Tomorrow's energy : hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet
Peter Hofmann.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2001.
x, 289 págs. : ilustraciones ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0262082950 (hc. : alk. paper)
Incluye índice.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 265-281) e índice.
Contenido
- Machine generated contents note: Foreword by Senator Tom Harkin
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Why Hydrogen? Buckminster Fuller, Sheikh Yamani, and Bill Clinton
- 2. Hydrogen's Discovery: Phlogiston and Inflammable Air
- 3. A History of Hydrogen Energy: The Reverend Cecil, Jules Verne, and the Redoubtable Mr. Erren
- 4. Producing Hydrogen from Water, Natural Gas, and Green Plants
- 5. Primary Energy: Using Solar and Other Power to Make Hydrogen
- 6. Hydrogen for Cars and Buses: Steaming Tailpipes
- 7. Fuel Cells: Mr. Grove's Lovely Technology
- 8. Hydrogen in Aerospace: Clean Contrails and the Orient Express
- 9. Hydrogen as Utility Gas: The Invisible Flame
- 10. Non-Energy Uses of Hydrogen: Metallic H2, Biodegradable Plastics, and H2 Tofu
- 11. Safety: The Hindenburg Syndrome, or "Don't Paint Your Dirigible with Rocket Fuel"
- 12. The Next 100 Years.
