The course aims to introduce the main processes for the production of green and sustainable hydrogen. The course is dedicated to students who want to deepen their knowledge on renewable energy production, which in this historical period is becoming a fundamental aspect of chemical engineering.  The course will be focused on the processes which are already developed at industrial scale and on those which are now under study and have a high industrial interest. The course will also take into consideration the critical aspect of the transportation and the storage of the hydrogen.

Program

- Hydrogen properties

- Traditional processes overview: possible feed fossil and renewable (Steam reforming, partial oxidation. authothermal reforming)

-Carbon capture and Storage in hydrogen production (Steam reforming with CCS, sorption enhanced reforming, methane cracking)

-Biomass gasification 

-Chemical looping hydrogen processes and thermochemical cycles

-Electrolysis coupled with solar energy sources

-Transportation and storage