HYDROGEN STORAGE CONTAINER

• Main Authors: YASUO KOJI, KIBUNE KENJI, ISONO TAKAHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.04.2010
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; ELECTRICITY; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hydrogen storage container capable of quickly storing and discharging hydrogen by improving diffusing performance of hydrogen. SOLUTION: The hydrogen storage container 10 includes: a container including a barrel part 24; a cylindrical tube 30; a thermoconductive plate 40; and a composite material 50 including a hydrogen storage alloy. The cylindrical tube 30 is a cylindrical hollow tube, andt has a function as a center shaft or a winding core for winding up the thermoconductive plate 40. A plurality of openings 31 are provided in a side surface of the cylindrical tube 30. The thermoconductive plate 40 is housed in a container 20 in the state of being spirally wound around the cylindrical tube 30. The thermoconductive plate 40 is coated with the composite material 50 including a hydrogen storage alloy to prevent through-holes 41 from being blocked. A plurality of through-holes 41 are arranged to structure one part of a gas passage communicating from the center of the container 20 in the radial direction, corresponding to each opening 31 provided in the cylindrical tube 30, in the state of winding the thermoconductive plate 40 around the cylindrical tube 30. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT