Hydrogen Technology Mobile and Portable Applications
This book presents the current state of the hydrogen economy with the focus on applications in the automotive technology and industry - Where are we in the implementation of hydrogen economy? What are the perspectives? Which are the directions to develop
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Aline L´eon (Ed.)
Hydrogen Technology Mobile and Portable Applications
With 322 Figures and 50 Tables
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Editor Dr. Aline L´eon Institut f¨ur Nanotechnologie Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe D - 76021 Karlsruhe Germany [email protected]
ISBN: 978-3-540-79027-3
e-ISBN: 978-3-540-69925-5
Springer Series in Green Energy and Technology ISSN 1865-3529 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008930266 c 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
Our thoughts go to the memory of Prof. Tapan Bose who passed away during the publication process
Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge Prof. Hahn for his advice and support to realize this project with Springer. Thanks are also due to Dr. Christoph Baumann from Springer for his support. I would like to thank all the authors for their participation, contribution, and effort in the achievement of this project. My deep gratitude goes to Dr. Oliver Kircher and Prof. Jacques Huot for their comments, suggestions, and help in the realization of this book. I thank Dr. J´erˆome Perrin for his advice to include the portable application. Enormous thanks go to Ms. Maike Schroeder for her help in improving the linguistic quality of all the manuscripts. I would like also to thank Emile and S´ebastien for their help. Last, but not least, a special thank goes to Andreas for his support and help in finishing this book.
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aline L´eon
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Part I Hydrogen Cycle 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Aline L´eon
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Hydrogen Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Stanko Hoˇcevar and William Summers
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Hydrogen Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Aline L´eon
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Hydrogen Transport and Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Mathilde Weber and J´erˆome Perrin
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Fuel Cells . . .
