The Romanian Hydrogen Energy Association will launch on April 10, from 1 p.m., at the Senate Hall of the Politehnica University of Bucharest, the volume “Hydrogen and sustainable energy”, to be published by the Didactic and Pedagogical Publishing House under the signature of the authors Ioan Iordache, Lăcrămioara Diana Robescu, Diana Mariana Cocârță and Ana-Maria Velcea.
The book presents various aspects related to the production, use and economics of hydrogen. The work is particularly comprehensive, detailing both technical aspects of immediate interest and the European context in which this topic appears and develops. It is absolutely obvious that the feasibility of the hydrogen economy requires the transition from a demonstration-scale to a real one, and this can be done through large projects that encompass an entire economic ecosystem, a concept known as “Hydrogen Valley”. The various scenarios that will be designed depend to a large extent on the quality of the human resources involved, and this book aims to contribute to this endeavor as well.
In the preface signed by Prof. Univ. Dr. Eng. Adrian Badea, the first forms of hydrogen use in Romania, since the beginning of the 19th century, are briefly presented. “The environmental problems that arose as a result of the industrial revolution and globalization began to make both scientists and decision-makers of the countries of the world aware of the need for a new energy vector alongside electricity. This is hydrogen, the two vectors being able to transform into one another: hydrogen is produced by the electrolysis of water, and electricity can be produced from hydrogen in fuel cells”, emphasizes Prof. Univ. Dr. Eng. Adrian Badea. “With the development of renewable energy sources comes the need to store electricity, one of the most promising solutions being through hydrogen”, he continues, noting that the volume’s authors “want to convince that new technologies such as hydrogen are needed to act in new situations”.
In the introduction, the authors note that the work is intended to be “a useful tool in outlining correct images of context libraries specific to national, European and international situations”.
“The natural gas energy community agrees that renewables, through their intermittency, represent an additional chance and a new option for a synergy between the natural gas grid and hydrogen,” the authors add. The book presents various aspects related to the production, use and economy of hydrogen, detailing certain technical aspects of immediate interest, and some parts refer to the European context in which this subject appears and develops. It is absolutely obvious that the feasibility of the hydrogen economy requires moving from a demonstration-scale to a real one, and this can be done through large projects that encompass an entire economic ecosystem, a concept known as the Hydrogen Valley.
The various scenarios that can be conceived in the future depend to a large extent on the quality of the human resource involved, and this book is hoped to contribute to this endeavor.”
Content
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. General notions regarding energy vectors
Chapter 2. Hydrogen – energy vector for the future
Chapter 3. Hydrogen production methods
Chapter 4. Development of an efficient infrastructure for hydrogen
Chapter 5. Hydrogen economy for sustainable development
Bibliography
The book appeared as a result of the efforts made by the experts from the Faculty of Energy of the POLITEHNICA University in Bucharest and the collaborators from ICSI Râmnicu-Vâlcea by participating in the project Teaching Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Science and Engineering Across Europe within Horizon 2020 – TeacHy.
The authors thank the financial support provided by the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking, grant no. 779730.
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