Metal hydride hydrogen storage tank for light fuel cell vehicle
| Autor: | Adrian Parsons, Dana Swanepoel, D. van Schalkwyk, Mykhaylo Lototskyy, T. van Niekerk, Moegamat Wafeeq Davids, Marek Malinowski, Sivakumar Pasupathi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Materials science
Alloy Analytical chemistry Energy Engineering and Power Technology Proton exchange membrane fuel cell chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology engineering.material 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences law.invention Hydrogen storage law Aluminium Heat exchanger Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Hydride 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Cathode 0104 chemical sciences Fuel Technology chemistry engineering 0210 nano-technology Vacuum induction melting |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 44:29263-29272 |
| ISSN: | 0360-3199 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.01.227 |
| Popis: | We describe a metal hydride (MH) hydrogen storage tank for light fuel cell vehicle application developed at HySA Systems. A multi-component AB2-type hydrogen storage alloy was produced by vacuum induction melting (10 kg per a load) at our industrial-scale facility. The MH alloy has acceptable H sorption performance, including reversible H storage capacity up to ∼170 NL/kg (1.5 wt% H). The cassette-type MH tank was made up of 2 cylindrical aluminium canisters with transversal internal copper fins and external aluminium fins for improving the heat exchange between the heating medium and the MH tank. Heat supply and removal was provided from the outside using air at T = 15–25 °C. The MH tank was tested at the conditions of natural or forced (velocity ∼2 m/s) air convection. The tests included H2 charge of the tank at P = 15–40 bar and its discharge at P = 1 bar. The tank in the H2 discharge mode was also tested together with open cathode low-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (LT PEMFC). |
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