Renewable Hydrogen

Opportunities and Challenges in Commercial Success

1st Edition - June 12, 2024
Editors: Mohit Bibra, Rajesh Sani, Sudhir Kumar
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 3 7 9 - 5
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Renewable Hydrogen: Opportunities and Challenges in Commercial Success presents fundamental principles and the latest research and technological advances in renewable hydrogen commercialization. With commercial scenarios and case studies, the book offers practical guidance for the scale-up of hydrogen production and storage. Beginning with an introduction to alternative energy resources, Part 1 presents a deep dive into the chemical, biochemical and electrochemical processes of hydrogen production. Part 2 discusses hydrogen storage and transportation, with Part 3 reviewing the applications of hydrogen in the automobile, space and chemical industries. Finally, Part 4 considers future perspectives, including challenges and techno economics.

This book is an essential read for those seeking to understand how to successfully apply hydrogen production and storage research to an industrial scale.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
About the editors
Section 1. Hydrogen production
Chapter One. Hydrogen production from biomass by chemical processes
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Methods of hydrogen production
1.3. Recent advancements and research findings
1.4. Challenges and contaminations in hydrogen (H2) production
1.5. Industrial application considerations
1.6. Market insights
1.7. Technoeconomic analysis
1.8. Conclusion
Chapter two. Biohydrogen production by biological methods
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Hydrogen production by biological methods
2.3. Substrates for biohydrogen production
2.4. Reactors
2.5. Commercial-scale production
2.6. Conclusions
Chapter Three. Hydrogen production by electrochemical process
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Hydrogen production: Existing technologies and drawbacks
3.3. Advantages for opting electrochemical process
3.4. Electrochemical process setup
3.5. Process variables and their effect on hydrogen production
3.6. Technical challenges and future prospects
3.7. Conclusion
Chapter Four. Hydrogen production scale-up
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Evolution of hydrogen using a photocatalyst
4.3. Designing effective photocatalysts for solar H2 generation
4.4. Transformation of surface in semiconductor photocatalysts
4.5. Comparison of hydrogen production via photocatalysis
4.6. Conclusion
Section 2. Hydrogen storage and transportation
Chapter Five. Exploring the capabilities of solid-state systems as a means of storing hydrogen
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Various solid hydrogen storage systems
5.3. Applications of hydrogen storage systems and future perspective
Chapter Six. Hydrogen: Empowering sustainable transportation and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Hydrogen—as transportation fuel
6.3. Socioeconomic benefits of hydrogen transportation
6.4. Conclusion
Chapter Seven. Fuel cell: Applications and future prospects
7.1. Introduction
7.2. History of the fuel cell
7.3. Working principle
7.4. Types of fuel cell
7.5. Recent developments
7.6. Application of artificial intelligence in fuel cells
7.7. Challenges and future prospects
Section 3. Applications of hydrogen
Chapter Eight. Hydrogen in transportation
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Fuel cells
8.3. Use of hydrogen in transportation
8.4. Challenges in hydrogen fuel
8.5. Future perspectives
8.6. Conclusions
Chapter Nine. Renewable hydrogen opportunities and challenges
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Hydrogen production technologies
9.3. Renewable energy sources for hydrogen production
9.4. Hydrogen storage and transportation
9.5. Hydrogen utilization and applications
9.6. Economic and environmental aspects
9.7. Technological and research challenges
9.8. Global perspectives and market outlook
9.9. Conclusion and future directions
Chapter Ten. Hydrogen in the chemical industry
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Hydrogen production in the chemical industry
10.3. Gray, blue, and green H2 concepts
10.4. Hydrogen utilization in the chemical industry
10.5. Hydrogen storage and transportation
10.6. Hydrogen-related challenges and solutions
10.7. Current developments and outlook
Section 4. Opportunities and challenges
Chapter Eleven. Technoeconomic analysis of hydrogen production
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Technoeconomic analysis
11.3. Technoeconomic analysis of hydrogen production
11.4. Sensitivity analysis
11.5. Future perspectives
11.6. Conclusions
Chapter Twelve. Commercial-scale hydrogen production
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Commercially hydrogen producers
12.3. Commercial processes
12.4. Hydrogen product specification
12.5. Product storage, distribution, and transportation
12.6. Safety aspects
12.7. Future perspectives
12.8. Conclusions
Chapter Thirteen. Current status of renewable hydrogen production
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Transition to renewable energy
13.3. Policy support for hydrogen
13.4. Challenges
13.5. Future perspective
13.6. Conclusion
Index

Mohit Bibra

Dr. Mohit Bibra is working as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Zymergen Inc. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s (Hons. Science) degree in Microbiology from Panjab University, India. He then joined South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA and completed his doctorate in Chemical and Biological Engineering from there. His research interests centers around 6F’s- Future, Fermentation, Feed, Food, Fuel and Functional molecules. During his career so far he has worked in different positions with federal agencies including Department of Defense - Air Force Civil Engineer Center, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Governor Office of Economic Development South Dakota, Government of India and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, and private entities (e.g., Glaxo Smith Kline Ltd., Bayer Pharamceuticals, Green Biologics Ltd., and Prairie AquaTech LLC.) for developing fermentation based sustainable bioprocesses to meet the future demand of food, feed, fuel, and funtional molecules.

Affiliations and expertise

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Zymergen Inc.

Rajesh Sani

Dr. Sani is a Professor in the Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Chemistry, Biology, and Health Sciences at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD. In the past 16 years, Dr. Sani has taught 15 different courses (e.g., Biochemical Engineering, Extremophilic Bioprocessing, Biochemistry, and Applied Biological Sciences courses) to undergraduate and graduate students at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Washington State University, Pullman WA, and tried to integrate Engineering Sciences with Biological Sciences. His research expertise includes Rules of Life in Biofilms grown on 2D materials, Extremophilic Bioprocessing of Solid Wastes to Biofuels and Value-added Products, Space Biology, Genome Editing, Biocatalysis, and Biopolymers. He has one patent, eleven invention disclosures, published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in high impact factor journals, and has contributed to 34 book chapters. In addition, he has edited 10 books, and has been leading a research consortium funded by the NSF with the aid of 48 scientists and engineers.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA

Sudhir Kumar

Dr. Sudhir Kumar is currently working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.

He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s from Panjab University, Chandigarh. He then joined Thapar University, Patiala as a CSIR Fellow and completed his doctorate in Biotechnology. During Ph.D. his work was focused on bioremediation and biofuel production. He joined Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, USA as a postdoctoral research associate. His research work is focused on biofuels production from food and agricultural waste, bioleaching of precious metals from e-waste and industrial enzymes. He is actively involved in training and educating the students and general public to promote technology extension in the area of biogas from municipal solid waste and agricultural residues. He has worked on various sponsored research projects and at present is working as a PI in three projects with one of the projects focused on Biohydrogen production from Pine needles.

Affiliations and expertise

Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India