Investigation of coupled AB5 type high-power metal hydride reactors

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5770-5777

  Park, Il Seok ^a   Kim, Jin Kyeong ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^a   Zhang, Jixi ^a   Park, Chanwoo ^a   Gawlik, Keith ^b  

^a University of Nevada   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled high power reactors; Porous metal hydride (PMH); Reaction kinetics; Thermal storage

Indexed keywords

COUPLED HIGH-POWER REACTORS; DEHYDRIDING; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; HEAT GENERATION/ABSORPTION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-POWER; HYDRIDING; LOW PRESSURES; METAL HYDRIDES; POROUS METAL; POROUS METAL HYDRIDE (PMH); REACTIVE KINETICS; THERMAL STORAGE;

ALLOYS; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; HEAT STORAGE; HYDRIDES; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; METALS; NICKEL; REACTION KINETICS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 67650762482     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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