MOVING LAYER TYPE HYDROGEN STORAGE ALLOY UTILIZING METHOD AND ITS FACILITY

• Main Authors: IKEDA YOSHIMASA, SAITO TAICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.10.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; HEATING; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-efficiency and simple structure by equalizing the pressure of reactors on the exhaust heat recovery side and cold heat generation side, then dropping the hydrogen storage alloy in a lower hydrogen discharge reactor and a hydrogen storage reactor into storage containers. SOLUTION: The hydrogen storage alloy extracted from a hydrogen discharge reactor 2 on the exhaust heat recovery side is dropped into a storage container 4 after the pressure is equalized between reactors, then the hydrogen storage alloy in a hydrogen storage reactor 1 is moved to the reactor 2. The hydrogen storage alloy in the storage container 4 is conveyed to the reactor 1 by a hydrogen storage alloy conveying device 5. The hydrogen storage alloy extracted from the reactor 1 on the cold heat generation side is dropped to the storage container 4 after the pressure is equalized between reactors, then the hydrogen storage alloy in the reactor 2 is moved to the reactor 1. The alloy storing hydrogen in the storage container 4 is conveyed to the reactor 4 by the conveying device 5. A reaction is started in this state. Cold heat can be generated from exhaust heat when the cycle is repeated.