Tomorrow's energy hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet / Peter Hoffmann.
| Author/creator | Hoffmann, Peter, 1935- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, |
| Description | x, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Contents | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-281) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 00054613 |
| ISBN | 0262082950 (hc. : alk. paper) |