How is blue hydrogen produced?

foreign if this is the first time you are visiting our Channel please make sure you hit the Subscribe button hydrogen is the simplest element and the most abundant substance in the universe when hydrogen Burns it generates energy in the form of heat with water as a byproduct energy created from hydrogen generates no atmosphere warming carbon dioxide making it one of many potential energy carriers that could help reduce carbon emissions and slow global warming it should be noted that hydrogen is not a source of energy such as oil coal solar or wind because it is not possible to find it or extract it from somewhere in the universe the same as electricity hydrogen is an energy carrier it means it must be generated from a source of energy such as wind solar coal natural gas or other resources [Music] but creating hydrogen and transforming it into a useful format requires energy and that energy is not necessarily renewable that process is also inefficient and expensive compared with other forms of energy renewable or not if you want us to make this kind of video make sure you comment below and do not forget to subscribe producing hydrogen takes energy because hydrogen atoms don't exist on their own they are almost always stuck to another atom often another element on Earth hydrogen is particularly abundant in the form of water creating pure hydrogen requires breaking those molecular bonds in the energy business people refer to hydrogen by an array of colors as shorthand for how it was created blue hydrogen is hydrogen produced from natural gas with a process of steam methane reforming where natural gas is mixed with very hot Steam and a catalyst a chemical reaction occurs creating hydrogen and carbon monoxide water is added to that mixture turning the carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and more hydrogen in a process called the water gas shift reaction if the carbon dioxide emissions are then captured and stored underground the process is considered carbon neutral and the resulting hydrogen is called Blue hydrogen [Music] more than 80 percent of the produced hydrogen in the world is derived from the steam methane reforming method which is significantly higher than the electrolysis process in the steam methane reforming method natural gas is initially cleaned of impurities to remove sulfur that can hydrogen production from natural gas hydro desulfurization and adsorption techniques with activated carbon are used the purified natural gas product is mixed with steam and passed over an extremely high temperature reactor where hydrogen and carbon monoxide are produced a well-established and least expensive method to produce hydrogen fuel is steam methane reforming with a conversion efficiency between 74 to 85 percent [Music] gray hydrogen is made from natural gas reforming like blue hydrogen but without any efforts to capture carbon dioxide byproducts therefore against Blue hydrogen gray hydrogen is not clean and an environmentally friendly fuel not forget to subscribe to our Channel and turn on the notification [Music]

Channel: Future Energy & Technology

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Length: 4min 19sec (259 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 06 2023