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Carbon-Free Fuels
Author(s):
- Olivier MathieuResearch Associate Professor, Mechanical EngineeringTexas A&M UniversityEmail: [email protected]More by Olivier Mathieu
- Eric L. PetersenProfessor, Mechanical Engineering; Nelson-Jackson Chair Professor; Director, Turbomachinery LaboratoryTexas A&M UniversityEmail: [email protected]More by Eric L. Petersen
Publication Date:
June 20, 2023
Copyright ©
2023 American Chemical Society
eISBN:
9780841299696
DOI:
10.1021/acsinfocus.7e7013
Read Time:
five to six hours
Collection:
2
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
This primer presents the production, storage, distribution, and combustion properties of the main carbon-free fuels—hydrogen, ammonia, and metals—and the technical challenges associated with each. Among these fuels, hydrogen is by far the best-known carbon-free fuel, and ammonia also has a high profile for many scientists and governments, whereas the science behind metals as a fuel is still not mature.
Undergraduate and graduate students who intend to pursue a career in the energy conversion field and current researchers in the field will benefit from reading this primer.
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Detailed Table of Contents
About the Series
Preface
Chapter 1
Hydrogen
1.1
Introduction
1.2
Sources of H2
1.3
Production Methods of H2
1.4
Transportation and Storage of Hydrogen
1.4.1
Transportation of Hydrogen
1.4.2
Storage of Hydrogen
1.5
Hydrogen Combustion
1.5.1
Important Parameters for Characterizing Fuel Combustion
1.5.1.1
Ignition Delay Time
1.5.1.2
Flame Speed
1.5.2
Hydrogen Combustion Properties
1.5.3
Hydrogen Combustion Chemistry
1.6
Uses of Hydrogen
1.6.1
Industries with High Demand for Hydrogen
1.6.2
Hydrogen as a Fuel in Transportation
1.6.3
Hydrogen as a Fuel for Electricity Production
1.6.3.1
Fuel Cells
1.6.3.2
Gas Turbines
1.7
That’s a Wrap
1.8
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Chapter 2
Ammonia
2.1
Introduction
2.2
Insider Q&A: Agustin Valera-Medina
2.3
Ammonia Industry
2.3.1
Current and Future Production Methods
2.3.2
Distribution, Storage, and Handling
2.4
Insider Q&A: Agustin Valera-Medina
2.5
Safety Aspects
2.6
Ammonia Combustion
2.6.1
Ammonia Combustion Properties
2.6.2
Combustion Chemistry of Ammonia—State of the Art
2.6.3
NOx Formation and the DeNOx Process from ammonia Combustion
2.7
Insider Q&A: Agustin Valera-Medina
2.8
Uses of Ammonia as a Fuel
2.8.1
Ammonia as a Fuel in Road Transportation
2.8.2
Ammonia as a Fuel in Fuel Cells
2.8.3
Ammonia as a Fuel for Marine Transportation
2.8.4
Ammonia as a Fuel for Energy Production in Gas Turbines
2.8.5
Ammonia as a Fuel for Furnaces and Boilers
2.9
Insider Q&A: Christine Rouselle
2.10
That’s a Wrap
2.11
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Chapter 3
Metal Fuels
3.1
Introduction
3.2
Which Metals Can Be Used as Fuels?
3.3
Metal Fuel Applications
3.3.1
Dry Cycle: Direct Combustion of Metals with Air
3.3.2
Wet Cycle for Hydrogen Production
3.4
Technical Limitations for the Usage of Metals as Fuel
3.4.1
Combustion Physics When Using Metals as a Fuel
3.4.2
Additional Research Needed To Use Metal Particles as a Fuel
3.5
That’s a Wrap
3.6
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Bibliography
Footnotes
Glossary
Index
Reviewer quotes
One of the most up to date and rightly balanced documents covering both the fundamental as well as translational aspects of green fuels.
Olivier Mathieu is a Research Associate Professor in the J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from the University of Orléans, France, in 2006, following an M.Sc. degree at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, in 2003. He developed expertise in combustion chemistry since his M.Sc. in various positions at IFP Energies Nouvelles (France) and Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) before joining Texas A&M University in 2011. His research work encompasses various aspects of combustion chemistry, including pollutant formation (soot, NOx), fuels for energy production (hydrogen, ammonia, syngas, natural gas), and transportation (gasoline, jet, and diesel fuels), as well as topics related to this type of chemistry such as thermal destruction of the chemical weapon of mass destruction, fire suppressants, and combustion properties of lithium-ion battery electrolyte.
Eric L. Petersen is a Professor in the J. Mike Walker ‘66 Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Director of the TEES Turbomachinery Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University (1998), his M.S. from the University of Florida (1990), and his B.S. from the University of Central Florida (1988), all in mechanical engineering. He worked at Pratt & Whitney (1990–1993) and was a staff scientist at The Aerospace Corporation (1997–2001). Prior to TAMU, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida (2001–2007). His research areas include gas dynamics; propulsion; combustion; chemical kinetics; optical diagnostics and spectroscopy; and rocket propellants. He has authored over 620 papers, including 204 journal papers. Dr. Petersen has advised 21 Ph.D. and 62 M.S. degrees. He is a Fellow of ASME and the Combustion Institute, and he is an Associate Fellow of AIAA.
