Analysis of the total system for production, transportation and utilization of hydrogen energy

수소 에너지 생산, 수송 및 이용에 대한 통합시스템 해석

  • Oh, Byeong-Soo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Seo, Seog-Jin (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University)
  • Published : 1998.03.15

Abstract

An energy crisis is expected in near future. Fossil fuel such as oil and natural gas has been used and will be no longer supplied enough to demand in the beginning of coming century. The use of the fuel makes a lot of environmental pollution to threaten human being's health especially in big cities and produces a lot of $CO_2$ to make green house effect of the earth. It is the time to use clean fuel such as hydrogen to prevent the expected energy crisis and the pollution. A new engine such as fuel cell can be used instead of the conventional internal combustion engine with 2 to 3 times higher efficiency of the conventional engine. The fuel cell uses hydrogen and oxygen and produces electric energy and pure water, which is a calm engine without air pollution. In big cities the city buses and the taxies powered by hydrogen fuel cells are suggested to be operated for clean environment. A model of the total energy system for production, transportation and utilization of hydrogen is calculated.

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