IGT's hydrogen energy qualifications. [Survey]

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

OSTI ID:7135621

The Institute of Gas Technology is involved in the study of the production, transmission, and utilization of hydrogen. In 1970, the program on the use of hydrogen as a potential supplement to and replacement for natural gas was begun. In 1971, IGT started a study for AGA on the potential role of nuclear-based hydrogen in the natural gas industry. Additional programs carried out by IGT for the AGA included a project to develop thermo-chemical-hydrogen-production processes and a project to determine the cost of long-distance transmission of hydrogen by pipelines. For the EPA, IGT carried out projects on alternative automobile fuels. A study covering the present availability of technology for conversion of coal to pure hydrogen in a central plant was conducted for an industrial client. Some studies for NASA compared efficiencies of costs to produce hydrogen, liquefied methane, and liquid jet aviation fuels from coal. Other areas of research include examination of production techniques covering electrolysis of pure and impure water, production from coal and water, thermochemical and photochemical production of hydrogen and oxygen, electrochemical photolysis of water, using off-peak electric power to generate hydrogen for sale to industry, and electrolytic production of hydrogen as an integral part of an energy-production system utilizing wind power. Utilizing hydrogen on farms and as a means of transporting the energy produced by an offshore ocean thermal gradient power plant to onshore customers are being researched. IGT operates a 75 ton/day coal gasification pilot plant. Research continues on novel catalytic burners for industrial and domestic appliances and the hydrogen fuel-cell. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7135621
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AVIATION FUELS
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