Hydrogen storage in metal hydride tanks equipped with metal foam heat exchanger

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 9393-9401

  Mellouli, S ^a   Dhaou, H ^a   Askri, F ^a   Jemni, A ^a   Ben Nasrallah, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Heat exchangers; Hydrogen storage; Metal foams; Metal hydrides tank; Time charging

Indexed keywords

BASE MATERIAL; CHARGING PROCESS; CONCENTRIC HEAT EXCHANGERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDROGEN STORAGE METAL; METAL FOAMS; METAL HYDRIDE TANK; METAL HYDRIDES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; RELATIVE DENSITY; STORAGE TIME; TRANSIENT HEAT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTRIC CHARGE; FOAMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; LITHIUM BATTERIES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

METALS;

EID: 71849120233     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.09.043     Document Type: Article

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