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Overview

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Recognize the importance of actions to reduce pollution from our daily activities and understand the advantages of using hydrogen as the fuel of the future
• Gain knowledge on the energy properties of hydrogen and comparison with fossil fuels
• Realize the principal ways of using hydrogen in vehicles: burning in internal combustion engines and using in fuel cells for electric cars
• Learn how hydrogen is produced and how the cost compares with other fuels
• Understand the current technical difficulties that need to be overcome
• Gain the necessary background knowledge to work on projects related to the usage of hydrogen

Description
Sustainability in all resources that we use for our daily life is an inevitable fact for maintaining the condition of our planet so that humans, animals, and even plants can continue living. Among the utmost important actions to take is reducing the pollution of the atmosphere resulting from all our activities, including transporting goods and passengers. This is a rather large step to take, which can be difficult, but there is no other choice.

Consequently, there is a great need for research in all directions, including switching from fossil fuels to less pollutant sources of energy, including hydrogen fuel.

This course covers many facts about hydrogen, how it is produced, how it can be used in vehicles, the current status of hydrogen fuel in industry, and the cost comparison with our regular fuels.

Who Should Attend
• Engineers of Various Disciplines • Researchers who Work on Different Aspects of Sustainability • Managers and Technical Staff who are in Charge of the Work on Environmental Concerns and Reduction of Pollution in Manufacturing and Processing Plants • Technical Personnel in Power Generation Plants, and Individual Enthusiasts who want to know about Hydrogen Fuel and the Changes Taking Place in the way we are using our Vehicles.

Special Features & Requirements
This is a fundamental course covering all associated topics pertinent to replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen.

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Syllabus

Day I

Brief Overview of World Power Consumption

• World energy needs and its categories
• Sources of energy
• Cost of Energy

Global Warming

• Global warming, what it can cause
• Its main reason, human activities
• Current trend and the necessity to put a halt on global warming

Why Hydrogen Fuel, Current State of Hydrogen as A Fuel

• Energy properties of hydrogen
• Comparison with other fuels
• Comparison of weight and trade-off values

Energy Density of Hydrogen and Comparison to Other Fuels

• Examples of various applications

Hydrogen Fuel for Vehicles

• Pollution from vehicles
• Transportation of goods and passengers
• Typical energy requirement of vehicles
• Comparison with electric vehicles

CO2 Emission from Cars and Other Vehicles

• Global emission reduction and corresponding numbers
• Responsibility of industrial countries

Day II

Use of Hydrogen by Combustion and Fuel Cell, Comparison

• Use as a fuel in an internal combustion engine
• Use as a fuel cell for an electric vehicle

Methods of Making Hydrogen

• Various possible methods for hydrogen-making
• Methods and cost, currently in place
• Electrolysis of water
• Comparison and the required energy sources

Cost of Hydrogen, Cost Comparison to Fossil Fuel, Examples

• Current status and corresponding numbers
• Future status after necessary research and development

Technical Problems in Using Hydrogen

• Current status, bottleneck
• Resolution of technical problems

Production, Storage, and Distribution

• Current and future scenarios

Instructor

Ahmad Hemami, Ph.D.

Ahmad has conducted energy-related courses for several years. He is also teaching credit courses on wind turbine engineering in two Canadian universities. He received his Bs degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Tehran, and PhD in system dynamics and control from the Department of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Salford, UK.

Dr. Hemami has many years of industrial, academic and research (Theoretical and applied) experience and has served as a consultant for industry. Among his areas of expertise are robotics, control & automation, and wind energy. He has a passion for renewable energy and the conservation of the environment.

He is very enthusiastic about renewable energy and very concerned about the environment. He has over one hundred journal and conference publications, including two books: Wind Turbine Technology (2012) and Electricity and Electronics for Renewable Energy Technology (2016).