Electricity-Based Fuels

ISBN-13: 9783319724584 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 95 str.

Alexander Tremel

Opis

This book discusses the needs of future energy systems with a focus on the electricity and transportation sectors. A main challenge in the production of electricity based fuels is the fluctuating energy input from renewable electricity generation.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Dr.-Ing. Alexander Tremel is Principal Key Expert at Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Erlangen, Germany;  he is responsible for the research strategy in energy process technology and energy storage.