2009 Ultimate Guide to Hydrogen from Coal and Natural Gas, Carbon Dioxide Control, Clean Coal and FutureGen, Gasification, Carbon Sequestration (Ringbound Book plus Two CD-ROMs)

Here is your authoritative guide to all aspects of producing hydrogen from coal and natural gas, from the Federal Government! This unique guide, with a ringbound book and two CD-ROMs, combines the contents of several up-to-date Energy Department publications, with an additional 40,000 pages of coverage on the CD-ROMs. The use of coal - America's largest domestic fossil energy resource - offers the potential for producing abundant, economically attractive hydrogen to provide both increased energy security and reduction of CO2 emissions. The Hydrogen from Coal RD&D Plan encompasses technical activities to meet the goals of the Hydrogen Posture Plan. Coal-based hydrogen production offers a means to transition to a hydrogen-based economy while carbon-free technologies can be further advanced and proved to be commercially attractive. The Hydrogen from Coal RD&D Plan - The FE Hydrogen from Coal Program was initiated to support the President's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative, DOE's goals in the Hydrogen Posture Plan, and the FutureGen project. The mission of the Hydrogen from Coal Program is to develop advanced technologies through joint public and private RD&D. These technologies will facilitate the transition to the hydrogen economy and the use of our nation's abundant coal resources to produce, store, deliver, and utilize affordable hydrogen in an environmentally responsive manner. Where applicable, the Hydrogen from Coal Program will coordinate its activities with related clean coal programs (e.g., gasification and sequestration) and other organizations in DOE such as EERE. The goals of the Hydrogen from Coal Program are: Production - - Central Production Pathway - By the end of 2016, prove the feasibility of a 60 percent efficient, near-zero emissions, coal fueled hydrogen and power co-production facility that reduces the cost of hydrogen by 25 percent compared to current coal-based technology. Alternate Hydrogen Production Pathway By the end of 2014, make available an alternative hydrogen production pathway, including a product reforming system, for decentralized production of hydrogen from high hydrogen content hydrocarbon liquids and/or substitute natural gas (SNG) that can be delivered through the existing fuel distribution infrastructure. Polygeneration - By 2015, make available processes to enhance coal facility profitability by producing a variety of high-value, coal-derived chemicals and/or carbon materials that can be incorporated into the central or alternate pathway hydrogen production systems. Storage - Complete small-scale research to identify promising hydrogen storage technologies for transportation applications. Utilization - Complete the development of hydrogen and hydrogen-natural gas mixture engine modifications and operations. Technology Elements - The Hydrogen from Coal Program will improve upon current technology and make available new, innovative technologies that can produce and deliver affordable hydrogen from coal with significantly reduced or near-zero emissions. The technologies that comprise the program, and those that enable the achievement of the program's goals, include activities that are part of the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative and those associated technologies that are being developed in other coal and carbon sequestration-related programs. There are two key hydrogen production pathways for the program - the central production pathway (pure gaseous hydrogen) and the alternate hydrogen production pathway (via hydrogen-rich liquid fuel and substitute natural gas (SNG)). In conjunction with these two pathways, polygeneration - the production of high-value carbon-based materials or chemicals - will utilize the facilities, products, or intermediate products of a hydrogen, liquid fuels, or SNG plant that also coproduces electricity. The high-value, carbon-based materials or chemicals produced through polygener