Preface, New perspectives in hydrogen production, separation and utilization

This book describes the perspectives of application for a number of alternative technologies including solar, membrane and membrane reactors (MRs), electrolysis, and bioreactors in the framework of hydrogen generation, its utilization as a green fuel and the consequent future impact at industrial scale. These sections describe the fundamentals of the alternative routes of hydrogen generation (alternative sources of hydrogen), the alternative technologies for producing hydrogen and related advantages and drawbacks over the conventional systems (alternative technologies for hydrogen production), the relevant role of the process intensification strategy (PIS) represented by the potentialities of the membrane technology in the production and purification of hydrogen (membrane technologies for hydrogen separation and purification), and the utilization of hydrogen at industrial scale and in real systems (utilization of hydrogen).