Overview of Hydrogen Economy

conference paper

English

Hydrogen economy represents a possible new direction for energy applications. Probably the best known part of this concept is the use of hydrogen in the automotive industry as a future replacement of fossil fuels, however the potential of its applications is much wider. Although the real deployment of hydrogen technologies is a lon term issue, we can find a range of demonstration applications that support the development of the concept already. Hydrogen as a new energy carrier of the future is a very topical area of research. The basic areas of interest can be divided in 4 main fields of research: hydrogen production (from fossil and renewable sources), hydrogen storage (physical/chemical ways), hydrogen use (fuel cells and combustion engines) and hydrogen infrastructure (on site/off site production, pipeline systems etc.). The contribution will present a contemporary overview of state of the art of hydrogen technologies in the context of European Union based on author´s experience gained during his bachelor (topic of thesis: hydrogen storage possibilities for mobility transport) and master studies (topic of thesis: hydrogen production by photocatalytic water splitting). The final part of the presentation will focus on the author´s topical field of the study that is the concept of a wastewater plant (WWTP) as a “biorefinery”, which is also the topic of author´s Ph.D. studies. The main area of discussion is going to be devoted to the topic of WWTP as a possible future renewable energy source through the production of biogas and biohydrogen.

hydrogen, hydrogen storage, hydrogen production, biohydrogen

MAREK, J.; ČÁSLAVSKÝ, J.

3. 12. 2015

Vysoké učení technické v Brně, Fakulta chemická

Brno, Česká republika

978-80-214-5290-6

Studentská odborná konference Chemie je život 2015 Sborník příspěvků

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