Machinery and Energy Systems for the Hydrogen Economy

The hydrogen economy and its technology needs are a relevant topic of significant economic, political, and academic interest in the movement toward the decarbonization of the energy and transportation sectors.  To meet the production, transportation, storage, and usage needs for a properly functioning hydrogen economy, significant infrastructure changes will be required.  This includes machinery such as compressors, turbines, pumps and heat engines (e.g. gas turbines and piston engines) that are very different from the types currently installed on pipelines, trucks, barges, and in power plants.  For hydrogen to be a viable energy carrier in the future economy, the machinery and power cycles must operate efficiently, reliably and, most importantly, must be economically viable. Machinery and Energy Systems for the Hydrogen Economy guides the reader through all major machinery and heat engine types, designs, and requirements for the hydrogen economy, from production through storage, distribution, and consumption.  Topics such as hydrogen in pipeline transport, for energy storage, and as a power plant fuel will be covered in significant detail.  Hydrogen machinery applications, their selection criteria, economics, safety aspects, and operational limitation in the different sectors of the hydrogen economy will also be discussed. Although the book broadly covers the hydrogen economy as a whole, the primary focus is on the machinery and heat engines design and implementation within the various production, transport, storage, and usage applications. An invaluable resource for industry, academia, and government, Machinery and Energy Systems for the Hydrogen Economy provides engineers, scientists, and technical leaders with the knowledge they need to design and build the infrastructure of a hydrogen economy. The new edition updates the award-winning first edition in all aspects of sequence stratigraphy, from the underlying theory to the practical applications Key new topics include the standard approach to sequence stratigraphic methodology, nomenclature, and classification; the role of modeling in sequence stratigraphy, and the difference between modeling and methodology; the issue of scale and stratigraphic resolution The three-dimensional nature of the stratigraphic architecture, and the variability of stratigraphic sequences with the tectonic setting, depositional setting, and the climatic regime All concepts are illustrated with numerous high-quality diagrams, outcrop photographs, and subsurface borehole and seismic data