Hydrogen : facing the energy challenges of the 21st century / Tapan Bose and Pierre Malbrunot ; with the collaboration of Pierre Bénard and John Viola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bose, Tapan.

Contributor:

Malbrunot, Pierre.

Benard, Pierre.

Viola, John.

Series:

Hors collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrogen as fuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

United Kingdom : John Libbey Eurotext, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can we use energy in a way that it can be stored, be renewable and respects the environment and does no harm to health? The Canadian Hydrogen Association is a corporation that promotes the production, transportation, storage and application of hydrogen in its myriad applications and encourages the development of industrial hydrogen.

Contents:

""Hydrogen""; ""Preface""; ""Table of content""; ""The hare, the tortoise and hydrogen""; ""Force in action Energy is everywhere!""; ""From well to wheel The flow of energy""; ""Energy as an agent of progress""; ""Using too much energy puts our environment at risk!""; ""Possible solutions A wiser use of our current energy sources""; ""Another solution Carbon-free energy""; ""A promising solution hydrogen!""; ""From balloonsto rockets the long history of hydrogen""; ""The internal combustion engine... fueled by hydrogen""

""Hydrogen to electricity with the fuel cell!""""Different types of fuel cells for diverse applications""; ""Hydrogen on the road cars, tramways and the hydrogen train""; ""On the sea and underwater hydrogen for navigation""; ""In the air The hydrogen plane""; ""In space Hydrogen as the fuel of choice for rockets""; ""Electricity from hydrogen for a greater autonomy""; ""Is hydrogen an ideal energy vector?""; ""Producing hydrogen with greenhouse gas emissions""; ""Producing hydrogen without CO2 from water, nuclear energy, biomass or photosynthesis""

""Hydrogen a partner for renewable energies""""Compression, adsorption and absorption Storing hydrogen as a gas""; ""Liquefaction to store more hydrogen""; ""Transporting hydrogen in bottles or by pipelines""; ""Distributing hydrogen at service stations""; ""The safe use of hydrogen The risks of hydrogen""; ""The hydrogen economy pathways to commercialization""; ""What can be done to use hydrogen as a fuel""; ""What is being done Showcasing and developing Hydrogen""; ""Conclusion""; ""Annex 1 - What is energy?""; ""Work is energy... mechanical energy""

""Heat is energy thermal energy""""Energy comes in all shapes The diverse forms of energy""; ""Energy is ever changing but always conserved!""; ""Transforming thermal energy Carnot's principle""; ""Annex 2 - What will be the price of hydrogen at the gas station?""; ""Glossary""; ""Abbreviations and acronyms""; ""Units and symbols""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""More about hydrogen""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 17, 2014).

ISBN:

9782742013197

2742013199

OCLC:

923189382