TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrogen as an energy vector
AU - Abdin, Zainul
AU - Zafaranloo, Ali
AU - Rafiee, Ahmad
AU - Mérida, Walter
AU - Lipiński, Wojciech
AU - Khalilpour, Kaveh R.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Hydrogen is known as a technically viable and benign energy vector for applications ranging from the small-scale power supply in off-grid modes to large-scale chemical energy exports. However, with hydrogen being naturally unavailable in its pure form, traditionally reliant industries such as oil refining and fertilisers have sourced it through emission-intensive gasification and reforming of fossil fuels. Although the deployment of hydrogen as an alternative energy vector has long been discussed, it has not been realised because of the lack of low-cost hydrogen generation and conversion technologies. The recent tipping point in the cost of some renewable energy technologies such as wind and photovoltaics (PV) has mobilised continuing sustained interest in renewable hydrogen through water splitting. This paper presents a critical review of the current state of the arts of hydrogen supply chain as a forwarding energy vector, comprising its resources, generation and storage technologies, demand market, and economics.
AB - Hydrogen is known as a technically viable and benign energy vector for applications ranging from the small-scale power supply in off-grid modes to large-scale chemical energy exports. However, with hydrogen being naturally unavailable in its pure form, traditionally reliant industries such as oil refining and fertilisers have sourced it through emission-intensive gasification and reforming of fossil fuels. Although the deployment of hydrogen as an alternative energy vector has long been discussed, it has not been realised because of the lack of low-cost hydrogen generation and conversion technologies. The recent tipping point in the cost of some renewable energy technologies such as wind and photovoltaics (PV) has mobilised continuing sustained interest in renewable hydrogen through water splitting. This paper presents a critical review of the current state of the arts of hydrogen supply chain as a forwarding energy vector, comprising its resources, generation and storage technologies, demand market, and economics.
KW - Hydrogen carriers
KW - Hydrogen economy
KW - Hydrogen generation
KW - Hydrogen storage
KW - Hydrogen supply chain
KW - Renewable hydrogen
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076250408&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rser.2019.109620
DO - 10.1016/j.rser.2019.109620
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076250408
VL - 120
JO - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
JF - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
SN - 1364-0321
M1 - 109620
ER -