Top 10 Hydrogen Trends to Witness in 2024

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Top 10 Hydrogen Trends to Witness in 2024

• In this blog, we aim to break away from the usual
  exploration of what clean hydrogen is. Why is it
  gaining traction over fossil fuels and
  alternative renewable energy fuels? How is
  regulatory support further bolstering this
  low-carbon fuel? Therefore, wed solely focus on
  the key hydrogen trends that will reshape the
  landscape in 2024.
• Lets dive into the top 10 trends influencing
  hydrogens trajectory
• Fuel Cells
• Renewable energy systems (RES) cannot generate
  constant power throughout the year. Thus,
  hydrogen fuel cells have emerged as instant
  power-generating devices, supporting the instant
• demand response and mitigating the gap between
  power generation fluctuations.
• Fuel cells stand at the forefront of
  revolutionizing road, marine, and aviation
  transportation towards sustainability, as the
  automotive sector is one of the major
  contributors to global warming. Moreover, other
  industries are also gradually shifting to
  hydrogen fuel cell technology by reducing their
  carbon footprint and adhering to environmental
  regulations.
• Renewable Hydrogen
• Renewable hydrogen, also known as green hydrogen
  or clean hydrogen, is a catalyst for large- scale
  decarbonization efforts. Unlike traditional
  hydrogen production approaches, green hydrogen
  production, which involves renewable
  energy-powered electrolysis, eliminates GHG
  emissions. Electricity produced by solar
  concentrators and wind turbines provides
  threshold energy to initiate electrolysis for
  green hydrogen production. Apart from mobility,
  various enterprises are engaged in replacing
  conventional fuel-consuming technologies to
  decarbonize their business operations and foster
  a green economy.
• Advanced Electrolysis
• Advanced electrolysis technologies including PEM
  (proton exchange membrane), SOE (solid oxide
  electrolyzers), and AEM (anion-exchange
  membrane) enhance the scalability of hydrogen
  production. These innovative technologies not
  only reduce operational capital expenditures
  but also avoid the use of precious metal
  catalysts, thereby leading to the mass production
  of clean fuel pivotal in decarbonizing
  hard-to-abate sectors.
• X-to-Hydrogen-to-X
• Apart from hydrogen, its chemical intermediates,
  such as e-methanol, can also be used as low-
  emission fuel for powering internal combustion
  engines. Moreover, by-products of hydrogen
  production, including methane and methanol,
  reintroduce hydrogen into circulation. The
  waste-to-hydrogen conversion is also a critical
  step toward decarbonization, as this type of
  conversion addresses the waste crisis besides
  maximizing the utility of renewable energy and
  ensuring a sustainable future.
• Hydrogen Carriers
• Transporting hydrogen in gaseous or liquid form
  is inconvenient due to the handling operational
  constraints of pure hydrogen storage containers.
  To resolve this issue, hydrogen carriers are
  formed by reacting hydrogen with metals, such as
  magnesium, and these carriers

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• can be stored for a longer duration and are easy
  to transport. However, research development is
  underway to extract the pure gas from the
  carriers in order to recover 100 percent
  hydrogen.
• Carbon Capture, Utilization Storage (CCUS)
• To reach net zero by 2050, even hydrogen
  production technologies should be decarbonized.
  Mass production of blue hydrogen using steam
  reforming, which combines natural gas and heated
  water in the form of steam, releases
  carbon dioxide as a by-product. Incorporating
  CCUS technologies into hydrogen production
  significantly reduces its environmental impact
  by storing or utilizing these gaseous CO2
  emissions in other industrial processes, such as
  fertilizer production and enhanced oil recovery
  (EOR).
• Hydrogen Distribution
• The hydrogen economy is nascent, as extremely
  limited end-use storage, transportation, and
  distribution infrastructure has been developed so
  far. Regional distribution of hydrogen is done
  through newly equipped pipelines or retrofitted
  natural gas pipelines within the confines.
  Hydrogen, in liquid and gaseous forms, is also
  transported across states through trains and
  ships. Also, a substantial number of hydrogen
  refueling stations need to be installed to
  mitigate the refueling challenges of fuel cell
  electric vehicles (FCEVs).
• Hydrogen Liquefaction Compression
• Developing robust containers that can store
  hydrogen intact throughout the travel duration is
  essential for bolstering the hydrogen economy.
  Cryogenic tanks store liquid hydrogen at -253 C,
  ensuring no leakages and preserving purity.
  Depending on the type of materials in the walls
  and carrying capacity, cryogenic tanks are
  segregated into four distinct types type I, type
  II, type III, and type IV. Compressed hydrogen in
  gaseous form involves pressurizing the gas at
  around 350-700 bar and storing it in suitable gas
  storage tanks and cylinders.
• Combined Heat Power
• Decarbonizing the Combined Heat Power (CHP)
  sector is also a part of a sustainable future.
  Transporting hydrogen to industrial and
  residential spaces through existing natural gas
  pipelines is not feasible. According to safety
  standards, natural gas blended with up to 10
  hydrogen in the mixture can be safely transported
  through existing pipelines. Moreover, hybrid heat
  pumps and novel combustion boilers employ
  hydrogen for sustainable heating.
• Hydrogen Propulsion
• Due to its decent energy-to-density ratio, liquid
  hydrogen holds the potential to be used as a
  clean fuel for space propulsion, leading to
  decarbonizing the aerospace industry. This
  involves using hydrogen fuel to launch satellites
  and jets with liquid oxygen-hydrogen systems.
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