H2 Production vs Sustainability: Thermochemical processes for H2 production in correlation with the key performance indicators (KPIs) of sustainability

Abstract

Focusing on the H2 production for mitigating the negative and dangerous effects and impacts triggered by industrial processes, transport sector and other several scopes around the globe, at different scales, could have a great resonance from different domains, such as environment, economy, global health and social. Since energy is one of the main factors of production, investigating H2 production from thermochemical processes in the light of sustainability could offer a proficient response in terms of sustainability performance. Therefore, the present tends to study the thermochemical processes for the production of hydrogen by focusing on CO2 sorption by different sorbents and on sustainability domains assessment strictly correlated with the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):  in particular, the environmental index expressed as a Global Warming Potential (GWP) factor.