Abstract
Transitioning from fossil fuels to sustainable and green energy sources in mobile applications is a difficult challenge and demands sustained and highly multidisciplinary efforts in R&D. Liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) offer several advantages over more conventional energy storage solutions, but have not been yet demonstrated at scale. Herein we describe the development of an integrated and compact 25 kW formic acid-to-power system by a team of BSc and MSc students. We highlight a number of key engineering challenges encountered during scale-up of the technology and discuss several aspects commonly overlooked by academic researchers. Conclusively, we provide a critical outlook and suggest a number of developmental areas currently inhibiting further implementation of the technology.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 28533-28541 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 53 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2019 |
Funding
RvP and EAP received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement # 725686 ). TS gratefully thanks all sponsors for their contributions. Bart van Overbeeke is acknowledged for photographs presented throughout this manuscript.
Keywords
- Chemical process development
- Dehydrogenation
- Energy production
- Formic acid
- Homogeneous catalysis
- Hydrogen
