Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier and Combustion Fuel

This book focuses on the science, technology, and safety aspects of hydrogen across the entire energy chain, from production and storage to combustion and applications. It provides a unified understanding of how hydrogen can serve as a sustainable fuel for clean transportation and power generation, addressing both its opportunities and engineering challenges. This book highlights key topics such as hydrogen properties, combustion fundamentals, safety mechanisms, and modeling of ignition and dispersion phenomena. It also discusses the integration of hydrogen engine and fuel-cell along with recent advances in computational and experimental methods for hydrogen combustion. This book is an essential resource for researchers, engineers, and graduate students in mechanical and energy engineering, as well as professionals working in the fields of hydrogen safety, combustion science, renewable energy systems, and sustainable mobility technologies.