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Hydrogen Safety As A Fuel
Hydrogen is a medium for storing energy, otherwise known as an energy carrier. All energy carriers and fuels, such as gasoline and natural gas, have the characteristic of being volatile (containing potential energy). Hydrogen’s benefits and disadvantages differ from the … Continue reading
Hydrogen Production
Hydrogen can be produced in large central plants located as far as several hundred miles from the point of end-use; in smaller, semi-central plants within 20-100 miles of the point of end-use; or in small “distributed generation” facilities located very … Continue reading
Hydrogen Delivery Methods
Infrastructure is required to move hydrogen from the location where it is produced to the dispenser at a refueling station or stationary power site. Options and trade-offs for hydrogen delivery from central, semi-central, and distributed production facilities to the point … Continue reading
Hydrogen Pipelines
There are approximately 700 miles of hydrogen pipelines currently operating in the United States (compared to more than one million miles of natural gas pipelines nationwide). Owned by merchant hydrogen producers, these pipelines are located where large hydrogen refineries and … Continue reading
Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Fuel cells directly convert the chemical energy in hydrogen to electricity and some heat. Inside a fuel cell, hydrogen electrochemically combines with oxygen (from the air) to create electricity, with pure water and potentially useful heat as the only by-products.
Hydrogen Sensors
The Hydrogen Industry often uses hydrogen sensors to help detect hydrogen leaks and has maintained a high safety record using them for decades. By comparison, natural gas is also odorless, colorless, and tasteless, but industry adds a sulfur-containing odorant to … Continue reading
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Hydrogen Safety
The United States currently produces and safely uses more than nine million metric tons of hydrogen each year, but primarily in a controlled industrial environment. Codes and standards applicable to hydrogen technologies, as well as information on the unique characteristics … Continue reading