Open AccessHydrogen from Biomass for Urban Transportation
Author(s) -
William J. Boone
Publication year - 2008
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/924980
Subject(s) - hydrogen production , renewable energy , biomass (ecology) , environmental science , production (economics) , waste management , scale (ratio) , hydrogen , process (computing) , hydrogen economy , process engineering , engineering , computer science , chemistry , economics , geography , oceanography , cartography , organic chemistry , geology , electrical engineering , macroeconomics , operating system
The objective of this project was to develop a method, at the pilot scale, for the economical production of hydrogen from peanut shells. During the project period a pilot scale process, based on the bench scale process developed at NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab), was developed and successfully operated to produce hydrogen from peanut shells. The technoeconomic analysis of the process suggests that the production of hydrogen via this method is cost-competitive with conventional means of hydrogen production