Hydrogen storage in liquid hydrogen carriers: recent activities and new trends
TolgaHanUlucan,SnehaAAkhade,AjithAmbalakatte,TomAutrey,AlasdairCairns,PingChen,YoungWhanCho,FaustoGallucci,WenboGao,JakobBGrinderslev,KatarzynaGrubel,TorbenRJensen,PetraEdeJongh,JotheeswariKothandaraman,KrystinaELamb,Young-SuLee,CamelMakhloufi,PeterNgene,PierreOlivier,ColinJWebb,BerengerWegman,BrandonCWood,ClaudiaWeidenthaler
Abstract
Efficient storage of hydrogen is one of the biggest challenges towards a potential hydrogen economy. Hydrogen storage in liquid carriers is an attractive alternative to compression or liquefaction at low temperatures. Liquid carriers can be stored cost-effectively and transportation and distribution can be integrated into existing infrastructures. The development of efficient liquid carriers is part of the work of the International Energy Agency Task 40: Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage. Here, we report the state-of-the-art for ammonia and closed CO2-cycle methanol-based storage options as well for liquid organic hydrogen carriers.