Title :
Life cycle analysis of the hydrogen production
Author :
Smitkova, Miroslava ; Janicek, Frantisek
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Power & Appl. Electr. Eng., FEI - Slovak Univ. of Technol., Bratislava, Slovakia
Abstract :
The paper deals with the hydrogen production and comparison of the impact of the different processes for hydrogen production via life cycle analysis. Four processes were evaluated and compare - two water splitting thermo-chemical cycles which use solar energy as a main energy source and two conventional processes for hydrogen production, pyrolysis and gasification. Main impact categories, which were evaluated, are human health, ecosystem quality, and the saving of primary energy resources.
Keywords :
chemical energy conversion; hydrogen production; pyrolysis; solar power; ecosystem quality; gasification; hydrogen production; life cycle analysis; primary energy resources; pyrolysis; solar energy; water splitting thermochemical cycles; Coal; Ecosystems; Hydrogen; Production; Silicon; Solar energy; enviroment; hydrogen; hydrogen production; life cycle analysis; water spliting thermo-chemical cycles;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Power Engineering (EPE), Proccedings of the 2014 15th International Scientific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brno
DOI :
10.1109/EPE.2014.6839433
