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ENERGIES
Volume 15, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en15144964
Keywords
hydrogen storage; methanol; dimethyl ether; dibenzyltoluene; organic hydrogen carriers; chemical storage
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This review discusses and compares the three most technologically advanced hydrogen carriers - dimethyl ether, methanol, and dibenzyltoluene. Their potential for industrial application in energy storage, transport, and mobility sectors is analyzed, taking into account technological and environmental aspects.
Depleting fossil fuel resources and anthropogenic climate changes are the reasons for the intensive development of new, sustainable technologies based on renewable energy sources. One of the most promising strategies is the utilization of hydrogen as an energy vector. However, the limiting issue for large-scale commercialization of hydrogen technologies is a safe, efficient, and economical method of gas storage. In industrial practice, hydrogen compression and liquefaction are currently applied; however, due to the required high pressure (30-70 MPa) and low temperature (-253 degrees C), both these methods are intensively energy consuming. Chemical hydrogen storage is a promising alternative as it offers safe storage of hydrogen-rich compounds under ambient conditions. Although many compounds serving as hydrogen carriers are considered, some of them do not have realistic perspectives for large-scale commercialization. In this review, the three most technologically advanced hydrogen carriers-dimethyl ether, methanol, and dibenzyltoluene-are discussed and compared. Their potential for industrial application in relation to the energy storage, transport, and mobility sectors is analyzed, taking into account technological and environmental aspects.
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