Clean Hydrogen for Decarbonizing Energy Sector
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 5853
Special Issue Editors
Interests: gasification; pyrolysis; combustion; syngas; hydrogen; fischer-tropsch synthesis; waste to energy
Interests: fuel cells; batteries; hydrogen; fire safety; numerical modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is one of the critical challenges of the 21st Century. Combustion of fossil fuels are the main source of greenhouse gases (GHGs). At present, hydrogen is produced primarily from catalytic steam methane reforming (SRM) and coal gasification processes. Both of these processes lead to GHG emissions. Zero-carbon hydrogen is observed as a promising fuel to decarbonize energy, transportation, industry, and agricultural sectors which account for more than 80% of the global GHG emissions. To meet the rising demands of global hydrogen economy, the emphasis has been on producing carbon-neutral or carbon-negative hydrogen at a low cost.
The carbon-neutral or carbon-negative hydrogen production pathways are in the early stages of development. The potential pathways are thermochemical conversion of waste, such as biomass, coal, MSW, and plastics waste, electrochemical water splitting, and microbial fermentation of biomass.
The overall focus of this Special Issue is zero-carbon and low-cost hydrogen production for decarbonizing energy, transportation, power, and agricultural sectors. The scope mainly includes hydrogen production through gasification of biomass and waste resources, electrochemical water splitting, and microbial fermentation of biomass.
This Special Issue is looking to publish review, experimental, modeling, and simulation research papers on the following topics:
- Gasification of waste resources;
- Co-gasification of coal and biomass;
- Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis;
- Alkaline and Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis;
- Solid Oxide Water Electrolysis;
- Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.
Dr. Prakashbhai R. Bhoi
Dr. Hayri Sezer
Dr. Shijin P. Kozhumal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- decarbonization
- zero-carbon hydrogen
- gasification
- electrolysis
- biomass
- waste resources
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