Recent Progress on Hydrogen Storage and Production Using Chemical Hydrogen Carriers
Depleting fossil fuel resources and anthropogenic climate changes are the reasons for the intensive development of new, sustainable technologies based on renewable energy sources. One of the most promising strategies is the utilization of hydrogen as an energy vector. However, the limiting issue for...
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| author | Ewelina Pawelczyk Natalia Łukasik Izabela Wysocka Andrzej Rogala Jacek Gębicki |
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| description | Depleting fossil fuel resources and anthropogenic climate changes are the reasons for the intensive development of new, sustainable technologies based on renewable energy sources. One of the most promising strategies is the utilization of hydrogen as an energy vector. However, the limiting issue for large-scale commercialization of hydrogen technologies is a safe, efficient, and economical method of gas storage. In industrial practice, hydrogen compression and liquefaction are currently applied; however, due to the required high pressure (30–70 MPa) and low temperature (−253 °C), both these methods are intensively energy consuming. Chemical hydrogen storage is a promising alternative as it offers safe storage of hydrogen-rich compounds under ambient conditions. Although many compounds serving as hydrogen carriers are considered, some of them do not have realistic perspectives for large-scale commercialization. In this review, the three most technologically advanced hydrogen carriers—dimethyl ether, methanol, and dibenzyltoluene—are discussed and compared. Their potential for industrial application in relation to the energy storage, transport, and mobility sectors is analyzed, taking into account technological and environmental aspects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-994729a4ba114583b0f9a67aee9ea7912023-12-01T22:05:53ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-07-011514496410.3390/en15144964Recent Progress on Hydrogen Storage and Production Using Chemical Hydrogen CarriersEwelina Pawelczyk0Natalia Łukasik1Izabela Wysocka2Andrzej Rogala3Jacek Gębicki4Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandDepartment of Chemistry and Technology of Functional Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandDepartment of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandDepartment of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandDepartment of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Street, 80-233 Gdańsk, PolandDepleting fossil fuel resources and anthropogenic climate changes are the reasons for the intensive development of new, sustainable technologies based on renewable energy sources. One of the most promising strategies is the utilization of hydrogen as an energy vector. However, the limiting issue for large-scale commercialization of hydrogen technologies is a safe, efficient, and economical method of gas storage. In industrial practice, hydrogen compression and liquefaction are currently applied; however, due to the required high pressure (30–70 MPa) and low temperature (−253 °C), both these methods are intensively energy consuming. Chemical hydrogen storage is a promising alternative as it offers safe storage of hydrogen-rich compounds under ambient conditions. Although many compounds serving as hydrogen carriers are considered, some of them do not have realistic perspectives for large-scale commercialization. In this review, the three most technologically advanced hydrogen carriers—dimethyl ether, methanol, and dibenzyltoluene—are discussed and compared. Their potential for industrial application in relation to the energy storage, transport, and mobility sectors is analyzed, taking into account technological and environmental aspects.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/14/4964hydrogen storagemethanoldimethyl etherdibenzyltolueneorganic hydrogen carrierschemical storage |
| spellingShingle | Ewelina Pawelczyk Natalia Łukasik Izabela Wysocka Andrzej Rogala Jacek Gębicki Recent Progress on Hydrogen Storage and Production Using Chemical Hydrogen Carriers Energies hydrogen storage methanol dimethyl ether dibenzyltoluene organic hydrogen carriers chemical storage |
| title | Recent Progress on Hydrogen Storage and Production Using Chemical Hydrogen Carriers |
| title_full | Recent Progress on Hydrogen Storage and Production Using Chemical Hydrogen Carriers |
| title_fullStr | Recent Progress on Hydrogen Storage and Production Using Chemical Hydrogen Carriers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent Progress on Hydrogen Storage and Production Using Chemical Hydrogen Carriers |
| title_short | Recent Progress on Hydrogen Storage and Production Using Chemical Hydrogen Carriers |
| title_sort | recent progress on hydrogen storage and production using chemical hydrogen carriers |
| topic | hydrogen storage methanol dimethyl ether dibenzyltoluene organic hydrogen carriers chemical storage |
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