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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 897-905Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.11.021
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Metal hydrides; Hydrogen storage; Numerical simulation; Heat transfer; Fins
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The storage time of hydrogen in metal-hydride tanks (MHTs for short) is strongly influenced by the rate at which heat can be removed from the reaction bed. In the present work a two-dimensional mathematical model is developed and validated against experimental results. This model is used, first, to evaluate the impact of the tank wall thermal mass on the hydriding process. Walls in steel and in brass are tested and the obtained results show that there is no significant effect on hydrogen storage time. Then, the established model is used to study the dynamic behaviour inside various designs of MHTs: i) a cylindrical tank, ii) a cylindrical tank with external fins, iii) a cylindrical tank with a concentric tube filled with flowing cooling fluid and iv) a cylindrical tank with a concentric tube equipped with fins. Optimization results indicate that almost 80% improvement of the storage time can be achieved over the case where the tank is not optimized. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Association for Hydrogen Energy.
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