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Hydrogen, this hallucinogen
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The author discusses the origin of hydrogen for energetic use (mainly by extraction from water), the possible uses of this cumbersome gas (in vehicles, in electricity storage), and outlines that hydrogen economy consumes a lot of other energies (nuclear, wind, sun, biomass, and so on) for a high cost, and that hydrogen is therefore not a solution for the future. Other elements are given in appendix: production methods and processes, figures of energy production, ways to use and to store hydrogen in vehicles, assessment of possibilities for a vehicle, techniques and figures for hydrogen packaging, transport and distribution, energy cost, energetic assessment of hydrogen production, problems associated with distribution (tank filling)
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Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- L'hydrogene, cet hallucinogene
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 14 p.
- Report number
- INIS-FR--13-0401
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 44128520
- Subject category
- S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; S08: HYDROGEN;
- Descriptors DEI
- AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; COST ESTIMATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY STORAGE; FORECASTING; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN STORAGE; HYDROGEN-BASED ECONOMY; HYDROLYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TANKS; TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
- Descriptors DEC
- ALTERNATIVE FUELS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONTAINERS; DECOMPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; ELEMENTS; FUELS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; LYSIS; NONMETALS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SOLVOLYSIS; STORAGE; SYNTHETIC FUELS
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