Hydrogen compression characteristics of a dual stage thermal compressor system utilizing LaNi5 and Ca0.6Mm0.4Ni5 as the working metal hydrides

被引:41
作者
Hopkins, Ryan R. [1 ]
Kim, Kwang J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nevada, Low Carbon Green Technol Lab, Dept Mech Engn MS312, Reno, NV 89557 USA
关键词
Metal hydrides; Hydrogen compression; MATHEMATICAL-MODEL; MASS-TRANSFER; STORAGE; HEAT; CONDUCTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; ALLOYS;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.03.065
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The research performed herein consisted of the design, construction, and testing of a dual stage metal hydride hydrogen compression system intended to be used with lower grade geothermal or waste energy sources. The metal hydrides used in this study were LaNi5 and Ca(0.6)Mm(0.4)Ni(5). A Finite Time Thermodynamics (FTT) model was also developed and the model proved useful in determining how the compression results and energy requirements for the system change with variations in the system parameters. Dual stage system results showed a final compression ratio of approximately 12 when using cooling and heating temperatures of 10 degrees C and 90 degrees C, respectively. The final output pressures and compression ratios were found to follow an upward trend when increasing the heating bath temperatures. It can be concluded from the experimental results, that though the dual stage hydrogen compression system has room for improvement, it is an effective way of compressing the hydrogen from low initial pressures while using low grade energy sources. (C) 2010 Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:5693 / 5702
页数:10
相关论文
共 30 条
[1]  
Andresen B, 1999, NATO ASI SCI SERIES
[2]   HEAT AND MASS-TRANSFER IN METAL HYDRIDE BEDS FOR HEAT-PUMP APPLICATIONS [J].
CHOI, H ;
MILLS, AF .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 1990, 33 (06) :1281-1288
[3]   PREDICTION OF HEAT AND MASS-TRANSFER IN ANNULAR CYLINDRICAL METAL HYDRIDE BEDS [J].
GOPAL, MR ;
MURTHY, SS .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 1992, 17 (10) :795-805
[4]  
HEWITT GF, 1994, PROCESS HEAT TRANSFE, P82
[5]   Measurement and modelling of hydriding and dehydriding kinetics [J].
Inomata, A ;
Aoki, H ;
Miura, T .
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 1998, 278 (1-2) :103-109
[6]   Simulation of a thermally coupled metal-hydride hydrogen storage and fuel cell system [J].
Jiang, Z ;
Dougal, RA ;
Liu, S ;
Gadre, SA ;
Ebner, AD ;
Ritter, JA .
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 2005, 142 (1-2) :92-102
[7]   Dynamic modelling and optimization of hydrogen storage in metal hydride beds [J].
Kikkinides, Eustathios S. ;
Georgiadis, Michael C. ;
Stubos, Athanasios K. .
ENERGY, 2006, 31 (13) :2428-2446
[8]   A hydrogen-compression system using porous metal hydride pellets of LaNi5-xAlx [J].
Kim, Jin-Kyeonq ;
Park, Il-Seok ;
Kim, Kwang J. ;
Gatwlik, Keith .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 2008, 33 (02) :870-877
[9]   Development of LaNi5/Cu/Sn metal hydride powder composites [J].
Kim, KJ ;
Lloyd, G ;
Razani, A ;
Feldman, KT .
POWDER TECHNOLOGY, 1998, 99 (01) :40-45
[10]   Thermal conductivity measurements of copper-coated metal hydrides (LaNi5, Ca0.6Mm0.4Ni5, and LaNi4.75Al0.25) for use in metal hydride hydrogen compression systems [J].
Lee, Michael ;
Kim, Kwang J. ;
Hopkins, Ryan R. ;
Gawlik, Keith .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, 2009, 34 (07) :3185-3190