Prof. James Darkwa, BSc (Hons), PhD, FGA, FAAS, MASSAf, FSACI
Hydrogen continues to feature as one of the renewable and sustainable sources of energy as the world tries to find solutions to climate change. But hydrogen as a source of energy dates to 1939 when Sir William Robert Grove invented the “Grove Cell”. NASA used the basis of the Grove Cell and further developments by Bacon to perfect the hydrogen fuel cell for its space shuttles. In the chemical and related industries, hydrogen has had extensive usage; hence the need to produce hydrogen cheaply. However, this industrial production of hydrogen comes with a huge price of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. To produce hydrogen for general use and as a sustainable source of energy, several avenues have been explored for hydrogen production.
This lecture will present the several “shades of hydrogen” according to its production, the associated environmental issues and attempts to deal such issues. There are also opportunities that even the environmental issues offer scientists and how these opportunities have led to perfecting old technologies and the development of new ones.
Speaker: Prof. James Darkwa, Adjunct Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Title: Hydrogen Production for Sustainable Energy: Environmental Issues and Opportunities
Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Science Conference Room, Daniel Adzei Bekoe Building (Department of Biochemistry)
Thank you.