Power to Fuel
How to Speed Up a Hydrogen Economy

A collated resource and practical overview of Power-to-Fuel research and development

Giuseppe Spazzafumo (Edited by)

9780128228135

Paperback, published 3 June 2021

286 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.39 kg

Power to Fuel: How to Speed Up a Hydrogen Economy highlights how the surplus of electricity from renewable sources can be usefully accumulated thanks to hydrogen overcoming the obstacles that can prevent the final use of hydrogen on a large scale. The book includes an introduction and sections on the production of hydrogen, conversion of hydrogen into synthetic fuel, the power-to-fuel concept, and renewable energy source descriptions. The second and third levels are structured identically with a standalone approach that covers established and commercial pathways, emerging pathways, and cost analysis sections within each subject specific chapter, making the content easily referenced and applied.

Readers will find details on the state-of-the-art and emerging technologies of various power to fuels options suitable for different final uses of the stored energy, as well as figures and diagrams that illustrate and compare the different processes. The book contains examples of existing plants and pilot projects that will be useful for academics dealing with renewable energies and energy storage.

1. Introduction: the power-to-fuel concept
Daniele Candelaresi and Giuseppe Spazzafumo
2. Low-temperature water electrolysis
Kingsley Onyebuchi Obodo, Cecil Naphtaly Moro Ouma and Dmitri Bessarabov
3. High-temperature electrolysis and co-electrolysis
Haoran Xu and Meng Ni
4. Power to methane
Eleonora Bargiacchi, Daniele Candelaresi and Giuseppe Spazzafumo
5. Power to methanol
Daniele Candelaresi and Giuseppe Spazzafumo
6. Power-to-DME: a cornerstone towards a sustainable energy system
Malte Semmel, Ramy E. Ali, Mohamed Ouda, Achim Schaadt, Jo¨rg Sauer and Christopher Hebling
7. Power to ammonia and urea
Andra´s Perl
8. Power to formic acid
Sudipta Chatterjee, Indranil Dutta and Kuo-Wei Huang
9. Power-to-Fuel existing plants and pilot projects
Eleonora Bargiacchi
10. Power-to-fuel potential market
Daniele Candelaresi and Giuseppe Spazzafumo

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]