Thermal modeling and performance analysis of industrial-scale metal hydride based hydrogen storage container

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 14351-14364

  Muthukumar, P ^a   Singhal, A ^a   Bansal, G K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrogen storage; Industrial scale; Metal hydride; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; CONTAINER GEOMETRY; COOLING FLUIDS; COOLING TUBES; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDRIDE BED; HYDRIDING; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE; METAL HYDRIDES; MULTI-PHYSICS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMUM GEOMETRY; OVERALL HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; STORAGE CONTAINER; SUPPLY PRESSURE; THERMAL MODELING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAINERS; GEOMETRY; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN STORAGE; INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMOANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ABSORPTION COOLING;

EID: 84866126484     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.07.010     Document Type: Article

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