A review of hydrogen applications: Technical and economic aspects

Author

Petrecca, G. ; Decarli, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Energy, Univ. of Pavia, Pavia

fYear

2008

fDate

5-7 May 2008

Firstpage

658

Lastpage

662

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the economic and technical aspects related to the use of hydrogen, particularly in fuel cells, focusing on both energy and environmental impacts as decisional factors. The study has examined the overall chain, from hydrogen production (mainly through electrolysis and gas reforming) to electric energy production, in order to point out energy efficiency and energy costs of the different phases of the chain. A range of fuel cells from few to thousands of kW of electric power has been considered.

Keywords

fuel cells; hydrogen economy; power generation economics; decisional factors; economic aspects; electric energy production; electrolysis; energy costs; energy efficiency; environmental impacts; fuel cells; gas reforming; hydrogen production; Biomembranes; Costs; Electrochemical processes; Environmental economics; Fuel cells; Fuel economy; Hydrogen; Power generation economics; Production; Temperature; cogeneration; energy conversion; energy storage; environmental factors; fuel cells; hydrogen; power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrotechnical Conference, 2008. MELECON 2008. The 14th IEEE Mediterranean

Conference_Location

Ajaccio

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1632-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1633-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2008.4618510

Filename

4618510