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1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- Origin of the Study -- Department of Energy Offices Involved in Work on Hydrogen -- Scope, Organization, and Focus of This Report -- 2 A Framework for Thinking About the Hydrogen Economy -- Overview of National Energy Supply and Use -- Energy Transitions -- Motivation and Policy Context: Public Benefits of a Hydrogen Energy System -- Scope of the Transition to a Hydrogen Energy System -- Competitive Challenges -- Energy Use in the Transportation Sector -- Four Pivotal Questions -- 3 The Demand Side: Hydrogen End-Use Technologies -- Transportation -- Stationary Power: Utilities and Residential Uses -- Industrial Sector -- Summary of Research, Development, and Demonstration Challenges for Fuel Cells -- Findings and Recommendations -- 4 Transportation, Distribution, and Storage of Hydrogen -- Introduction -- Molecular Hydrogen as Fuel -- The Department of Energy's Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Plan -- Findings and Recommendations -- 5 Supply Chains for Hydrogen and Estimated Costs of Hydrogen Supply -- Hydrogen Production Pathways -- Consideration of Hydrogen Program Goals -- Cost Estimation Methods -- Unit Cost Estimates: Current and Possible Future Technologies -- Comparisons of Current and Future Technology Costs -- Unit Atmospheric Carbon Releases: Current and Possible Future Technologies -- Well-to-Wheels Energy-Use Estimates -- Findings -- 6 Implications of a Transition to Hydrogen in Vehicles for the U.S. Energy System -- Hydrogen for Light-Duty Passenger Cars and Trucks: A Vision of the Penetration of Hydrogen Technologies -- Carbon Dioxide Emissions as Estimated in the Committee's Vision -- Some Energy Security Impacts of the Committee's Vision -- Other Domestic Resource Impacts Based on the Committee's Vision -- Impacts of the Committee's Vision for Total Fuel Costs for Light-Duty Vehicles -- Summary -- Findings -- 7 Carbon Capture and Storage -- The Rationale of Carbon Capture and Storage from Hydrogen Production -- Findings and Recommendations -- 8 Hydrogen Production Technologies -- Hydrogen from Natural Gas -- Hydrogen from Coal -- Hydrogen from Nuclear Energy -- Hydrogen from Electrolysis -- Hydrogen Produced from Wind Energy -- Hydrogen Production from Biomass and by Photobiological Processes -- Hydrogen from Solar Energy -- 9 Crosscutting Issues -- Program Management and Systems Analysis -- Hydrogen Safety -- Exploratory Research -- International Partnerships -- Study of Environmental Impacts -- Department of Energy Program -- 10 Major Messages of This Report -- Basic Conclusions -- Major Recommendations -- References -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Biographies of Committee Members -- Appendix B Letter Report -- Appendix C DOE Hydrogen Program Budget -- Appendix D Presentations and Committee Meetings -- Appendix E Spreadsheet Data from Hydrogen Supply Chain Cost Analyses -- Appendix F U.S. Energy Systems -- Appendix G Hydrogen Production Technologies: Additional Discussion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hydrogen as fuel.
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Hydrogen as fuel. |
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Hydrogen as fuel -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Hydrogen as fuel -- Economic aspects. |
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United States. |
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Globalization.
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Globalization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Alternatives and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use.
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National Academy of Engineering.
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hydrogen economy. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2004 0309091632 0309530687 (DLC) 2004108605 (OCoLC)56124274 |
| ISBN |
0309530687 (electronic book) |
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9780309530682 (electronic book) |
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0309091632 (paperback) |
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9780309091633 (paperback) |
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