Hydrogen and Fuel Cell

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Hydrogen as a Strategic Secondary Energy Carrier

   • Thomas Hamacher

   Pages 1-20

3. The Role of Large-Scale Hydrogen Storage in the Power System

   • Christian Heilek, Philipp Kuhn, Maximilian Kühne

   Pages 21-37

4. Safe Use of Hydrogen

   • Ulrich Schmidtchen, Reinhold Wurster

   Pages 39-53

5. Automobile Application

   • Christian Mohrdieck, Massimo Venturi, Katrin Breitrück, Herbert Schulze

   Pages 55-105

6. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells: Mobile Application in Aviation

   • Andreas Westenberger

   Pages 107-125

7. Fuel Cells in the Energy Supply of Households

   • Thomas Badenhop

   Pages 127-144

8. Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

   • Hartmut Paul

   Pages 145-153

9. Safety-Relevant Application

   • Lars Frahm

   Pages 155-162

10. Portable Fuel Cells

    • Angelika Heinzel, Jens Wartmann, Georg Dura, Peter Helm

    Pages 163-171

11. Use of Conventional and Green Hydrogen in the Chemical Industry

    • Christoph Stiller, Henning Hochrinner

    Pages 173-186

12. Electrolytic Processes

    • Bernd Pitschak, Jürgen Mergel

    Pages 187-207

13. Development of Large Scale Electrolysis Systems: Necessity and Approach

    • Fred Farchmin

    Pages 209-222

14. Costs of Making Hydrogen Available in Supply Systems Based on Renewables

    • Thomas Grube, Bernd Höhlein

    Pages 223-237

15. Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

    • Ludwig Jörissen, Jürgen Garche

    Pages 239-281

This book introduces readers to hydrogen as an essential energy carrier for use with renewable sources of primary energy. It provides an overview of the state of the art, while also highlighting the developmental and market potential of hydrogen in the context of energy technologies; mobile, stationary and portable applications; uninterruptible power supplies and in the chemical industry. Written by experienced practitioners, the book addresses the needs of engineers, chemists and business managers, as well as graduate students and researchers.

• Conventional Hydrogen
• Energy Storage
• Fuel Cell
• Green Hydrogen
• Household Power Supplies
• Hydrogen
• Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel Cells (PEFCs)
• Portable Fuel Cells
• Renewable Energies
• Strategic Energy Carrier

• Berlin, Germany

  Johannes Töpler

• Stralsund, Germany

  Jochen Lehmann

Dr. Töpler is Vice-Chairman of the Managerial Board at the German Hydrogen and
Fuel Cell Association (DWV). He has 30 years of experience in the area of hydrogen for
mobile applications and was more than 25 years lecturer for Renewable Energies at the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen.

Prof. Lehmann is a respected expert for hydrogen technologies. After having served as a professor at the Stralsund University of Applied Sciences from 1991 to 2010, he is now a member of the Managerial Board at the DWV. His research activities currently focus on the use of regenerative energies and hydrogen-based energy.

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