A review of conventional methods of production of hydrogen from fossil fuels is presented. Some advanced and unconventional methods of production of hydrogen based on fossil fuels are also presented. The general characteristics of the feedstocks used to produce hydrogen are first described. This is followed by the chemistry required to generate hydrogen. Then the chemical process operations and...

Since the relationship between the supply and demand of fossil fuels is on edge in the long run, the contradiction between the economic growth and limited resources will hinder the sustainable development of the Chinese society. This paper aims to analyze the input of fossil fuels in China during 2000-2010 via the material flow analysis (MFA) that takes hidden flows into account. With coal, oil...

The objective of this paper is to view climate change in the framework of economic growth under no controls on emissions as the baseline modeling for further research in formulating an environmental treaty. This paper analyses the economic growth with dynamic of emissions and its impacts under an overlapping-generation model. The burning of fossil fuels main source of greenhouse gases, and rene...

Energy is one of the building blocks of modern society. The growth of the modern society has been fueled by cheap, abundant energy resources. Since the Industrial Revolution, the world concentrated on fossil fuels to provide energy needed for running factories, transportation, electricity generation, homes and buildings. In parallel to the increase in the consumption of energy, living standards...

Firstly, I wish to thank you for the invitation to say a few words at the opening of this important workshop. At the beginning of the XXI century an increase of awareness rose that the fossil fuel resources are limited in the planet we inhabit. Their production costs and therefore their prices tend inevitably to increase and their intensive usage has a significant impact on the environment. In ...

• This counterintuitive finding reflects two key characteristics about energy markets: the worldwide increase in renewable energy sources whose output is intermittent and variable; and greater market liberalization, which has made the spot pricing of electricity more volatile. The intermittency of renewable energy sources requires backup generation, typically from generators using fossil fuels....

Renewable biomass and biomass derived fuels could readily replace fossil fuels in many of the present energy utilization applications with concomitant environmental benefits. Gasification is a form of biomass energy conversion producing a fuel that could substitute for fossil fuels in high efficiency power generation and CHP applications. While fossil fuel resources are heavily concentrated in ...