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Hydrogen Economy

Organizers:

D. R. Hardy
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
Session 8: Carbon Nanotubes
Session 9: Others
Session 1: Hydrogen Economy: Government and Industry Perspectives/Technology Challenges
 

M. A. Rigdon
Institute for Defense Analyses
Alexandria, VA
Session 3: Hydrogen Economy: Materials for Production, Distribution and Utilization 2
 

N. Moody
Sandia National Laboratories
Livermore, CA
Session 2: Hydrogen Economy: Materials for Production, Distribution and Utilization 1
 

R. H. Jones
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
Session 3: Hydrogen Economy: Materials for Production, Distribution and Utilization 2
 

T. Coffey
National Defense University
Washington, DC
Session 1: Hydrogen Economy: Government and Industry Perspectives/Technology Challenges
 

T. Marechaux
National Materials Advisory Board
Washington, DC
Session 2: Hydrogen Economy: Materials for Production, Distribution and Utilization 1
 

Sponsored by:

ASM Technical Programming Board
ASM Advisory Technical Awareness Council
ASM Materials Science Critical Technologies Sector

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Overview:

Availability and use of energy is at the heart of our economy and singularly defines the health of our society. Global consumption of energy, primarily provided by liquid fuels, is growing at a staggering rate, leading to the highest surge in energy demand in human history.

The warning is very clear that availability of oil and natural gas will peak in a very few years, leading to catastrophic consequences. Following a presidential initiative, a major effort is in progress to meet the needs of large-scale production, distribution and use in support of hydrogen as the premier alternate energy, and to reduce dependence on imported oil while minimizing pollution and greenhouse gas emission.

The ASM symposia on this topic (and others related to storage of hydrogen and conversion to electrical energy) will address a number of materials and design issues by technology experts, with emphasis on current status and future challenges.