Progress in Hydrogen Production Via Sonolysis Processes

Progress in Hydrogen Production via Sonolysis Processes highlights recent developments in numerical and experimental hydrogen production by ultrasound (sonolysis). The book serves as a comprehensive and quick reference with a high-level historical review of the technology, detailed technical descriptions, and the latest experimental and numerical achievements. It reviews hydrogen production technologies, sonolysis, and ultrasound-assisted processes and examines numerical acoustic cavitation (bubble sonochemistry) for hydrogen sono-production. Other sections cover cutting-edge computational research and its benefits for understanding multiple issues related to the use of ultrasound as an innovative clean technology for hydrogen production. Issues covered range from the mechanism of sonochemical production, the factors and phenomena that influence it, intensification techniques, and the active bubble population (number and size) in sonicated water.

Slimane Merouani is a professor of process engineering at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Constantine 3 - Salah Boubnider, in Algeria. His research interests focus on innovative technologies for water and wastewater treatment, sonochemistry, and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs). He has over 95 peer-reviewed international publications and 20 book chapters, with publications cited over 2,257 times. Dr. Merouani has appeared in the 2022 list of the World's Top 2% Scientists published by Stanford University, and is an associate editor of the journal Scientific African , edited by Elsevier, and guest editor of the special issue "Ultrasound, Sonochemistry and Innovative Separation Technologies Applied to Chemical and Environmental Engineering” in the journal Molecules, edited by MDPI. He has supervised numerous research projects focusing on water treatment by sonochemistry and AOPs.

1. Hydrogen production technologies: An overview 2. Sonolysis: basic principles and application 3. Water sonolysis and hydrogen production: experimental results 4. The sonochemical production of hydrogen: Where, when and how 5. Hydrogen sono-production and number density of active bubbles 6. Sono-hybrid processes for hydrogen production 7. Microscopic analysis of the influencing factors on hydrogen sono-production 8. Transfer phenomenon and reactions heat effect on hydogen sono-production 9. Saturation gases effects on hydrogen sono-production 10. Relationship between the bubble energy and hydrogen production 11. Hydogen production from the sonolysis of water/alcohol mixtures -----12. Current challenges and future perspectives of ultrasonic technology for hydrogen production