(Sec. 812) Directs the Secretary to prepare a detailed roadmap for implementing solar and wind energy technologies and associated recommendations, including the establishment of five projects in geographically diverse areas to demonstrate
hydrogen production at existing solar and wind energy facilities.
Not exact matches
Researchers are proposing a new «hydricity» concept aimed
at creating a sustainable economy by not only generating electricity with solar energy but also producing and storing
hydrogen from superheated water for round - the - clock power
production.
Hydrogen seems to be an excellent and clean energy vector, and catalysis is expected to be at the core of the new developing technologies for the production, storage, and burning of hydrogen in fue
Hydrogen seems to be an excellent and clean energy vector, and catalysis is expected to be
at the core of the new developing technologies for the
production, storage, and burning of
hydrogen in fue
hydrogen in fuel cells.
One option is to truck it in from centralized
production facilities located primarily along the Gulf Coast, where
hydrogen is used
at oil refineries to desulfurize fuels.
Graphene doped with nitrogen and augmented with cobalt atoms has proven to be an effective, durable catalyst for the
production of
hydrogen from water, according to scientists
at Rice University.
Cobalt atoms shine in an electron microscope image of a new catalyst for
hydrogen production invented
at Rice University.
Previously developed techniques for generating
hydrogen from ethanol are best suited to large - scale
production at specialized facilities, however, because they require external sources of heat.
Several companies are already using renewable sources of gas to make
hydrogen at large - scale steam - reformation facilities and on - site
production plants.
But César Torres, a chemical engineer
at Arizona State University, Tempe, suggests that the new technology isn't quite ready for full - scale
production of
hydrogen.
Process operation
at constant temperature may enhance the solar - thermal
production of
hydrogen from water.
In fact, fully 25 percent of global
hydrogen production is made by oil companies themselves
at refineries to improve the quality of crude oil.
Co-author Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas, from the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
at the University of Cambridge, said the work could be extended so that many of the liquid components of refined petroleum and inexpensive solid catalysts can pave the way for the generation of massive quantities of high - purity
hydrogen for other commercial uses, including CO2 - free energy
production.
«We have developed a new type of protective coating that enables a key process in the solar - driven
production of fuels to be performed with record efficiency, stability, and effectiveness, and in a system that is intrinsically safe and does not produce explosive mixtures of
hydrogen and oxygen,» says Nate Lewis, the George L. Argyros Professor and professor of chemistry
at Caltech and a coauthor of a new study, published the week of March 9 in the online issue of the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that describes the film.
A team of researchers
at MIT is developing an alternative that could provide similar protection for nuclear fuel, while reducing the risk of
hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold.
«Most scientists previously thought all
hydrogen production occurs only
at slow - spreading lithosphere, because this is where most serpentinized rocks are found.
In a paper to be published in an upcoming issue of Energy & Environmental Science, researchers
at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory describe details of a low - cost, stable, effective catalyst that could replace costly platinum in the
production of
hydrogen.
Advanced materials are essential in improving the overall system efficiency
at high
hydrogen production rates, reducing capital cost, and efficiently using renewable and industrial waste heats.
The scientists took the well - characterized nickel - based catalyst for
hydrogen production previously synthetized
at PNNL and built a dozen different versions by adding either a single synthetic amino acid or a dipeptide, consisting of two molecules.
Results: By grafting features analogous to those in Mother Nature's catalysts onto a synthetic catalyst, scientists
at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory created a
hydrogen production catalyst that is 40 % faster than the unmodified catalyst.
Connecticut - based FuelCell Energy (FCE) has applied for a prospective pathway for California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for the
production of
hydrogen fuel produced from biogas derived from the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge
at a publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
Often,
hydrogen power simply traded the emission of airborne carbon
at the consumer end for precisely the same emissions
at the
production end — hardly a great leap forward.
We report a synthetic nickel complex containing proton relays that catalyzes the
production of
hydrogen in aqueous acetonitrile with turnover frequencies of 750 - 170,000 / s
at experimentally determined overpotentials of 310 - 470 mV.
Both are aimed
at production of
hydrogen and other fuels from solar energy.
«Since the photoelectrochemical cell is built for the purpose of
hydrogen production and HMF oxidation simply replaces oxygen
production at the anode, in essence, no resources are used specifically for HMF oxidation,» says Choi.
Prescreening of candidate alloys for the
production process that will be exposed the harsh
hydrogen - rich environment
at elevated temperatures could be carried out using this suite of property / performance equipment that was designed for studies involving hydriding of nuclear fuel cladding.
In one sentence: Scientists
at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that a complex with a proton pathway and stabilized by outer coordination sphere interactions is reversible for
hydrogen production / oxidation
at room temperature and pressure.
Katie Randolph is a Technology Manager
at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Fuel Cell Technologies Office where she manages a wide range of
hydrogen production, delivery, and storage research and development projects.
This career has included tenures
at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sunpower Incorporated, the NASA Glenn Research Center, and the Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute, where his pioneering research in the field of photoelectrochemical
hydrogen production has earned world recognition.
She received her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering
at the University of Colorado, Boulder and did her Ph.D. work
at Colorado School of Mines focusing on in - depth experimental and modeling studies on high temperature pyrolysis of hydrocarbons and the effects of temperature and fuel structure on conversion,
hydrogen production, reactivity, and deposit formation under solid oxide fuel cell operating conditions.
The
Hydrogen Analysis (H2A) production models provide transparent reporting of detailed process design assumptions and a consistent cost analysis methodology for the production of hydrogen at central and distributed (forecourt / filling - station) fac
Hydrogen Analysis (H2A)
production models provide transparent reporting of detailed process design assumptions and a consistent cost analysis methodology for the
production of
hydrogen at central and distributed (forecourt / filling - station) fac
hydrogen at central and distributed (forecourt / filling - station) facilities.
The main hardware in the existing research infrastructure
at IFE Hynor is found in a process room for testing and development of high temperature
hydrogen production and solid oxide fuel cell technology (SOFC), including a Dual Bubbling Fluidized Bed reactor prototype (DBFB) for continuous
hydrogen production by sorption - enhanced reforming (SER) of methane with an integrated process for CO2 - capture.
While the current land speed record for a non-
production fuel - cell vehicle stands
at 286 mph, and the record for a
production - style
hydrogen vehicle is 207 mph, the Tucson is the fastest mass - produced vehicle.
At the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes - Benz has debuted a fuel cell variant of the GLC - Class compact crossover that previews an upcoming
production vehicle with plug - in capability, allowing owners to charge the car in addition to filling up with
hydrogen.
Mercedes GLC F - Cell, the first premium SUV and the first
production Benz powered by
hydrogen fuel cell technology, was launched
at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Toyota unveiling new
hydrogen fuel cell concept vehicle indicative of 2015
production model
at Tokyo Motor Show; Aqua hybrid and FT - EV III
Daimler is currently systematically preparing for series
production of the Mercedes - Benz GLC F - CELL; the company had shown preproduction models of the
hydrogen fuel cell SUV
at the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt last September (Earlier post.)
Like the
hydrogen - powered Aston
at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, the car is not destined for
production.
Honda is one of the few automakers working on getting a
Hydrogen vehicle into
production in the near future and their showing
at the LA Auto Show gives us a sneak peek
at what they have in...
There was plenty of great new metal to be seen
at the Detroit motor show: a brand new Mercedes - Benz E-Class, new
hydrogen technology from Audi and our first chance to see
production models such as the BMW M2 in the metal.
The Toyota FCV concept, showing what the four - door
hydrogen - fueled
production model that is scheduled to come out next year in the U.S. would look like, has been re-presented
at the 2014 Detroit Auto
Efficiencies of thermo - chemical
hydrogen production with electric co-generation are projected
at around 60 %.
In an effort to bring that vision to fruition, the Department of Energy (DOE) has launched «
Hydrogen at Scale,» or H2@Scale, an initiative that explores the potential for wide - scale hydrogen production and utilization in the United States to benefit many sectors of the
Hydrogen at Scale,» or H2@Scale, an initiative that explores the potential for wide - scale
hydrogen production and utilization in the United States to benefit many sectors of the
hydrogen production and utilization in the United States to benefit many sectors of the economy.
A new paper, presented
at the SolarPACES Annual Conference proposes using ceria particles not only as the redox reactant in
hydrogen production, but for also for heat transfer and storage.
The latter choice implies that a part of the wind power generated does not have time - urgent uses but may be converted (e.g. to
hydrogen)
at variable rates, leaving a base -
production of wind power sufficient to cover the time - urgent demands.»
The process lasts for,
at least, several days and the maximum rate of the
production of
hydrogen occurs during the first eight hours,» Kosourov said.
Researchers
at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have made advances toward affordable photoelectrochemical (PEC)
production of
hydrogen.
Scientists
at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recaptured the record for highest efficiency in solar
hydrogen production via a photoelectrochemical (PEC) water - splitting process.
Based on this analysis, the top three ways to reduce GHG emissions
at refineries processing heavier crude will be to (1) reduce the amount of
hydrogen consumed, (2) increase
hydrogen production efficiency (and / or lower GHG emissions intensity of
hydrogen production), and (3) capture CO2 from the most concentrated, highest volume sources (i.e., FCC and SMR).
Most advanced routes for solar
production of
hydrogen, syngas, and liquid fuels have been demonstrated
at pilot scale.
Incidentally, how would the net btu's / acre achieved by ethanol
production (if any) compare to the btu's / acre that could be achieved by using solar cells to electrolyze water during sun hours, then burning the
hydrogen and oxygen in a conventional steam plant 24/7
at a rate slightly less than the average rate of O2 / H2
production?