Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrogen Fuel Production, Storage and Utilization

Dear Colleagues,

The focus on sustainable growth and development in recent years has been intense, and rightly so. The impacts of global warming and the ongoing climate crisis are important aspects of sustainable development.

Fortunately, the research, policies, popular sentiment, and industrial progress all acknowledge and drive the push for sustainable development. There is currently a great deal of attention being given to hydrogen as a clean carbon-free fuel source. Hydrogen is vital to our energy and chemicals industry space as well, and strategies are being built to generate hydrogen using clean technologies. There are also efforts to develop the hydrogen economy and infrastructure with clean resources in a net-zero emissions context.

This Special Issue serves as a platform to host research and develop a comprehensive collection of works related to sustainability analyses of hydrogen fuel production, storage, and utilization. The Issue welcomes all works relating to life cycle assessment, life cycle cost analysis and environmental profile development for hydrogen production methods, both pioneering new production technologies at the pilot or bench scale as well those relating to large-scale big data sets. Any aspect of production, storage and utilization or their combination thereof is appreciated.

We invite works addressing life cycle analysis for hydrogen application in a variety of fields, such as refinery, chemicals, nuclear and metallurgy, among others. Similarly, singular works providing insights into infrastructure, logistics and storage are also welcome in this Special Issue.

The authors are welcome to reach out with their submissions on any of the topics or others that may be suitable for the theme.

We look forward to producing a wholesome catalog of work and enabling the dynamic exchange of knowledge.

Dr. Adarsh Bafana
Dr. Shishir Vaibhav Kumar
Guest Editors

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• hydrogen
• life cycle emissions
• environmental impact assessment
• life cycle cost analysis