Hydrogen as an Energy Vector: Present and Future

Sustaining Tomorrow via Innovative Engineering, pp. 83-129 (2021) No AccessCHAPTER 3: Hydrogen as an Energy Vector: Present and FutureIsabel Amez Arenillas, Marcelo F. Ortega, Javier García Torrent and Bernardo Llamas MoyaIsabel Amez ArenillasUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Marcelo F. OrtegaUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Javier García TorrentUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain and Bernardo Llamas MoyaUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spainhttps://doi.org/10.1142/9789811228032_0003Cited by:0 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Abstract: The energy sector is undergoing a transformation, from fossil fuels to renewable sources. The expansion of these latest technologies is usually based on sources such as wind or photovoltaic. Therefore, the need arises to search for energy storage processes, to decouple production from demand. Moreover, intermittent renewable energies are unpredictable. Hydrogen technology emerges as one of the most promising option to store huge amount of energy (necessary to manage electricity network). Hydrogen is not a renewable resource, although it can be produced by renewable energy sources like solar energy, wind energy, and hydropower. Therefore, this chapter aims to review the four squares of hydrogen implementation in order to evaluate the state of the art, resulting in a proposal for a storage system able to connect the main cornerstones of hydrogen. Moreover, the proposed system tries to overcome the current barriers that delimit the use of renewable energies. Keywords: Hydrogenhydrogen storagehydrogen productionelectrolysishydrogen mixtures FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Sustaining Tomorrow via Innovative EngineeringMetrics History KeywordsHydrogenhydrogen storagehydrogen productionelectrolysishydrogen mixturesPDF download