Compendium of Hydrogen Energy: Hydrogen Energy Conversion

Compendium of Hydrogen Energy: Hydrogen Energy Conversion, Volume Three is the third part of a four volume series and focuses on the methods of converting stored hydrogen into useful energy. The other three volumes focus on hydrogen production and purification; hydrogen storage and transmission; and hydrogen use, safety, and the hydrogen economy, respectively.

Many experts believe that, in time, the hydrogen economy will replace the fossil fuel economy as the primary source of energy. Once hydrogen has been produced and stored, it can then be converted via fuel cells or internal combustion engines into useful energy.

This volume highlights how different fuel cells and hydrogen-fueled combustion engines and turbines work. The first part of the volume investigates various types of hydrogen fuel cells, including solid oxide, molten carbonate, and proton exchange membrane. The second part looks at hydrogen combustion energy, and the final section explores the use of metal hydrides in hydrogen energy conversion.

Highlights how different fuel cells and hydrogen-fueled combustion engines and turbines workFeatures input written by leading academics in the field of sustainable energy and experts from the world of industryExamines various types of hydrogen fuel cells, including solid oxide, molten carbonate, and proton exchange membranePresents part of a very comprehensive compendium which, across four volumes, looks at the entirety of the hydrogen energy economy

Part I: Fuel cells

1. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Bruno G. Pollet, Alejandro A. Franco, Su Huaneng, Huagen Liang and Sivakumar Pasupathi

2. Phosphoric acid fuel cells

Raghuathan Rengasamy, Deepa Elizabeth Eapen and S. R. Suseendiran

3. Molten carbonate fuel cells

Michel Cassir, Arturo Meléndez-Ceballos, Armelle Ringuedé and Virginie Lair

4. Solid oxide fuel cells

Massimiliano Lo Faro, Stefano Trocino, Sabrina Campagna Zignani and Antonino S. Aricò

5. Reversible fuel cells

Van Nhu Nguyen and Ludger Blum

6. Microbial and enzymatic fuel cells

Gaetano Squadrito and Pierangela Cristiani

Part II: Hydrogen combustion and metal hydride batteries

7. Hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engines

L.M. Das

8. Blended-hydrogen-natural gas-fueled internal combustion engines and fueling infrastructure

Joel R. Anstrom and Kirk Collier

9. Optical diagnostics for the analysis of hydrogen-methane blend combustion in internal combustion engines

Silvana Di Iorio, B. M. Vaglieco and P. Sementa

10. Catalytic combustion of hydrogen for heat production

Jacques Saint-Just and Shahrokh Etemad

11. Nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries

Kwo Young