UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE CHIAPAS

ENERGY ENGINEERING
ENGLISH MATTER GROUP: B

–FIFTH SEMESTER
PROFESSOR: CASTELLANOS HERNÁNDEZ RAQUEL
STUDENTS: VICTOR ULISES PEREZ COELLO
NIZA FERNANDA HERRERA CASTELLANOS
ENROLLMENT: 203562 AND 203537
DATE: 30/01/2022

ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES OF HYDROGEN
AS A FUEL
 WHAT IS HYDROGEN?

Hydrogen is the first element of the periodic table. It is the lightest chemical
element that exists, its atom is formed by a proton and an electron and is stable
in the form of a diatomic molecule.
 ADVANTAGES

 Renewable and clean energy source:

 When hydrogen is burned, no polluting elements are released
into the atmosphere. The reaction that hydrogen produces
when put in contact with it, does not produce polluting
emissions of CO2, but water, so it does not pollute.
 It does not emit greenhouse gases during combustion. It is a
clean energy source that only emits oxygen vapor from water
and leaves no residue in the air.

 It is non-toxic: From the

 Efficient: It has a calorific value per kg
point of combustion of
of fuel 3 times higher than most
boilers, it does not have the
fossil fuel sources, so less mass of
danger of carbon monoxide.
hydrogen is needed to perform the
Non-toxic and non-corrosive.
same tasks.
 ADVANTAGES

Transportable: This energy can be mixed with natural

gas by up to 20% and travel through the same gas
channels and infrastructures, increasing this percentage
would require changing different elements of existing
gas networks to make them compatible.

The vehicles are not noisy, so

the sonic impact would be
reduced.

Versatile: Hydrogen can be transformed

into electricity or synthetic fuels and used
for domestic, commercial, industrial or
mobility purposes.
 DISADVANTAGES
Difficult to store:
Storing hydrogen is no Higher cost: Energy
easy task. from renewable sources,
key to generating green
hydrogen through
electrolysis.

Attention to safety:
Hydrogen is a very volatile
and flammable element, so it
requires high safety
requirements to avoid leaks
and explosions.
 DISADVANTAGE
Hydrogen is not S There is no service
found in its pure
state in nature. infrastructure yet.

Currently there are The density of

not enough service hydrogen is lower than
stations for the supply gasoline.
of vehicular
hydrogen. Production process:
It is a type of energy that has to be
manufactured. Hydrogen can be
produced from a fossil fuel, but it
emits CO2.
 

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