Léon Hydrogen Technology

Mobile and Portable Applications
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-69925-5
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 688 Seiten

Reihe: Green Energy and Technology

Aline Leon ´ In the last years, public attention was increasingly shifted by the media and world governmentsto the conceptsof saving energy,reducingpollution,protectingthe - vironment, and developing long-term energy supply solutions. In parallel, research funding relating to alternative fuels and energy carriers is increasing on both - tional and international levels. Why has future energy supply become such a matter of concern? The reasons are the problems created by the world's current energy supply s- tem which is mainly based on fossil fuels. In fact, the energystored in hydrocarb- based solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels was, is, and will be widely consumed for internal combustion engine-based transportation, for electricity and heat generation in residential and industrial sectors, and for the production of fertilizers in agric- ture, as it is convenient, abundant, and cheap. However, such a widespread use of fossil fuels by a constantly growing world population (from 2. 3 billion in 1939 to 6. 5 billion in 2006) gives rise to the two problems of oil supply and environmental degradation. The problemrelated to oil supply is caused by the fact that fossil fuels are not - newable primary energy sources: This means that since the rst barrel of petroleum has been pumped out from the ground, we have been exhausting a heritage given by nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Léon, Aline

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Contents;7
3;List of Contributors;10
4;Introduction;13
5;Hydrogen Cycle;20
5.1;Introduction;21
5.2;Hydrogen Production;24
5.3;Hydrogen Storage;89
5.4;Hydrogen Transport and Distribution;137
5.5;Fuel Cells;158
6;State of the Art Mobile Applications;192
6.1;Challenges and Requirements for Car Industry;193
6.2;Status on Existing Technologies;212
6.3;Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine;212
6.4;Hybrid is a Key Technology for Future Automobiles;239
6.5;Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, System Efficiencies, Technology Development, and Demonstration Projects;277
6.6;Development of Storage Tanks;295
6.7;High-pressure Vessels;295
6.8;Cryogenic Reservoirs;315
6.9;Safety Analysis of Hydrogen Vehicles and Infrastructure;338
7;State of the Art Portable Applications;380
7.1;Introduction;381
7.2;Status of Existing Technologies;382
7.3;Development of Portable Systems;410
7.4;Challenges for the Industry;440
8;Advanced Tools for the Development of new Materials;452
8.1;Introduction;453
8.2;Synthesis of Nanoscale Hydrogen Storage Materials;455
8.3;Kinetics and Thermodynamics;471
8.4;Measurement of H2 Sorption Properties;471
8.5;High-pressure DSC;501
8.6;Status on Existing Technologies;522
8.7;Powder Diffraction;522
8.8;SEM/(S)TEM;548
8.9;X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy;573
8.10;X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) Spectroscopy;600
9;Perspectives;620
9.1;Scientific Scope;621
9.2;Environmental Scope;632
9.3;Political and Economic Scope;649
9.4;Index;658