Hydrogen Utilization in Industrial-Scale Applications: Implications, Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Hydrogen (ISSN 2673-4141).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 593
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue addresses the opportunities, potential challenges and implications associated with hydrogen utilization and hydrogen processing on an industrial scale.
Hydrogen use at the industrial scale is an important part of the transition to the hydrogen economy. Hydrogen presents an opportunity to directly reduce carbon emissions by replacing fossil fuels in the heat and power generation required for a range of industrial processes. The different chemical and energy content of hydrogen compared to natural gas, however, introduces operational and technological risks associated with material compatibility, process operation, and economics.
While some of the R&D topics in this area are related to relatively mature technologies (where traditional hydrogen sources are replaced with low-carbon hydrogen), the others are emerging from new pathways for hydrogen utilization.
This Special Issue will cover both types of topics, including the following: hydrogen/hydrogen carriers’ interactions with industrial materials, hydrogen utilization for heat and power, large-scale hydrogen storage options, hydrogen and ammonia engines and turbines, novel pathways of ammonia synthesis, hydrogen compression, and hydrogen use for grid stabilization.
Both applied and theoretical works are welcome in this Special Issue, including experimental work at the laboratory and pilot-scale levels; modeling work on chemical processes and reactions related to hydrogen utilization; and techno-economic, environmental, and feasibility studies.
Dr. Alexander Y. Ilyushechkin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- hydrogen utilization
- hydrogen storage
- hydrogen/ammonia engines and turbines
- ammonia synthesis
- hydrogen compression
- hydrogen embrittlement
- hydrogen for grid stabilization
- lifecycle analysis
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