On the effect of process temperature on the performance of activated carbon bed hydrogen storage tank

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1468-1476

  Momen, Gelareh ^a   Jafari, Reza ^a   Hassouni, Khaled ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Hydrogen storage; Low temperature; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DENSITY OF GASES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GAS ADSORPTION; MACH NUMBER; NUMERICAL MODELS; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TEMPERATURE;

ACTIVATED CARBON MONOLITHS; CAPACITY LIMITATION; HYDROGEN STORAGE TANK; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-MACH-NUMBER FLOW; MECHANICAL ENERGY DISSIPATION; PROCESS TEMPERATURE; SPLITTING TECHNIQUES;

HYDROGEN STORAGE;

EID: 80054073839     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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