Liquid organic hydrogen carriers for transportation and storing of renewable energy: Review and discussion

Päivi T. Aakko-Saksa; Chris Cook; Jari Kiviaho; Timo Repo

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.04.011

Liquid organic hydrogen carriers for transportation and storing of renewable energy: Review and discussion

Päivi T. Aakko-Saksa^*
, Chris Cook
, Jari Kiviaho
, Timo Repo

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Helsinki
University of York

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	803-823
Journal	Journal of Power Sources
Volume	396
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.04.011
Publication status	Published - 31 Aug 2018
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The authors acknowledge financial support for the LOHCNESS project 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.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Dibenzyl toluene
Energy storage
Hydrogen
Liquid organic hydrogen carriers
Methanol

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