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Figure 1. A simplified watershed nitrogen cycle, with major pathways (arrows) and their effects on the watershed hydrogen budget (numbers in circles) shown. Circled numbers represent the number of hydrogen ions transferred to the soil solution or surface water ( +1) or from the soil solution or surface water (-l)for every molecule of N03 or NH4 + that follows a given pathway. For example, nitrification follows the pathway for NH4 + assimilation into microbial biomass ( + l) and is leached out as N03 ( + 1), for a total hydrogen ion production of +2 for every molecule of N03 produced.

The difference in oxidation levels of I and II is not so obvious and requires detailed analysis. First, it is important to recognize that the liberation of the two carbon side chain with the simultaneous introduction of acetate is in actual fact an oxidation. Skeletal carbon-hydrogen budgets of I and II—not including the acetate atoms since this is the added function—reveals that I is converted to a system (II) in which a proton is missing. It is evident then that no more than one two-electron oxidation mediates in this conversion, with the addition of an acetate molecule. 

Paris-based International Energy Agency began to support hydrogen programs in 1978, its hydrogen budget stood at somewhat more than 16 million, spread over several years. 

Table 5.6 summarizes the components of the global hydrogen budget. The total amount of hydrogen in the atmosphere is about 200 Tg (170 Tg... 

Bulk D/H analyses of chondrites are useful for interpreting the relative contributions of these materials to the hydrogen budgets of the Earth and other terrestrial planets. Such analyses show a relatively restricted range of D/H values (Robert et al. 1979 Kolodny et al. 1980 McNaughton et al. 1981 Robert and Epstein 1982 Kerridge 1985 Robert et al. 

In an attempt to develop the hydrogen bomb before the Russians, a second weapons laboratory , Lawrence Livermore, was established in July 1952 to handle the additional work that would be necessaiy to stay ahead of the Russian nuclear weapons program. The administrator chosen was the University of California. Eor the next forty-five years, this LLNL was a formidable competitor to Los Alamos in the development of nuclear weapons. But much like most of the other major national laboratories, its focus also shifted away from nuclear weapons to basic science to fields like magnetic and laser fusion energy, non-nuclear energy, biomedicine, and environmental science. By the late 1990s, half of the laboratoi y s budget was nonde-fense related as the shift away from nuclear weapons continued. 

Figure 18.2. Public R D budget in fuel cells and hydrogen (Amorelli et al., 2004).

This simple two component model for the Fe isotope composition of seawater does not consider the effects of the Fe isotope composition of dissolved Fe from rivers or from rain. Although the dissolved Fe fluxes are small (Fig. 19) the dissolved fluxes may have an important control on the overall Fe isotope composition of the oceans if they represent an Fe source that is preferentially added to the hydrogenous Fe budget that is ultimately sequestered into Fe-Mn nodules. In particular riverine components may be very important in the Pacific Ocean where a significant amount of Fe to the oceans can be delivered from rivers that drain oceanic islands (Sholkovitz et al. 1999). An additional uncertainty lies in how Fe from particulate matter is utilized in seawater. For example, does the solubilization of Fe from aerosol particles result in a significant Fe isotope fractionation, and does Fe speciation lead to Fe isotope fractionation ... 

In Japan, there is a project aimed at capturing the considerable volume of hydrogen gas which can be obtained as a by-product steel production. R D will focus on the purification process of fuel from coke oven gas to an acceptable level for fuel cell utilisation. METI, the Japan Research and Development Centre for Metals and Nippon Steel are working on the project with a 2003 budget allocation of 549 million. Japan also operates the 4C/.f project which aimsto develop an optimum coal gasifier for fuel cells and the establishment of gas clean-up system for purification of coal gas to the acceptable level for utilisation for MCFC and SOFC. The budget allocations for 2000-2003 total 4.6 billion. 

The EU "STORMY" program aims to develop the next generation of compressed and liquefied hydrogen storage and metal hydrides. The EU consortium includes about 40 partners including car industry players. The program is support with a 10 million budget... 

Although many countries mentioned transportation and distribution as among their overall hydrogen and fuel cell development programs, few delineated specific work elements or budget... 

NATURALHY - project aims to define the technical and socio-economic conditions to inject hydrogen in natural gas using the existing infrastructure in a transition to the Hj economy. 48 partners are involved including major EU gas utilities with a budget of 11 million. 

The EU HySafe network focuses on issues to improve understanding of hydrogen safety and to support the safe and efficient introduction and commercialisation of hydrogen as an energy carrier. The program includes 25 European partners and is supported with a 7 million budget The project is coordinated by the research centre of Karlsruhe, Germany and includes the development of a common approach to risk assessment and codes standards. 

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