VIABILIDADE NA UTILIZAÇÃO DO HIDROGÊNIO COMO COMBUSTÍVEL PARA CALDEIRA FLAMOTUBULAR E AQUOTUBULAR: uma pesquisa sobre o hidrogênio

Abstract

This work consists of a research on hydrogen with the objective of analyzing it as fuel for flamotubular and aquotubular boilers, analyzing costs, positive and negative points from the process of separation by electrolysis until its burning in the boiler. Hydrogen is a gas found in fossil fuels, in water and in all living things, it has no smell, no color and is fundamental to life. In several situations it is already used as a fuel, the more cost of electric energy to separate hydrogen by electrolysis is the most expensive in the process and can reach 60%. The burning of fossil fuels or biomass emits CO2, which is a harmful gas on the one hand and essential on the other, while hydrogen is the most correct fuel if we are going to analyze the environmental impact, since the gases emitted in its combustion do not harm the ozone layer, on the other hand, hydrogen is not a primary fuel, that is, it needs to go through expensive processes to obtain hydrogen gas.