The emotional dimensions of energy projects: Anger, fear, joy and pride about the first hydrogen fuel station in the Netherlands

Citizens’ emotional responses to energy technology projects influence the success of the technology's implementation. Contrary to popular belief, these emotions can have a systematic base. Bringing together insights from appraisal theory and from technology acceptance studies, this study develops and tests hypotheses regarding antecedents of...

Fuel cell electric vehicle-to-grid: Experimental feasibility and operational performance as balancing power plant

The world's future energy supply will include intermittent renewable sources, such as solar and wind power. To guarantee reliability of supply, fast-reacting, dispatchable and renewable back-up power plants are required. One promising alternative is parked and grid-connected hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in "Vehicle-to...

Reduction kinetics of hematite powder in hydrogen atmosphere at moderate temperatures

Hydrogen has received much attention in the development of direct reduction of iron ores because hydrogen metallurgy is one of the effective methods to reduce CO₂ emission in the iron and steel industry. In this study, the kinetic mechanism of reduction of hematite particles was studied in a hydrogen atmosphere. The phases and...

Integrating a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle with vehicle-to-grid technology, photovoltaic power and a residential building

This paper presents the results of a demonstration project, including building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) solar panels, a residential building and a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) for combined mobility and power generation, aiming to achieve a net zero-energy residential building target. The experiment was conducted as part of...

Reaction conditions effect and pathways in the oxidative steam reforming of raw bio-oil on a Rh/CeO₂-ZrO₂ catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor

A reaction scheme has been proposed for the oxidative steam reforming (OSR) of raw bio-oil on a Rh/CeO₂-ZrO₂ catalyst, based on the study of the effect reaction conditions (temperature, space time, oxygen/carbon ratio and steam/carbon ratio) have on product yields (H₂, CO, CO₂, CH₄,...

Min-max control of fuel-cell-car-based smart energy systems

Recently, the idea of using fuel cell vehicles as the future way of producing electricity has emerged. A fuel cell car has all the necessary devices on board to convert the chemical energy of hydrogen into electricity. This paper considers a scenario where a parking lot for fuel cell cars acts as a virtual power plant. In order to describe the...

Conceptual Design of an industrial-scale artificial leaf device: PDEng - Chemical Product Design; Individual Design Project - Final Report

Hydrogen, if produced from clean and abundant sources, has the potential for solving the concerns on energy supply security, climate change and local air pollution. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting is a promising technology under development for the production of hydrogen from water by using sunlight. This design project aims to...

The production of hydrogen from domestic organic waste by means of biological conversion

The selection of a Platformer Off Gas purification technology and design of a purification unit to increase a Distillate HydroCracker troughput, combined with a LPG recovery section