Heat pipe for thermally coupled fuel cell and metal hydride as well as for cooling metal hydride hydrogen charging.

Autor: Wang, Jin-Xin1 (AUTHOR), Zhang, Hao1 (AUTHOR), Li, Shi-Yu1 (AUTHOR), Wang, Xiao1 (AUTHOR) 873277069@qq.com
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Zdroj: International Journal of Green Energy. 2024, Vol. 21 Issue 16, p3794-3808. 15p.
Abstrakt: In this paper, a metal hydride (MH) canister and a PEM fuel cell are coupled using heat pipes to study the minimum number of heat pipes required, the operating range of the fuel cell, and the temperature change patterns of the MH. We account for temperature difference limitations between the fuel cell and the MH (∆T = 35–55 K) on the heat pipe dynamics, which has been neglected in previous similar studies. Since the hydrogen absorption rate of the MH canisters exhibits an initial increase followed by a decrease with increasing temperature, an analysis was conducted to select the appropriate heat pipe under different hydrogen filling pressures. This analysis ensured that the MH canisters remained at the optimal charging temperature (326 K) and achieved the maximum charging rate (6.64 slpm). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: GreenFILE