Electricity-based Fuels

• Main Author: Tremel, Alexander (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Renewable energy resources.; Automotive engineering.; Electrochemistry.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Automotive Engineering.

This book discusses the needs of future energy systems with a focus on the electricity and transportation sectors. The general idea behind electricity based fuel is explained, the current status and future potential developments of this technology are presented. A main challenge in the production of...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and motivation
• Electrolysis: fundamental technologies, requirements and current status
• Chemical or biological synthesis: basis for liquid fuels
• Power-to-fuel plants: conceptual design
• Techno-economic evaluation and future perspectives
• Outlook.