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Environmental and economic comparison of hydrogen production technologies under low-carbon development strategy
https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2025.02.056-070
Abstract
Hydrogen energy is a promising area of energy sector. According to forecasts, global demand of hydrogen will increase six times and reach 700 million tons per year by 2050. At the same time, modern environmental policy imposes restrictions on industrial processes, including hydrogen production, which necessitates the transition from traditional methods of hydrogen production from hydrocarbons to low-carbon and carbon-free technologies. In this paper, a comparative analysis of traditional (steam methane reforming, coal gasification) and alternative (plasma methane pyrolysis, water electrolysis) hydrogen production technologies on a number of criteria (technological, physicochemical, environmental, energetic and economic), to determine the prospects for their use under low-carbon development strategy.
About the Authors
E. Yu. Terekhov
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Terekhov Evgenii Yurevich - postgraduate student. Researcher ID: HTT-4306-2023.
195251, St. Petersburg, st. Politekhnicheskaya, 29; +7 (952) 059-90-09
V. V. Elistratov
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elistratov Viktor Vasilievich - Doc. of Sc., Prof., Professor, Honored Power Engineer of the Russian Federation.
195251, St. Petersburg, st. Politekhnicheskaya, 29
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Terekhov E.Yu., Elistratov V.V. Environmental and economic comparison of hydrogen production technologies under low-carbon development strategy. Alternative Energy and Ecology (ISJAEE). 2025;(2):56-70. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2025.02.056-070
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