9.36. What do you understand by the terms:

(i) Hydrogen economy 

(ii) Hydrogenation

(iii) Syngas

(iv) Water-gas shift reaction

(v) Fuel-cell?

<p><strong>9.36.&nbsp; (i) Hydrogen economy:</strong>&nbsp;The basic principle of hydrogen economy is the storage and transportation of energy in the form of liquid or gaseous dihydrogen.</p><p><strong> (ii) Hydrogenation:</strong>&nbsp;Hydrogenation means addition of hydrogen across double and triple bonds in presence of catalyst to form saturated compounds.</p><p><strong> (iii) Syngas:</strong>&nbsp;The mixture of CO and H₂&nbsp;are called synthesis gas or 'syngas'. It can be produced by the reaction of steam on hydrocarbon or coke at high temperature in the presence of nickel catalyst</p><p><strong> (iv) Water-gas shift reaction:</strong> The amount of hydrogen in the syngas can be increased by the action of CO of syngas mixture with steam in the presence of iron chromate as catalyst.This is called water-gas shift reaction.</p><p><strong> (v) Fuel-Cell:</strong>&nbsp;It is a cell which converts chemical energy of fuel directly into electrical energy.</p>

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