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:
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Design 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.

1: Current and future hydrogen liquefaction technologies – Design and analysis

1.1 Introduction to the hydrogen economy

1.2 Hydrogen production, liquefaction, transportation, and distribution chain

1.3 Fundamentals of cryogenic liquefaction

1.4 Performance evaluation

1.4.1 Thermodynamic performance evaluation

1.4.2 Ortho-para hydrogen conversion

1.4.3 Composite curves

1.4.4 Economic evaluation

1.5 Current operational and conceptual hydrogen liquefaction processes

2.4.1 Operational hydrogen liquefaction plants

2.4.2 Conceptual hydrogen liquefaction processes

1.6 Recent advanced hydrogen liquefaction technologies

2.5.1 Improvement of hydrogen liquefaction processes and storage

2.5.2 Key components of hydrogen liquefaction processes

1.7 Future directions

2: Challenges and potential solutions of liquid hydrogen technologies

2.1 Current status of liquid hydrogen technologies

2.2 Challenges and potential solutions of the hydrogen liquefaction process

2.3 Challenges and potential solutions of liquid hydrogen storage

2.4 Challenges and potential solutions of liquid hydrogen distribution

2.5 Challenges and potential solutions of liquid hydrogen utilization

3: Design and selection of refrigerants used in LH2 plants

3.1 Introduction to the cryogenic refrigerants

3.2 Systematic thermodynamic approaches for the selection and design of cryogenic refrigerants

3.3 Reliability, compatibility, and safety assessments of the cryogenic refrigerants

3.4 Environmental impacts of cryogenic refrigerants

4: Energy and exergy analyses of LH2 cycles

4.1 Energy and exergy models of LH2 plant components

4.2 Energy analysis of various LH2 cycles

4.3 Exergy analyses of various LH2 cycles

4.4 Case study

5: Economic assessment of LH2 plants

5.1 Economic models of LH2 plant components

5.2 Capital costs of LH2 plants

5.3 Operational costs of LH2 plants

5.4 Economic analysis of LH2 plants

5.5 Case study

6: Enhancements and optimization of hydrogen liquefaction processes

6.1 Energy consumption reduction options for LH2 processes

6.2 Introduction to optimization analysis

6.3 Optimization analysis of LH2 processes

6.4 Case study

7: Dynamic simulation of LH2 plants

7.1 Introduction to the dynamic simulation methodology

7.2 Dynamic simulation models of LH2 plants

7.3 Control strategy and control logic

7.4 Case study

8: Innovations and advances of hydrogen liquefaction processes

8.1 Advances of LH2 plant components

8.2 Innovative LH2 processes

8.3 Integration of LH2 plants with other energy systems

8.4 Future trends

9: Hydrogen storage technologies

9.1 Introduction to hydrogen storage options

9.2 Hydrogen storage as compressed gas

9.3 Liquid hydrogen storage

9.4 Advances in liquid hydrogen storage technologies

9.5 Techno-economic assessment of liquid hydrogen storage

9.6 Boil-off gas management

9.7 Economics of LH2 storage

10: Liquid hydrogen distribution

10.1 Introduction to hydrogen distribution options

10.2 Practical applications and technologies related to liquid hydrogen distribution

10.3 Techno-economic assessment of liquid hydrogen distribution

10.4 Challenges and solutions of liquid hydrogen distribution

10.5 Future directions

11: Liquid hydrogen safety and handling

11.1 Hazards of liquid hydrogen

11.2 Safety features of LH2 plants

11.3 LH2 risk analysis and controls

11.4 Regulations and standards

Appendix A: Codes for precooling processes
Appendix B: Codes for economic analyses

Ahmad K. Sleiti

Dr. Ahmad K. Sleiti research is focused on energy systems and thermofluids, with special interest in cryogenic refrigeration, liquefaction of H2 and NG, turbomachinery, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, alternative energy, energy efficiency, CFD and experimental thermofluids. Dr. Sleiti obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Central Florida. He has authored over 135 peer-reviewed papers in journals and conference proceedings, 2 book chapters and 3 patents. Dr. Sleiti has over 30 years of experience in industry and academia as expert, tenured faculty member and consultant. Dr. Sleiti is currently a professor of mechanical engineering at Qatar University. Previously he held an assistant and associate professor positions at UNC, ERAU and UCF in USA from 2001 to 2015. He also worked as senior engineer, project manager and consultant for high-ranked engineering firms and R&D corporations (SIGMA, PENTA GROUP, BETA, Siemens Energy, Electrodynamics, ASHRAE and others).

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Wahib A. Al-Ammari

Wahib A. Al-Ammari is currently working as a research assistant in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at Qatar University. He obtained his BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology. Al-Ammari has authored 25 papers published in high-impact factor journal, 5 conference proceedings papers, and 1 provisional patent. Al-Ammari has over five years of experience as a researcher in the field of renewable and non-renewable energy systems with focus on the solar energy applications, supercritical carbon dioxide power plants, CO2 capture and transportation, and cryogenic refrigeration and liquefaction systems. He also worked as a lecturer (3 years) in non-government academies in Jordan, which present several training courses for graduate and undergraduate students.

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

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