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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136619203321

Titolo

Sustainable Hydrogen Production Processes [[electronic resource] ] : Energy, Economic and Ecological Issues / / edited by José Luz Silveira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

9783319416168

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Green Energy and Technology, , 1865-3529

Disciplina

665.81

Soggetti

Renewable energy resources

Industrial engineering

Production engineering

Chemical engineering

Sustainable development

Renewable and Green Energy

Industrial and Production Engineering

Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

Sustainable Development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Hydrogen Production Processes -- Thermodynamic Analysis of Hydrogen Production Processes -- Economic Studies of Some Hydrogen Production Processes -- Ecological Efficiency of Steam Reforming Processes -- Sustainability Assessment of Hydrogen Production Techniques in Brazil, a Multi-Criteria Analysis -- Conclusions -- Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

This work presents a comprehensive investigation of the most significant renewable hydrogen production processes. Technical, economic and ecological studies are described for the processes of steam reforming of ethanol, natural gas and biogas; water electrolysis with energy from renewable sources (wind power, photovoltaic and hydroelectric), and hydrogen production using algae. Aimed at mechanical and chemical engineering graduate students and



researchers involved in environmental sciences, sustainable energy and bioenergy research, this book introduces readers to the latest developments in the field and provides essential reference material for future research. The book first presents a comprehensive literature review of the processes studied. Subsequently, it provides a technical report on assessing the energetic efficiency for each hydrogen production process, as well as an economic study of the respective hydrogen production costs. Lastly, the ecological efficiency of each process is addressed. Over the past few decades, the UNESP’s Group of Optimization of Energetic Systems, headed by Professor José Luz Silveira, has been pursuing research in the field of renewable energy generation. A major part of the group’s research focuses on the production of hydrogen as a fuel and its important contribution to mitigating the environmental impacts caused by pollutant emissions.