Tomorrow's energy : hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. An invisible, tasteless, colorless gas, it can be converted to nonpolluting, zero-emission, renewable energy. When burned in an internal combustion engine, hydrogen produces mostly harmless water vapor. It performs even better in fuel cells, whi...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts:
MIT Press,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Why Hydrogen? The grand picture
- 2. Hydrogen's discovery
- 3. History of hydrogen energy
- 4. Producing hydrogen from water, natural gas, and green plants
- 5. Primary energy
- 5. Terra transport
- 6. Fuel cells
- 8. Clean contrails
- 9. Hydrogen as utility gas
- 10. Nonenergy uses of hydrogen
- 11. Safety
- 12. Next fifty years