Numerical investigation of heat and mass transfer during the desorption process of an Mg2Ni-H2 reactor

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4597-4610

  Ben Mâad, Hatem ^a   Askri, Faouzi ^a,b   Ben Nasrallah, Sassi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Heat and mass transfer; Hydrogen storage; Metal hydrides; Mg based alloys; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL-VOLUME FINITE-ELEMENT METHODS; COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; METAL HYDRIDES; MG-BASED ALLOY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESORPTION; HEAT RADIATION; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN STORAGE; MASS TRANSFER; NICKEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS;

COUPLED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84875368762     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.01.144     Document Type: Article

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