2.1 Hydrogen and different Hydrogen Production models
This chapter provides an overview of hydrogen and its role in mitigating climate change. It covers different methods of hydrogen production and compares their CO2 emissions. The importance of green hydrogen in the energy transition and greenhouse gas reduction is discussed, along with the basics of generating electricity from renewable sources for green hydrogen production. The chapter also explores technical details of green hydrogen production via electrolysis, including comparisons of electrolysis technologies and examples of electrolysers in operation or planned in Northern Germany.
Properties and characteristics
Hydrogen is the first element of the periodic table of elements and thus has the lowest atomic mass of all elements. Therefore, when planning on using hydrogen as an energy carrier, it has to be taken into account, that the handling of hydrogen is different compared to other gases or substances with respect to its properties and very own characteristics. Some of those are stated as a short overview in the table below.