A HYDROGEN COOLED HYDRIDE STORAGE UNIT INCORPORATING POROUS ENCAPSULANT MATERIAL TO PREVENT ALLOY ENTRAINMENT

• Main Authors: HOLLAND, ARTHUR, STEPHENSON, TREVOR, STETSON, NED, T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.09.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ALLOYS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ELECTRICITY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT; HEATING; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS; VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES; WEAPONS

A hydrogen gas cooled hydrogen storage element which includes a hydrogen storage alloy material in which hydrogen flow channels are provided. The flow channels provide pathways through the hydrogen storage material to allow for high speed hydrogen gas flow. A portion of the high speed hydrogen flow...