Hydrogen Production, Transportation, Storage, and Utilization : Theoretical and Practical Aspects

Hydrogen Production, Transportation, Storage, and Utilization: Theoretical and Practical Aspects is a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of hydrogen as an energy vector. This book presents upstream, midstream, and downstream aspects and, at each stage, explains the concepts, methods, applications, and economics to provide a broad understanding of hydrogen energy.

This book explains each of the key aspects of hydrogen energy in dedicated chapters, guiding readers through the fundamentals of hydrogen as an energy vector to economic, safety, and environmental considerations. Chapter 1 explores energy storage technologies, highlighting hydrogen’s role as a clean, versatile energy carrier alongside electrochemical batteries and thermal energy storage. Chapter 2 analyzes the methods for hydrogen production and provides a review of the fundamental, technological, and environmental aspects of these methods. Chapters 3 and 4 examine the physical, chemical, and material methods for hydrogen storage, explaining the underlying theory, concepts, and mechanisms, and critically analyzing the challenges and opportunities. Chapter 5 explores the downstream aspects of hydrogen in transportation, power generation, energy supply in industry, and as a feedstock in refineries and the chemical industry. Chapter 6 builds on the previous chapters to provide a roadmap to the utilization of hydrogen energy, such as site evaluation and monitoring, and is supported by two case studies for hydrogen production and its storage by physical and chemical methods. Finally, Chapter 7 addresses the economic, safety, and environmental aspects of hydrogen supply chain alongside a well-to-wheel analysis.

This book offers readers an invaluable introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of hydrogen energy for students, researchers, and professional engineers and will be of interest to anyone seeking a broad introduction to the topic of hydrogen energy.

Dr. Sohrab Zendehboudi is a Professor in the Department of Process Engineering at Memorial University (MUN), NL, Canada, and a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. His research interests include Energy and Environment, Transport Phenomena, and Process Systems Engineering. Dr. Zendehboudi leads a team of engineers and graduate students at MUN conducting research in carbon management, energy, and process sustainability. With nearly 20 years of experience, Dr. Zendehboudi has worked as a process engineer, researcher, instructor, supervisor, and professor at various institutions in Iran, Kuwait, the USA, and Canada. He is currently an associate editor for several journals, including the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering and Energies. Dr. Zendehboudi holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering (specializing in Transport Phenomena) from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Dr. Bahram Ghorbani is an Associate Professor at Amol University of Special Modern Technologies in Mazandaran, Iran, focusing on hydrogen production, transportation, storage, and utilization. He joined the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University in 2023. His research covers experimental and hybrid modeling investigations of hydrogen production and storage processes. Dr. Ghorbani has worked as an energy engineer, researcher, supervisor, and professor at institutions in Iran and Canada. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Energy Conversion) from K.N. Toosi University of Technology. Dr. Ghorbani specializes in sustainable energy technologies, with a focus on energy storage, hydrogen energy, carbon management, and electrochemical energy systems. His research aims to create solutions to current energy challenges that are socially beneficial, economically and technically feasible, and environmentally sustainable.