TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards sustainable energy : generation of hydrogen fuel using nuclear energy
AU - Nowotny, Janusz
AU - Hoshino, Tsuyoshi
AU - Dodson, John
AU - Atanacio, Armand J.
AU - Ionescu, Mihail
AU - Peterson, Vanessa
AU - Prince, Kathryn E.
AU - Bak, Tadeusz
AU - Sigmund, Wolfgang
AU - Veziroglu, T. Nejat
AU - Alim, Mohammad A.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The increasing demand for sustainable energy results in the development of new technologies of energy generation. The key objective of hydrogen economy is the introduction of hydrogen as main energy carrier, along with electricity, on a global scale. The key goal is the development of hydrogen-related technologies needed for hydrogen generation, hydrogen storage, hydrogen transportation and hydrogen distribution as well as hydrogen safety systems. It is commonly believed that hydrogen is environmentally clean since its combustion results in the formation of water. However, the technology currently employed for the generation of hydrogen from natural gas, does in fact lead to the emission of greenhouse gases and climate change. Therefore, the key issues in the introduction of hydrogen economy involve the development of environmentally clean hydrogen production technology as well as storage and transport. The clean options available for hydrogen generation using nuclear energy; such as advanced nuclear fission and, ultimately, nuclear fusion, are discussed. The latter, which is environmentally clean, is expected to be the primary approach in the production of hydrogen fuel at the global scale. The present work considers the effect of hydrogen on properties of TiO2 and its solid solutions in the contexts of photocatalytic energy conversion and the effect of tritium on advanced tritium breeders.
AB - The increasing demand for sustainable energy results in the development of new technologies of energy generation. The key objective of hydrogen economy is the introduction of hydrogen as main energy carrier, along with electricity, on a global scale. The key goal is the development of hydrogen-related technologies needed for hydrogen generation, hydrogen storage, hydrogen transportation and hydrogen distribution as well as hydrogen safety systems. It is commonly believed that hydrogen is environmentally clean since its combustion results in the formation of water. However, the technology currently employed for the generation of hydrogen from natural gas, does in fact lead to the emission of greenhouse gases and climate change. Therefore, the key issues in the introduction of hydrogen economy involve the development of environmentally clean hydrogen production technology as well as storage and transport. The clean options available for hydrogen generation using nuclear energy; such as advanced nuclear fission and, ultimately, nuclear fusion, are discussed. The latter, which is environmentally clean, is expected to be the primary approach in the production of hydrogen fuel at the global scale. The present work considers the effect of hydrogen on properties of TiO2 and its solid solutions in the contexts of photocatalytic energy conversion and the effect of tritium on advanced tritium breeders.
KW - education
KW - hydrogen as fuel
KW - nuclear energy
KW - sustainability
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:35357
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.054
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.054
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 41
SP - 12812
EP - 12825
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 30
ER -