Hydrogen Power: Theoretical and Engineering Solutions: Proceedings of the Hypothesis II Symposium held in Grimstad, Norway, 18–22 August 1997

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Hydrogen Air Fuel Cell Powered Passenger Car Fever — Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle for Efficiency and Range....Pages 1-11
Hydrogen Technology for Mobile Applications....Pages 13-24
Hydrogen and Natural Gas Buses in the USA....Pages 25-35
New Opportunity for Hydrogen Fuelled Vehicles....Pages 37-42
Methanol/Methyl formate Couple as a Hydrogen Storage and Carrier....Pages 43-48
Investigation of Mixture Formation and Combustion Prozesses in a Hydrogen Fueled Diesel Engine....Pages 49-54
Hydrogen as an Additive to Methane for Spark Ignition Engine Applications....Pages 55-61
A Kinetic Examination of the Effects of the Presence of Some Gaseous Fuels and Preignition Reaction Products with Hydrogen on its Autoignition Characteristics in Engines....Pages 63-68
Effects of Temperature and Time of Exposure on the Flammability Limits of Hydrogen-Air Mixtures....Pages 69-74
Hydrogen Production from Fossil Fuels....Pages 75-89
Hydrogen Production by Electrolysis....Pages 91-102
Electrocatalytic and Hydridic Theory for Hydrogen Electrode Reactions and Prediction of Synergetic Catalysts in the Light of Fermi Dynamics and Structural Bonding Factors....Pages 103-118
Stand-Alone Solar Hydrogen Production....Pages 119-128
The Advanced Process for Steam Catalytic Conversion of Hydrocarbons in Hydrogen Production....Pages 129-136
Hydrogen Production from Methane Via Direct Highpower Irradiation of Catalysts....Pages 137-142
Plasmabased Hydrogen and Energy Production....Pages 143-148
Hydrogen Evolution at Activated Nis x -Cathodes in Water Electrolysis....Pages 149-154
A Novel Hydrogen Production Unit Producing Hydrogen Under Pressure Without the Use of a Hydrogen Compressor or Asbestos Membranes....Pages 155-160
Photophysical and Photochemical Properties of Some Porphyrins Used in the Photosensitized Reduction of Water....Pages 161-167
Photochemical Studies of In 2 O 3 Admixed Nanostructured TiO 2 in Regard to Hydrogen Production Through Photoelectrolysis....Pages 169-178
The Composite Zirfon® Separator for Alkaline Water Electrolysis....Pages 179-184
Investigation of the Steady State and Transient Operating Behaviour of a 20 kW Pressure Electrolyser....Pages 185-190
Hydrogen Evolution on Ni-P Alloys. The Effect of Deposition Conditions....Pages 191-196
Production of Hydrogen by Radiolysis....Pages 197-205
Decomposition of Water Over Zeolites with Possibilities for Measuring Mass Variation of Zeolite During Irradiation....Pages 207-212
Ruthenium Catalysts for High Temperature Solar Reforming of Methane....Pages 213-218
Hydrogen Production from Hydrogen Sulfide Using Membrane Reactor....Pages 219-223
The Behaviour Under Vaccum and UV Irradiation of Some Ag Zeolites Used in Hydrogen Generation....Pages 225-230
Pressure and Temperature Effects on Water Dissociation Reaction for Hydrogen Producton Over Zeolites....Pages 231-235
Electrochemical Performance of Zr-Mn-V-Ni Based Ab 2 Laves Phase Alloys as the Negative Electrodes of Ni/Mh Battery....Pages 237-242
Application Properties of Ab 2 -Type Hydrogen Absorbing Alloys....Pages 243-249
On-Board Hydrogen Storage System Using Metal Hydride....Pages 251-256
Thermodynamic and Structural Changes of an Ab 2 -Laves-Phase Alloy (Ti 0.98 Zr 0.02 V 0.43 Fe 0.06 Cr 0.05 Mn 1.52 ) During Extended Thermal Cycling....Pages 257-262
Optimization of Fabrication Conditions of Metal-Hydride Electrode Rechargeable with Hydrogen Gas....Pages 263-268
Absorption and Capacity of Hydrogen with a La-Ni Alloy Particle Bed....Pages 269-274
On the Development of New Hydrogen Storage Materials FeTi(Zr), Mg-xwt.% CFMmNi 5 and Mg 2 Ni (Nanoparticle) for Improved Hydrogenation Characteristics....Pages 275-290
Thermodynamic Properties and Cyclic-Stability of the System Mg 2 FeH 6 ....Pages 291-296
Characterization of the Electrochemical Properties of Metal Hydrides by AC Impedance....Pages 297-302
Hydrogen-Induced Phase Transformations In H-Storing Alloys of Zirconium....Pages 303-314
Effect of Hydrogen Thermo-Sorptive Activation by Metal Hydrides: Main Lines of Investigations and Perspectives....Pages 315-322
Industrial Metal-Hydride Continuously-Operated Compressor....Pages 323-326
Cryo-Hydride Hydrogen Compressor for Pressure Up to 4 Kbar....Pages 327-329
Fracture Mechanics in High Pressure Hydrogen for the Thermomechanically Treated Steel X70....Pages 331-336
Neutron Diffraction Studies of the Ti 3 Al/D System....Pages 337-342
The Effect of Improvement Hydrogen-Sorption Properties in Multiphase Polymetallic Compositions....Pages 343-352
Comparative Study of Surface State and Electrochemical Properties of Tife Hydrogen Storage Alloy as Well as TiFe 2 Alloy by Xps and Polarization Curves Methods....Pages 353-358
Study on the Hydrogen Embrittlement and Corrosion of Stainless Steels Used as Ni/MHx Battery Containers....Pages 359-364
Metal Hydrides for a Compressor With Strict Boundary Conditions....Pages 365-370
Compatibility of Stainless Steel Type 316L with Molten LiH Under Hydrogen Pressure....Pages 371-376
Mechanical Alloying and Characterisation of Nanocrystalline Mg 2 Ni....Pages 377-382
Operating Experiences of a Two-Stage Metal Hydride Hydrogen Compressor....Pages 383-388
Hydrogen Absorption-Desorption and Crystallographic Characteristics of CeNi 5-x Zn x (x = 0.3 ÷ 0.85) Intermetallics....Pages 389-393
The Importance of Safety in Achieving the Widespread Use of Hydrogen as a Fuel....Pages 395-405
An Economical Hydrogen Detector for Passenger Vehicles....Pages 407-412
Set-Up of Hy-Tu View Apparatus for Hydrogen Turbulent Flame Study — First Experiments....Pages 413-418
Catalytic Mixed Packing for H 2 — O 2 Recombination at Low Temperature....Pages 419-424
We-Net: The National Hydrogen Program of Japan Vision and Status....Pages 425-432
The Euro-Quebec Hydro-Hydrogen Pilot Project (EQHHPP)....Pages 433-446
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Toward Providing Renewable, Hydrogen-Based Energy to Isolated Communities Worldwide....Pages 447-452
Evaluation Tool for Selection and Optimization of Hydrogen Demonstration Projects....Pages 453-458
Public Demonstration of PEM Fuel Cells as Miniature Household Co-Generation Plants in Munich....Pages 459-465
Role of the NHA in Strategic Planning for the Hydrogen Economy....Pages 467-474
Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Action Plan in Romania....Pages 475-483
Introducing Hydrogen Economically to City Centres....Pages 485-491
The Solar Energy Conversion Studies and Systems in the Republic of Armenia....Pages 493-498
Application of Hydrogen Energy in the Tourism Development Strategy of the Croatian Islands....Pages 499-504
A Steam Cycle with Direct Combustion of Hydrogen and Oxygen and an Isothermal Expansion....Pages 505-510
A Study of Advanced Hydrogen/Oxygen Combustion Turbines....Pages 511-516
Liquid Hydrogen Technology Present State and Future Fuel Application....Pages 517-528
Sea Transportation of Hydrogen....Pages 529-542
Investigation Into the Operating Behaviour of 61 Cum Liquid Hydrogen Tank....Pages 543-550
An Experimental Feasibility Study of a Cryogenic Fluid Piston Pump Operated by a Linear Oscillatory Actuator Installed in a Cryogenic Liquid Tank....Pages 551-556
Studies About the Separation of Molecular Species of Hydrogen’s Isotopes by Cryogenic Distillation in a Plant for Heavy Water Detritiation....Pages 557-562
Application of Small Scale Fuel Cells in Combined Heat/Power Cogeneration....Pages 563-574
Dynamic Modelling of a Catalytic Methanol-Steam Reformer for Fuel-Cell Hydrogen Production....Pages 575-580
Hydrogen Utilization Efficiency in Pem Fuel Cells....Pages 581-590
Advanced CO Tolerant Anodes for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFCs)....Pages 591-596
Mathematical Model of PEM-Fuel Cell Catalytic Layer....Pages 597-601
High Temperature Proton Conductors....Pages 603-608
Ethanol Fuelled Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell: Technical Feasibility Evaluation (Research and Development)....Pages 609-614
Combinations of Concentration and Strain Gradient Hydrogen Diffusion Factors in Palladium Alloy Membranes....Pages 615-620
Back Matter....Pages 621-630