
Design and Analysis of Liquid Hydrogen Technologies
Liquefaction, Storage, and Distribution
- 1st Edition - April 2, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Ahmad K. Sleiti, Wahib A. Al-Ammari
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 4 3 8 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 4 3 7 - 0
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Request a sales quoteDesign and Analysis of Liquid Hydrogen Technologies: Liquefaction, Storage and Distribution offers readers a comprehensive guide to the development, analysis, design, and assessment methodologies for liquid hydrogen. From the fundamentals to the latest developments and current applications, the book provides an extensive and systematic discussion of the design, simulation, and techno-economic analysis methodologies that is supported by practical examples, verified codes, and innovative process designs. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the liquid hydrogen economy that is followed by advanced thermoeconomic, exergoeconomic, optimization, and dynamic simulation models that are essential for current and future LH2 technologies.
Readers will find this to be a valuable resource for students, researchers, scientists, and engineers working in the hydrogen economy or involved in the processing, design, manufacturing, quality control, reliability, safety, systems, and testing of cryogenic refrigeration and liquid hydrogen production, storage, and transportation.
- Describes, in detail, the current operational and conceptual hydrogen liquefaction, storage, transportation, regasification, and distribution technologies
- Offers comprehensive analytical tools, decision-making tools, and practical examples for the advanced modeling and simulation of liquid hydrogen plants
- Provides techno-economic, reliability, safety, and environmental impact analysis of liquid hydrogen technologies, along with future prospects
Students, researchers, and scientists working on hydrogen technologies and renewable energy implementation, working in the fields of mechanical, chemical and industrial engineering. Industry practitioners involved in the processing, design, manufacturing, quality control, reliability, safety, systems, and tests of cryogenic refrigeration and liquid hydrogen production, storage, and transportation
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Chapter one. Current and future hydrogen liquefaction technologies—design and analysis
- Abstract
- Abbreviation
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Fundamentals of cryogenic liquefaction
- 1.3 Performance evaluation
- 1.4 Current operational and conceptual hydrogen liquefaction processes
- 1.5 Recent advanced hydrogen liquefaction technologies
- 1.6 Future directions for H2 liquefaction process
- References
- Chapter two. Challenges and potential solutions of liquid hydrogen technologies
- Abstract
- 2.1 Challenges and potential solutions of liquid hydrogen technologies
- 2.2 Liquid hydrogen storage: current status, challenges, and potential solutions
- 2.3 Liquid hydrogen transportation and distribution: current status, challenges, and potential solutions
- 2.4 Liquid hydrogen applications: current status, challenges, and potential solutions
- References
- Chapter three. Design and selection of refrigerants used in liquid hydrogen plants
- Abstract
- 3.1 Design and selection of refrigerants used in liquid hydrogen plants
- 3.2 Systematic thermodynamic approaches for the selection and design of cryogenic refrigerants
- 3.3 Discussion and comparison
- 3.4 Reliability, compatibility, and safety assessments of the cryogenic refrigerants
- 3.5 Environmental impacts of cryogenic refrigerants
- 3.6 Summary
- References
- Chapter four. Energy and exergy analyses of liquid hydrogen cycles
- Abstract
- Nomenclature
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Energy and exergy models of the liquid hydrogen system
- 4.3 Case study example
- 4.4 Case study results and discussion
- 4.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter five. Economic and environmental assessment of liquid hydrogen plants
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Economic analysis
- 5.3 Environmental analysis
- 5.4 Case study
- 5.5 Case study results and discussion
- 5.6 Summary
- References
- Chapter six. Optimization of hydrogen liquefaction processes
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction to the optimization analysis
- 6.2 Optimization methodologies for H2 liquefaction systems
- 6.3 Objective function(s) and constraints
- 6.4 Case study 1: Optimizing the Mr composition
- 6.5 Case study 2: optimizing the operating conditions of the SMR-HPP
- 6.6 Summary
- References
- Chapter seven. Dynamic simulation of liquid hydrogen plants
- Abstract
- Nomenclature
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Dynamic simulation procedures
- 7.3 Equipment sizing
- 7.4 Control scheme configuration
- 7.5 Case study 1: dynamic simulation of multistream cryogenic heat exchangers
- 7.6 Case study 2: dynamic simulation of centrifugal compressor unit
- 7.7 Future pathways
- 7.8 Summary
- References
- Chapter eight. Innovations and advances of hydrogen liquefaction processes
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Innovation and development approaches of liquid hydrogen processes
- 8.3 Case study: dual mixed refrigerant H2 liquefaction process
- 8.4 Case study results and discussion
- 8.5 Summary
- References
- Chapter nine. Hydrogen storage technologies
- Abstract
- Abbreviations
- 9.1 Introduction to hydrogen storage options
- 9.2 Storage of hydrogen as compressed gas
- 9.3 Storage of hydrogen as liquid hydrogen
- 9.4 Advances in hydrogen storage technologies
- 9.5 Techno-economic assessment of hydrogen storage and transportation
- 9.6 Boil-off gas management
- 9.7 Summary
- References
- Chapter ten. Liquid hydrogen distribution
- Abstract
- Nomenclature
- 10.1 Introduction to hydrogen transportation and distribution options
- 10.2 Applications and technologies related to liquid hydrogen transportation and distribution
- 10.3 Techno-economic evaluation of various pathways of hydrogen transportation and distribution
- 10.4 Challenges and solutions of liquid hydrogen transportation and distribution
- 10.5 Future directions
- 10.6 Summary
- References
- Chapter eleven. Liquid hydrogen safety and handling
- Abstract
- Nomenclature
- 11.1 Hazards of liquid hydrogen
- 11.2 Safety features of liquid hydrogen plants
- 11.3 Liquid hydrogen risk analysis and controls
- 11.4 Regulations, codes, and standards
- 11.5 Summary
- References
- Appendix
- Appendix A. Example of energy and exergy analyses for H2 precooling process using a single mixed-refrigerant loop
- Appendix B. Example of economic analyses for H2 precooling process using a single mixed-refrigerant loop
- Appendix C. Example of ortho-para hydrogen convertor in a single mixed-refrigerant loop
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 2, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 378
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443214387
- eBook ISBN: 9780443214370
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