Entry requirements

120 credits natural sciences/technology including 5 credits chemistry.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• different methods to generate hydrogen gas with advanced knowledge of renewable hydrogen gas and hydrogen gas from sun and water
• account for different ways to store hydrogen gas with advanced knowledge of metal hydrides
• account for different batteries and fuel cells with advanced knowledge about energy relevant materials and electrochemical energy transformation
• discuss hydrogen gas as an energy carrier and possibilities and consequences in a future hydrogen gas society.

Content

Overall:

Hydrogen gas as anenergy carriers.

The hydrogen society. The challenges of the transport sector.

Sustainable application of technological:

Life-cycle analysis of hydrogen gas, batteries, fuel cells etc.

Production and storage of hydrogen

Different methods to generate hydrogen gas. Renewable hydrogen gas. Deeper knowledge of hydrogen gas from sun and water. Different methods to store hydrogen gas. Deeper knowledge of metal hydrides. Short and long term applications.

Batteries and fuel cells

Chemistry and function of the common battery systems. Fuel cells. Deeper knowledge of energy relevant materials and electrochemical energy transformation. Future functions in the energy system. Hybride systems.

Contacts with public authorities and companies within the energy and the transport sector.

Instruction

Lectures, laboratory work, demonstrations and discussions.

Assessment

Written examination is organised at the end of the course and corresponds to 6 HE credits. Laboratory sessions and the seminars and discussions correspond to 4 HE credits. To pass final grades it is required that all parts have been assessed passed. The final school grades correspond to a joining of the results of the included parts.

Other regulations

The course can not be counted in the degree together with course 1KB755