Enhanced heat exchanger design for hydrogen storage using high-pressure metal hydride – Part 2. Experimental results
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0017-9310/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.09.028 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 (765) 494 5705; fa E-mail address: [email protected] (I. Mud Hydrogen storage systems utilizing high-pressure metal hydrides (HPMHs) require a highly effective heat exchanger to remove the large amounts of heat released once the hydrogen is charged into the system. Aside from removing the heat, the heat exchanger must be able to accomplish this task in an acceptably short period of time. A near-term target for this ‘fill-time’ is less than 5 min. In this two-part study, a new class of heat exchangers is proposed for automobile hydrogen storage systems. The first part discussed the design methodology and a 2-D computational model that was constructed to explore the thermal and kinetic behavior of the metal hydride. This paper discusses the experimental setup and testing of a prototype heat exchanger using Ti1.1CrMn as HPMH storage material. Tests were performed to examine the influence of pressurization profile, coolant flow rate and coolant temperature on metal hydride temperature and reaction rate. The experimental data are compared with predictions of the 2-D model to validate the model, calculate reaction progress and determine fill time. The prototype heat exchanger successfully achieved a fill time of 4 min 40 s with a combination of fast pressurization and low coolant temperature. A parameter termed non-dimensional conductance (NDC) is shown to be an effective tool in designing HPMH heat exchangers and estimating fill times achievable with a particular design. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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