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Gases in the 21st century. 1. Compressed hydrogen: a fuel for the future?

Author(s) : IRANI R. S.

Type of article: Article, Review

Summary

Hydrogen is the lightest gas, has the smallest atom and is the most abundant element in the universe. As for storing it, which can be as a compressed gas, a cryogenic liquid or in metal hydride, none of the current solutions are yet economic, despite a huge effort being devoted in these area. The current emphasis seems to be concentrating on storing hydrogen in its compressed form since its low liquefaction temperature of 20 K consumes a lot of energy for its formation and providing evaporation is expensive whilst the area of metal hydride is very much in the research stages.

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  • Original title: Gases in the 21st century. 1. Compressed hydrogen: a fuel for the future?
  • Record ID : 2008-1490
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Gasworld - n. 37
  • Publication date: 2008/06

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