Study of heat transfer and kinetics parameters influencing the design of heat exchangers for hydrogen storage in high-pressure metal hydrides

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 2229-2239

  Visaria, Milan ^a   Mudawar, Issam ^a   Pourpoint, Timothée ^a   Kumar, Sudarshan ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger; High pressure metal hydride; Hydrogen storage

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; FILL TIME; HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN; HIGH RATE; HYDROGEN STORAGE SYSTEM; KINETICS PARAMETER; LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; METAL HYDRIDES; NEW PARAMETERS; STORAGE CAPACITY; STORAGE SYSTEMS; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

COOLING; FUEL CELLS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; METALS; POWDER METALS; REACTION RATES; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 76749094501     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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