Hydrogen Technology

Mobile and Portable Applications
2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-79027-3
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 688 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1209 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Léon, Aline

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Geothermale Energie
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Solarenergie, Photovoltaik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Luftfahrtindustrie
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Biogasanlagen, Energie aus Biomasse
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Windkraftanlagen, Wasserkraftanlagen
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Elektrochemie, Magnetochemie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Energiewirtschaft: Alternative & Erneuerbare Energien
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Chemische Reaktionstechnik (incl. Katalyse, Elektrolyse)
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Fahrzeugtechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Hydrogen Cycle.- Hydrogen Production.- Hydrogen Storage.- Hydrogen Transport and Distribution.- Fuel Cells.- State of the Art Mobile Applications.- Challenges and Requirements for Car Industry.- Status on Existing Technologies.- Hybrid is a Key Technology for Future Automobiles.- Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, System Efficiencies, Technology Development, and Demonstration Projects.- Development of Storage Tanks.- Cryogenic Reservoirs.- Safety Analysis of Hydrogen Vehicles and Infrastructure.- State of the Art Portable Applications.- Status of Existing Technologies.- Development of Portable Systems.- Challenges for the Industry.- Advanced Tools for the Development of new Materials.- Synthesis of Nanoscale Hydrogen Storage Materials.- Kinetics and Thermodynamics.- High-pressure DSC.- Status on Existing Technologies.- SEM/(S)TEM.- X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.- X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) Spectroscopy.- Perspectives.- Scientific Scope.- Environmental Scope.- Political and Economic Scope.