TY - JOUR
T1 - Liquid organic hydrogen carriers for transportation and storing of renewable energy
T2 - Review and discussion
AU - Aakko-Saksa, Päivi T.
AU - Cook, Chris
AU - Kiviaho, Jari
AU - Repo, Timo
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge financial support for the LOHCNESS project ( http://www.vtt.fi/sites/lohcness ) from Tekes ( 1508/31/2017 ), and from industrial partners, Fortum, St1 Renewable Energy Oy, Oy Woikoski Ab, Leppäkosken Sähkö Oy and Aino Energia Oy. Acknowledgements are given to Jari Ihonen at VTT for informative discussions, and to reviewers for valuable comments and remarks.
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge financial support for the LOHCNESS project (http://www.vtt.fi/sites/lohcness) from Tekes (1508/31/2017), and from industrial partners, Fortum, St1 Renewable Energy Oy, Oy Woikoski Ab, Leppäkosken Sähkö Oy and Aino Energia Oy. Acknowledgements are given to Jari Ihonen at VTT for informative discussions, and to reviewers for valuable comments and remarks.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright:
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PY - 2018/8/31
Y1 - 2018/8/31
N2 - Transition to renewable energy systems is essential to achieve the climate change mitigation targets. However, the timing and the regions of the production and consumption of the renewable energy do not always match, and different energy storage technologies are needed to secure the uninterrupted energy supply. Liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) offer a flexible media for the storage and transportation of renewable energy. These “liquid hydrogen batteries” are reversibly hydrogenated and dehydrogenated using catalysts at elevated temperatures. Commercial LOHC concepts are already available. Another flexible route to store energy is through “circular” hydrogen carriers, such as methanol and methane produced from atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). These fuels have a long history as fossil fuels. In this review, the chemistry and state-of-the-art of LOHCs are explored and discussed against defined criteria with comparison made to existing energy storage systems. The LOHCs and “circular” hydrogen carriers were found to be particularly promising hydrogen storage systems.
AB - Transition to renewable energy systems is essential to achieve the climate change mitigation targets. However, the timing and the regions of the production and consumption of the renewable energy do not always match, and different energy storage technologies are needed to secure the uninterrupted energy supply. Liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) offer a flexible media for the storage and transportation of renewable energy. These “liquid hydrogen batteries” are reversibly hydrogenated and dehydrogenated using catalysts at elevated temperatures. Commercial LOHC concepts are already available. Another flexible route to store energy is through “circular” hydrogen carriers, such as methanol and methane produced from atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). These fuels have a long history as fossil fuels. In this review, the chemistry and state-of-the-art of LOHCs are explored and discussed against defined criteria with comparison made to existing energy storage systems. The LOHCs and “circular” hydrogen carriers were found to be particularly promising hydrogen storage systems.
KW - Dibenzyl toluene
KW - Energy storage
KW - Hydrogen
KW - Liquid organic hydrogen carriers
KW - Methanol
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.04.011
DO - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.04.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049502313
SN - 0378-7753
VL - 396
SP - 803
EP - 823
JO - Journal of Power Sources
JF - Journal of Power Sources
ER -
