Volume 1 of a 4-volume series is a concise authoritative and an eminently readable and
enjoyable experience related to hydrogen production storage and usage for portable and
stationary power. Although the major focus is on hydrogen discussion of fossil fuels and
nuclear power is also presented where appropriate. This monograph is written by recognized
experts in the field and is both timely and appropriate as this decade will see application of
hydrogen as an energy carrier for example in transportation sector.The world's reliance on
fossil fuels is due to the ever growing need for energy to sustain life and on-going progress
however exploitation also brings consequences such as emission of carbon nitrogen and sulfur
dioxides into the atmosphere. The collective influence of these photochemical gases is
production of acid rain and an alternation of global temperatures leading to record high
temperatures in many parts of the world. The fossil fuel is unsustainable and thus there is a
critical need for alternative sustainable energy resources. One universal energy carrier is
hydrogen which is the focus of this volume.This book is suitable for those who work in the
energy field as technical experts including engineers and scientists as well as managers
policy and decision-makers environmentalists and consultants. Students and practitioners such
as lectures teachers legislators and their aids in the field of energy will find this book
invaluable and a practical handbook or guide in the field of sustainable energy with emphasis
on hydrogen as an energy carrier.
