Hydrogen economy relies on hydrogen as the commercial fuel that would deliver a substantial fraction of a nation's energy and services. Hydrogen technologies and policies have gained considerable attention as promising approaches for addressing energy and environmental issues. Hydrogen is a flexible and clean energy carrier that can be used in a variety of industries that includes transportation, manufacturing, and power generation. This paper provides a detailed review of hydrogen production technologies and their respective challenges. Furthermore, this paper presents a comparison of hydrogen production costs by different methods. It also presents a detailed review of hydrogen purification methods in terms of its benefits and limitation. A comprehensive summary of the global policies and roadmaps for achieving a hydrogen economy to curtail fossil fuel usage is also presented.
Audience Take Away:
Overview of Hydrogen technologies and their challenges
Cost comparison of different hydrogen production methods
Hydrogen purification methods and their limitations
Global policies and roadmaps for achieving hydrogen economy
Biography:
Dr Faizan Ahmad is associate professor of chemical engineering and leading a research group “Hydrogen and Decarbonisation Technologies” as part of “Centre of Sustainable Engineering” at Teesside University. Faizan’s research has contributed to more than 30 peer review articles in the renowned journals. He has a patent entitled "Parameters prediction and simulation of hollow fiber membrane system". In addition, his research work has been presented in more than 20 international conferences and 3 invention exhibitions while receiving two gold medals and one silver medal. Faizan has worked on several research projects funded by Innovate UK, GCRF and ERDF in the field of industrial carbon capture, greenhouse gas reduction (GGR) and hydrogen economy.
