ABSTRACT
Hydrogen is the first choice for decarbonizing those areas of the energy sector that cannot be decarbonized in other ways, such as electrification, process change, and efficiency improvement. A rising global consensus believes that the production of blue hydrogen from natural gas coupled with carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies can play a significant role in reducing the new CO2 emissions and ensure a smooth transition to a sustainable energy future. Different colors of hydrogen are under comparison, and there is competition to find a role as global fuel in the much-popularized hydrogen economy. The hydrolysis of water powered by renewables provides green hydrogen, while natural gas (combined with carbon sequestration) provides blue hydrogen. The blue hydrogen option (if supported by carbon capture and utilization/storage) has mature technologies and infrastructure to produce and transport in large quantities. The fermentation of organic waste materials, gasification of bio-materials, bio-photolysis, and microbial electrolysis cells form a newly evolving cluster of bio-hydrogen. In this chapter, all aforementioned options are discussed and analyzed from a technological standpoint. Moreover, a detailed literature review shows that bio-methanol sourced hydrogen production is also receiving increased research importance, pointing to a possibility of sustainable bio-hydrogen production in the near future.
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Book Title – Sustainable Carbon Capture: Technologies and Applications
Chapter Author(s) –
Md. Abdus Salam, Hydrogen Energy Laboratory, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Bangladesh, salam.bcsir1@gmail.com
Md. Tauhidul Islam, Hydrogen Energy Laboratory, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Bangladesh. tauhid.saikat@gmail.com
Nasrin Papri, Hydrogen Energy Laboratory, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Bangladesh, papricapapri@gmail.com
Chapter Number and Title – Chapter 9, Blue/Bio-Hydrogen and Carbon Capture
