Hydrogen balloon transportation: A cheap and efficient mode to transport hydrogen - ScienceDirect
Highlights
A new approach to transporting hydrogen with balloons.
Possible paths for hydrogen balloon transportation.
Estimation of the optimum altitude to transport hydrogen in balloons.
The global potential for hydrogen balloon transportation is accessed.
Fig. 1. Hydrogen balloon transportation (HBT) description.
Fig. 2. The hydrogen balloon (a) can be transported by a support ship to the H2 network (b) can be lowered by the support ship, (c) can reduce fuel consumption of passing ships and (d) can generate electricity with tidal power in the support ship.
2. Hydrogen balloon transportation (HBT)
[…]To increase the safety of this transportation mode, hydrogen balloons should only fly over the ocean. This is convenient because support ships could assist in the transportation of the balloons in any direction on the ocean. This would not be possible on the continent. If the weather forecast is wrong and the balloon is blown away from the path to its destination and ends up flying over the continent, the balloon could be guided to land to minimize the risks of incidents.[…]
Can we deduce that under certain conditions hydrogen could be used or/and produced for some AWES?
Would there be a way to combine these two industries: Hydrogen Balloon Transportation (HBT) and Airborne Wind Energy (AWE)?