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Sodium Hydride as Alternative Energy Having Hydrogen Absorption and Hydrogen Generation Functions and Hydrogen Fuel Cycle <on-site sodium production for hydrogen on sea and on-demand hydrogen power generation on land>

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2011

Masataka Murahara  and
Toshio Ohkawara
Masataka Murahara
Affiliation:
Innovative Research Initiatives, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan Professor Emeritus of Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan M Hikari & Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
Toshio Ohkawara
Affiliation:
M Hikari & Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
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Abstract

Hydrogen was converted to such a material as coal or oil with a low specific gravity so that it could be stored for a longer period and transported for a long distance at room temperature and under atmospheric pressure; which is sodium metal or sodium hydride. Sodium metal is produced with molten-salt electrolysis from seawater by wind power and transported to a thermoelectric power station in the consumption place for hydrogen-fueled combustion power generation. Sodium hydroxide, a waste, is re-electrolyzed to produce sodium for hydrogen generation; which constructs a hydrogen fuel cycle. This hydrogen fuel cycle is a clean, environmentally friendly recycle system that never requires repeated supply of raw materials in the same manner as the nuclear fuel cycle. Sodium or sodium hydride is an alternative energy.

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energy generationenergy storagehydrogenation
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1311: Symposium GG – Next-Generation Fuel Cells—New Materials and Concepts , 2011 , mrsf10-1311-gg08-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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