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Tomorrow's energy : hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet /

How hydrogen-nonpolluting and easy to produce-could become the fuel of the future.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hoffmann, Peter, 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2001.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why hydrogen? Buckminster Fuller, Sheikh Yamani, and Bill Clinton
  • Hydrogen's discovery : phlogiston and inflammable air
  • A history of hydrogen energy : the Reverend Cecil, Jules Verne, and the redoubtable Mr. Erren
  • Producing hydrogen from water, natural gas, and green plants
  • Primary energy : using solar and other power to make hydrogen
  • Hydrogen for cars and buses : steaming tailpipes
  • Fuel cells : Mr. Grove's lovely technology
  • Hydrogen in aerospace : clean contrails and the Orient Express
  • Hydrogen as utility gas : the invisible flame
  • Non-energy uses of hydrogen : metallic H₂, biodegradable plastics, and H² tofu
  • Safety : the Hindenburg syndrome ; or, "Don't paint your dirigible with rocket fuel"
  • The next 100 years.