Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Leo Hudson, M. Sterlin
• Dubey, P.K.
• Pukazhselvan, D.
• Pandey, Sunil Kumar
• Singh, Rajesh Kumar
• Raghubanshi, Himanshu
• Shahi, Rohit. R.
• Srivastava, O.N.

Titel

Hydrogen energy in changing environmental scenario: Indian context

Ist Teil von

• International journal of hydrogen energy, 2009-09, Vol.34 (17), p.7358-7367

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper deals with how the Hydrogen Energy may play a crucial role in taking care of the environmental scenario/climate change. The R&D efforts, at the Hydrogen Energy Center, Banaras Hindu University have been described and discussed to elucidate that hydrogen is the best option for taking care of the environmental/climate changes. All three important ingredients for hydrogen economy, i.e., production, storage and application of hydrogen have been dealt with. As regards hydrogen production, solar routes consisting of photoelectrochemical electrolysis of water have been described and discussed. Nanostructured TiO 2 films used as photoanodes have been synthesized through hydrolysis of Ti[OCH(CH 3) 2] 4. Modular designs of TiO 2 photoelectrode-based PEC cells have been fabricated to get high hydrogen production rate (∼10.35 lh −1 m −2). However, hydrogen storage is a key issue in the success and realization of hydrogen technology and economy. Metal hydrides are the promising candidates due to their safety advantage with high volume efficient storage capacity for on-board applications. As regards storage, we have discussed the storage of hydrogen in intermetallics as well as lightweight complex hydride systems. For intermetallic systems, we have dealt with material tailoring of LaNi 5 through Fe substitution. The La(Ni l − x Fe x ) 5 ( x = 0.16) has been found to yield a high storage capacity of ∼2.40 wt%. We have also discussed how CNT admixing helps to improve the hydrogen desorption rate of NaAlH 4. CNT (8 mol%) admixed NaAlH 4 is found to be optimum for faster desorption (∼3.3 wt% H 2 within 2 h). From an applications point of view, we have focused on the use of hydrogen (stored in intermetallic La–Ni–Fe system) as fuel for Internal Combustion (IC) engine-based vehicular transport, particularly two and three-wheelers. It is shown that hydrogen used as a fuel is the most effective alternative fuel for circumventing climate change.