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The Hydrogen Programs in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Qidong Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University Jade Spring, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China 310027
Changpin Chen Yongquan Lei
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University Jade Spring, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China 310027
Lixing Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University Jade Spring, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China 310027
Xinghua Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University Jade Spring, Hangzhou, Zhejiang China 310027
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Abstract

According to the stages of development, the hydrogen program in China can be divided into four periods since 1978. The chief activities and accomplishments in each period on hydrogen production, hydrogen processing and use of hydrogen in the form of energy are introduced. The work of consciously transforming the present energy system based upon coal-firing power plants and petroleum powered internal combustion engine vehicles into a hydrogen economy system with primary energy mainly based on renewable energies and recycling of biomass and the use of both electricity and hydrogen as energy vectors is just on its start.

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