Saturday, July 25, 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009

State-of-the-Art Hydrogen Production


At the moment, all technologies are using either a reformer (reformation of natural gas, methanol and other hydrocarbons, gasification of coal, partial oxidation of heavy crude oil) or an electrolyser (electrolytic hydrogen from hydropower, hydrogen from nuclear energy) in order to provide hydrogen for fuel cells which then produce electricity for different kind of applications. However, this technology can not be called CO2 free, as CO2 is released from the fossil or nuclear fuels during the process. (Source: Own Research)