OBJECTIVES & KEYWORDS
Objectives:
In this chapter, we will briefly look at ways of producing hydrogen from fossil fuels, or by electrolysis of water using electricity obtained, for example, from renewable energy sources.
Hydrogen production, fossil fuel, steam reforming, partial oxidation, electrolysis, alternative sources
You can learn more about hydrogen production in another module, but for the purpose of a general overview in this section, we mention it here as well.
One of the alternatives for replacing hydrocarbon fuels is the use of hydrogen, which is a substance that hardly occurs on its own in nature and therefore needs to be produced.
One possible way of obtaining it is from fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal, but this is contrary to the reduction of the production of these fuels.
The second possible way is to use electrolysis of water, which requires a significant amount of electrical energy that must be generated in some way, such as in conventional power plants, which, however, consume fossil fuels.
Hydrogen production can be divided into:
- production of hydrogen from fossil fuels
- production of hydrogen by electrolysis