Design of the metal hydride reactors – A review on the key technical issues

The metal hydride reactors are widely used in many industrial applications, for example, hydrogen storage, heat pump, thermal compression, gas separation, etc. The performance of the reactor is greatly affected by its design, which deserves careful study. Given the complicated nature of the hydride...

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Published in:International journal of hydrogen energy 2010-04, Vol.35 (8), p.3832-3840
Main Authors: Yang, F.S., Wang, G.X., Zhang, Z.X., Meng, X.Y., Rudolph, V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative fuels. Production and utilization
Analytic hierarchy process
Applied sciences
Compressing
Design engineering
Energy
Exact sciences and technology
Fuels
Heat transfer
Hydrogen
Hydrogen storage
Mass transfer
Metal hydride reactor
Metal hydrides
Optimization
Reactor design
Reactors
Thermal management
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Summary:The metal hydride reactors are widely used in many industrial applications, for example, hydrogen storage, heat pump, thermal compression, gas separation, etc. The performance of the reactor is greatly affected by its design, which deserves careful study. Given the complicated nature of the hydride formation/decomposition processes, a series of technical issues are involved in the design of metal hydride reactors, such as primary configuration, thermal management, hydrogen transfer and mechanistic strength. These issues should be well addressed to fulfil the requirement of specific application. In this paper, the representative achievements with regards to the design issues so far were reviewed in detail, and some comments were made accordingly. It was concluded that an optimized reactor design comes from integrated considerations of numerous factors, particularly requirements for the applications and characteristics of the metal hydride system. The analytic hierarchy process was recommended for use in the selection of the optimum reactor scheme.
ISSN:0360-3199
1879-3487
DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.053