications
1 online resource (xxxi, 425 pages) : illustrations (some color)
"Details the essentials of hydrogen energy such as its occurrence, physico-chemical properties, production, transmission, delivery, storage, utilization. The combustion characteristics and environment pollution features are elaborately discussed. Technology of hydrogen utilization in land transport sector such as automobiles (cars, buses, three wheelers etc) as well as other modes of transport (marine and air) are included. Internal combustion engines and Fuel cells are exhaustively discussed. Elaborates guidelines to design prototype systems, their safety, long term endurance, tribological aspects is also included."--
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyrightpage -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- List of Figures45 -- Author Biography -- Chapter 1 Overall Energy Perspective -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Energy Overview -- 1.3 Sun as the Source of All Energy -- 1.4 Energy Consumption in Transport, Agriculture and Domestic Sectors -- 1.5 Energy Crisis: Starvation of Fossil Fuels -- 1.6 Environmental Degradation Due to Fossil Fuel Combustion -- 1.6.1 Green House Effect: Greenhouse Gas and Global Warming -- 1.6.2 Smog -- 1.6.3 Acid Rain -- 1.6.4 Vehicular Pollution -- 1.7 Energy Transition Towards Sustainability
1.8 Role of Hydrogen in Present Energy-environment Context -- 1.9 Demand for Hydrogen -- 1.10 Structure and Phases of Hydrogen -- 1.11 Discovery and Occurrence of Hydrogen -- 1.12 Uses of Hydrogen -- Concluding Remarks -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 2 Hydrogen Energy: Properties and Quality -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Properties of Hydrogen -- 2.3 Physical Properties -- 2.4 Chemical Properties -- 2.4.1 Flammability Limit -- 2.4.2 Minimum Ignition Energy -- 2.4.3 Flashpoint -- 2.4.4 Auto-ignition Temperature -- 2.4.5 Octane Number -- 2.4.6 Heat of Combustion
2.5 Electro-conductivity and the Joule-Thomson Effect -- 2.6 Emissivity of Hydrogen Flame and Adiabatic Flame Temperature -- 2.7 Laminar Burning Velocity -- 2.8 Hydrogen-Oxygen Reaction Mechanism -- 2.9 Hydrogen Colours and Carbon Footprint -- 2.10 Grey, Blue and Green Hydrogen -- 2.10.1 Grey Hydrogen -- 2.10.2 Blue Hydrogen -- 2.10.3 Turquoise, Brown, Black, Pink, Red, Yellow and White Hydrogen -- 2.11 Green Hydrogen -- 2.12 Benefits of Green Hydrogen -- 2.13 Obstacles and Challenges to Green Hydrogen -- 2.14 Cost of Green Hydrogen -- Concluding Remarks -- Abbreviations -- References
Chapter 3 Production of Hydrogen -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Routes of Hydrogen Production -- 3.3 Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) -- 3.3.1 Water-Gas Shift Reactor -- 3.3.2 Selection of Catalysts -- 3.3.3 Ethanol and Methanol Steam Reforming -- 3.3.4 Fuel Processing for Fuel Cell Application -- 3.4 Partial Oxidation of POx -- 3.5 Partial Oxidation of Heavy Oils and Naphtha -- 3.6 Auto-thermic Reaction (ATR) -- 3.7 Hydrogen from Coal Gasification -- 3.7.1 Types of Coal Gasification -- 3.7.2 Mechanism of Hydrogen Production by Gasification -- 3.8 Underground Coal Gasification
3.9 Hydrogen Production from Biomass -- 3.9.1 Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass to Hydrogen -- 3.9.2 Gasification of Biomass -- 3.9.3 Plasma Gasification Process -- 3.9.4 Pyrolysis of Biomass -- 3.9.5 Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass (SWGB) -- 3.10 Biological Production of Hydrogen -- 3.10.1 Biophotolysis -- 3.10.2 Photo-fermentation -- 3.10.3 Dark Fermentation -- 3.10.4 Combined Dark-Photo Co-fermentation -- 3.11 Hydrogen Production Based on Electrolysis -- 3.11.1 AEL and PEM Electrolysis -- 3.11.2 Alkaline Electrolysis -- 3.11.3 Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Electrolysis
Includes bibliographical references and index.