ERIC Number: EJ1205698
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Feb
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
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Educational Modules on the Power-to-Gas Concept Demonstrate a Path to Renewable Energy Futures
Rubner, Isabel; Berry, Ashton J.; Grofe, Theodor; Oetken, Marco
Journal of Chemical Education, v96 n2 p248-255 Feb 2019
A significant challenge for the global community is the increasing demand for clean and renewable energy technologies. However, a lack of knowledge of these technologies threatens to impede their adoption. The development of cheap, effective, and easy-to-use chemical and electrochemical storage technologies is crucial if countries are to move away from fossil fuel electricity production. In this paper, we describe simple classroom-based learning systems that can be used to demonstrate the power-to-gas concept and its ability to greatly enhance the practicability and sustainability of other renewable energy systems. Most renewable energy systems can only produce energy sporadically and at specific locations; however, the power-togas concept uses hydrogen, obtained by electrolysis, to produce methane via the Sabatier reaction. We also demonstrate how this "dream reaction"--through the use of renewable energies such as solar and wind--can produce industrially and energetically desirable methane from hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The power-to-gas concept can be easily replicated in both educational and informal settings to encourage more grassroots and scholastic interest in the development of these vital technologies.
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Hands on Science, Molecular Structure, Water, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Conservation (Environment), Fuels
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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