Detailed Description
The endpoints and any values of the ranges disclosed herein are not limited to the precise range or value, and are understood to encompass values approaching those ranges or values. For numerical ranges, one or more new numerical ranges may be found between the endpoints of each range, between the endpoint of each range and the individual point value, and between the individual point value, in combination with each other, and are to be considered as specifically disclosed herein.
In the description of the present invention, directions or positional relationships such as terms of "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", etc., are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description of the present invention and are not required to necessarily construct and operate in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. The terms "coupled," "connected," and "connected" as used herein are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly coupled or detachably coupled, and may be directly coupled or indirectly coupled through intermediate members, as will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, in view of the detailed description of the terms.
The first aspect of the present invention provides a hydrogen storage alloy reactor, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, wherein the reactor comprises an inner tank 1 vertically arranged and an outer tank 2 sleeved outside the inner tank 1;
a plurality of inner tank partition boards 3 are horizontally arranged in the inner tank 1 along the vertical direction of the inner tank 1;
A plurality of outer tank partition boards 4 are horizontally arranged in the outer tank 2 along the vertical direction of the outer tank 2;
An opening 5 is formed in the inner tank body partition plate 3, and the opening 5 is used for hydrogen circulation;
the outer tank body partition board 4 is in a shape of a unfilled corner ring 6, the outer tank body partition board 4 is used for circulation of heat conduction fluid, and the heat conduction fluid circulates through the unfilled corner of the unfilled corner ring 6.
In the invention, two tanks are sleeved with each other to be used as a hydrogen storage alloy reactor, the inner tank is used for storing hydrogen and releasing hydrogen, and the outer tank is used for transferring heat, so that the safe transportation of hydrogen can be realized, the rapid heat transfer can be realized by means of the outer tank, and the heat transfer efficiency is improved; further, the hydrogen flows in the gas flow passage of the inner tank body, the flow direction of the hydrogen is regulated and controlled by adjusting the relative position of the holes on the baffle plates of the inner tank body, the heat conduction fluid flows through the unfilled corners of the baffle plates of the outer tank body, and the flow direction of the heat conduction fluid is adjusted by adjusting the relative position of the unfilled corners of the baffle plates of the outer tank body, so that the hydrogen storage efficiency and the heat diffusion efficiency are improved. By adopting the hydrogen storage alloy reactor provided by the invention, when the hydrogen absorption amount of the hydrogen storage alloy reactor reaches 90% of the maximum hydrogen absorption amount, the hydrogen absorption time can be reduced by 17-83% compared with the prior art, and when the hydrogen release amount of the hydrogen storage alloy reactor reaches 90% of the maximum hydrogen release amount, the hydrogen release time can be reduced by 32-90% compared with the prior art.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the height of the inner tank 1 and the outer tank 2 is each independently 50-2000mm, preferably 150-800mm.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the inner diameter of the inner tank 1 is 5-80mm, preferably 10-40mm.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the inner diameter of the outer tank 2 is 15-160mm, preferably 30-90mm.
The advantage of using the preferred embodiment described above is that the heat transfer efficiency of the hydrogen storage material in the radial direction is improved.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the ratio of the difference in inner diameter of the outer tank 2 and the inner tank 1 to the inner diameter of the inner tank 1 is 0.2-3:1, and more preferably 0.35-2:1. The advantage of adopting this preferred embodiment is that the volume of the outer tank is reduced while meeting the heat transfer requirements during the hydrogen absorption and desorption process.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the number of the openings 5 is one, and the ratio of the opening area of the openings 5 to the area of the inner tank partition 3 is 0.01-0.2:1, preferably 0.04-0.1:1. The advantage of using this preferred embodiment is that the gas can flow along the openings of adjacent separators to create a flow direction while compromising gas transfer efficiency.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the diameter of the opening 5 is 2-20mm, preferably 2-15mm. The advantage of using this preferred embodiment is that the gas can flow along the openings of adjacent separators to create a flow direction while compromising gas transfer efficiency.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the ratio of the distance between the center of the inner tank partition 3 and the center of the opening 5 to the inner diameter of the inner tank 1 is 0.15-0.45:1, and more preferably 0.2-0.35:1. The advantage of using this preferred embodiment is that the contact time of the gas with the hydrogen storage material is increased during the gas flow through the openings of the adjacent separator plates.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of inner can body partitions 3 are sequentially rotated in the same direction by 90-180 degrees, preferably 120-180 degrees, in the axial direction of the inner can body 1, based on the lowermost inner can body partition 3. The advantage of adopting this kind of preferred embodiment is that the gas flow channel structure that forms makes hydrogen and hydrogen storage material abundant contact, improves heat exchange efficiency.
In the invention, the schematic description indicates that the inner tank body partition plate at the bottommost layer is taken as the first inner tank body partition plate, the first inner tank body partition plate is kept static and is rotated anticlockwise by 90-180 degrees along the axial direction of the inner tank body, after the second inner tank body partition plate is rotated, the second inner tank body partition plate is kept static and is rotated anticlockwise by 90-180 degrees along the axial direction of the inner tank body, and the third inner tank body partition plate is rotated anticlockwise by analogy, so that the openings on the inner tank body partition plates form a gas flow channel structure, such as a snake-shaped flow channel. The foregoing is only schematically illustrated by counterclockwise rotation, and may be clockwise rotation, as long as the rotation directions of the plurality of inner tank separators are kept identical.
In the invention, a plurality of inner tank body partition boards are arranged in the inner tank body, and the full contact between hydrogen and hydrogen storage materials is realized by controlling the space between the inner tank body partition boards. Preferably, the ratio of the maximum distance between the adjacent inner tank partitions 3 to the height of the inner tank 1 is 0.05-0.5:1, and more preferably 0.05-0.35:1. The advantage of using this preferred embodiment is that the gas is deflected in the inner tank and is in sufficient contact with the hydrogen storage material.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the angle of the unfilled ring 6 is 240-355 °, preferably 300-345 °. The advantage of using this preferred embodiment is that fluid flow is controlled by passing the fluid through the gap of the unfilled corner ring while simultaneously compromising fluid transfer flux.
In the invention, it can be understood that the radian of the unfilled corner ring refers to the degree of an included angle between two vertexes of the intrados of the unfilled corner ring and a connecting line of the circle centers, the calculation formula is 360 degrees/2 pi is l/r, wherein l is the length of the intrados of the unfilled corner ring 6, and r is the inner radius of the unfilled corner ring 6.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of outer can body partitions 4 are sequentially rotated in the same direction by 90-180 °, preferably 120-180 °, in the axial direction of the outer can body 2, based on the lowermost outer can body partition 4. The advantage of adopting this kind of preferred embodiment is that form the liquid runner structure in the outer jar body, can improve the heat transfer effect. It should be noted that, the "same direction rotation" is the same as the "same direction rotation" of the inner tank partition plate, and will not be described here again.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the ratio of the maximum spacing between adjacent outer tank partitions 4 to the height of the outer tank 2 is 0.05-0.5:1, preferably 0.08-0.25:1. The advantage of adopting this kind of preferred embodiment is that make the liquid form the baffling in outer jar body, improve heat exchange efficiency.
The manner of setting the solid hydrogen storage composite material in the present invention is not particularly limited. Preferably, a solid hydrogen storage composite material is placed between the adjacent inner tank separators 3.
According to the present invention, preferably, the solid hydrogen storage composite comprises a hydrogen storage alloy and/or a thermally conductive material. The advantage of adopting this kind of preferred embodiment is that solid hydrogen storage combined material is formed by hydrogen storage alloy and heat conduction material mixing, can effectively improve the heat transfer coefficient of hydrogen storage material bed body, reduces simultaneously and absorbs the stress variation that hydrogen storage material expansion shrinkage arouses in the hydrogen release process.
In the present invention, the amount of each component material in the solid hydrogen storage composite is not particularly limited as long as the hydrogen storage requirement can be satisfied. Preferably, the mass ratio of the hydrogen storage alloy to the heat conducting material is 1:0.02-0.1.
In the present invention, the kind of the hydrogen absorbing alloy is not particularly limited, and the hydrogen absorbing alloy may be conventionally defined in the art. Preferably, the hydrogen storage alloy is at least one selected from the group consisting of titanium-based hydrogen storage alloy, zirconium-based hydrogen storage alloy, vanadium-based hydrogen storage alloy and rare earth-based hydrogen storage alloy, and more specifically, may be an LaNi 5 alloy, for example.
In the present invention, the kind of the heat conductive material is not particularly limited, and may be a heat conductive material conventionally defined in the art. Preferably, the heat conductive material is selected from at least one of expanded graphite, heat conductive fibers, graphite flakes, carbon nanotubes, aluminum powder, copper powder, titanium powder, aluminum foam, nickel foam, and copper foam.
In the present invention, the kind of the heat transfer fluid is not particularly limited, and may be a heat transfer fluid conventionally defined in the art. Preferably, the heat transfer fluid is selected from at least one of water, ethylene glycol, and heat transfer oil.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the materials of the inner tank 1, the outer tank 2, the inner tank separator 3 and the outer tank separator 4 are each independently selected from at least one of aluminum, aluminum alloy, copper alloy, carbon steel and stainless steel. The advantages of the adoption of the preferred embodiment are that parameters such as the weight, the cost, the heat conduction property and the like of the tank body can be adjusted according to the application scene.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an air pipe 7 is disposed at the top of the inner tank 1, and the air pipe 7 is used for introducing hydrogen into the inner tank 1 or releasing hydrogen in the inner tank 1.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the inner diameter of the air tube is 3-10mm.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a filter 8 is disposed inside the air pipe 7, and the filter 8 is a copper-based and/or stainless steel-based porous sintered body, preferably a copper-based and/or stainless steel-based porous sintered body sintered by a powder metallurgy method.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the accuracy of the filter 8 is 0.5-2 μm.
In a second aspect, the present invention provides a method for storing and releasing hydrogen, wherein the hydrogen storing process and the hydrogen releasing process are performed in the hydrogen storing alloy reactor according to the first aspect, the method comprising:
the hydrogen storage process comprises the steps of introducing hydrogen into an inner tank body 1, carrying out hydrogen absorption reaction on a solid hydrogen storage composite material between the hydrogen and an inner tank body partition board 3, and introducing a heat conducting fluid into an outer tank body 2 so as to absorb heat generated by the hydrogen absorption reaction;
And in the hydrogen release process, the solid hydrogen storage composite material adsorbed with hydrogen is subjected to desorption reaction, and then the heat conduction fluid is introduced into the outer tank body 2 so as to provide heat required by the desorption reaction of the hydrogen.
In the present invention, the reaction conditions for the hydrogen absorption reaction and desorption reaction (hydrogen desorption reaction) are not particularly limited, and may be selected by those skilled in the art according to actual demands. Preferably, in the hydrogen storage process, the conditions of the hydrogen absorption reaction comprise a temperature of 10-50 ℃ and a pressure of 0.5-50MPa. Preferably, the temperature of the heat conducting fluid is 10-50 ℃ and the flow rate of the heat conducting fluid is 0.1-100L/min in the hydrogen storage process. In the hydrogen release process, the conditions of the desorption reaction comprise the temperature of 30-200 ℃ and the pressure of 0.1-50MPa. Preferably, during the hydrogen desorption, the temperature of the heat conducting fluid is 30-200 ℃, and the flow rate of the heat conducting fluid is 0.05-100L/min.
The present invention will be described in detail by examples.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1, the hydrogen storage alloy reactor comprises an inner tank 1, an outer tank 2, an inner tank partition 3, an outer tank partition 4, an air pipe 7 and a filter 8, wherein the outer tank 2 is sleeved outside the inner tank 1, and the inner tank 1, the outer tank 2, the inner tank partition 3 and the outer tank partition 4 are all made of 304 stainless steel. The height of the inner tank body 1 is 150mm, the inner diameter is 30mm, the height of the outer tank body 2 is 150mm, the inner diameter is 60mm, the ratio of the inner diameter difference between the outer tank body 2 and the inner tank body 1 to the inner diameter of the inner tank body 1 is 1:1, the air pipe 7 is arranged at the top of the inner tank body 1 and communicated with the inner tank body 1, the diameter of the air pipe 7 is 3mm, the filter 8 is arranged in the air pipe 7, the filter 8 is made of sintered 316L stainless steel, the precision is 2 mu m, and hydrogen enters or exits the inner tank body 1 through the air pipe 7 after being filtered by the filter 8.
As shown in fig. 1-3, along the vertical direction of the inner tank 1, a plurality of inner tank separators 3 are horizontally arranged in the inner tank 1, the outer peripheral wall of each inner tank separator 3 is detachably connected with the inner peripheral wall of the inner tank 1, 1 opening 5 is formed in each inner tank separator 3, the diameter of each opening 5 is 8mm, the area ratio of the opening area of each opening 5 to the inner tank separator 3 is 0.07:1, the inner tank separators 3 sequentially rotate 180 degrees in the same direction along the axial direction of the inner tank 1 based on the adjacent lower inner tank separators 3, the ratio of the maximum distance between the adjacent inner tank separators 3 to the height of the inner tank 1 is 0.33:1, the plurality of inner tank separators 3 are arranged in parallel, the openings 5 on each inner tank separator form a gas flow channel, hydrogen flows in the gas flow channel, solid hydrogen storage composite materials are filled between the adjacent inner tank separators 3 in the inner tank 1, and each solid hydrogen storage composite material comprises a rare earth-based hydrogen storage alloy (composition is LaNi 5) and expanded graphite, wherein the mass ratio of rare earth-based hydrogen storage alloy to the expanded graphite is 0.03:1.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, along the vertical direction of the outer tank 2, a plurality of outer tank separators 4 are horizontally arranged inside the outer tank 2, the outer tank separators 4 are in the shape of unfilled corner rings 6, the outer cambered surfaces of the unfilled corner rings 6 are detachably connected with the inner peripheral wall of the outer tank 2, the inner cambered surfaces of the unfilled corner rings 6 are detachably connected with the outer peripheral wall of the inner tank 1, the radian of the unfilled corner rings 6 is 300 degrees, and the ratio between the maximum distance between the adjacent outer tank separators 4 and the height of the outer tank 2 is 0.2:1. The outer tank body partition boards 4 are arranged in parallel, the outer tank body partition boards 4 of the adjacent lower layers are used as references, the outer tank body partition boards 4 sequentially rotate 180 degrees in the same direction along the axial direction of the outer tank body 2, a first diversion port (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the top of the outer tank body 2, a second diversion port (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the bottom of the outer tank body 2, heat conduction fluid enters the liquid flow channel of the outer tank body 2 through the first diversion port and is filled in the outer tank body 2, and the heat conduction fluid is deionized water.
In the hydrogen storage process, the pressure of a hydrogen inlet is maintained at 0.8MPa and is introduced into an inner tank body 1 to perform hydrogen absorption reaction with the solid hydrogen storage composite material in the inner tank body 1 under the pressure of the temperature of 293K at the initial temperature;
in the hydrogen release process, the solid hydrogen storage composite material adsorbed with hydrogen is subjected to desorption reaction at an initial temperature of 343K and a constant outlet pressure of 0.1MPa, and deionized water of 343K is introduced into the outer tank body 2 at a flow rate of 0.2L/min to provide heat for the desorption reaction of hydrogen.
Numerical simulation calculations were performed on the reactor using comsol software. Mass, energy and momentum balance equations are constructed as follows:
mass conservation equation for hydrogen storage material:
mass conservation equation for gas:
Wherein m is a mass change value, epsilon is the porosity of the hydrogen storage material in the inner tank body 1, rho s is the density of the hydrogen storage material, t is the reaction time, u g is the velocity field of hydrogen, and rho g is the gas density.
The velocity field of hydrogen is calculated using darcy's law:
Where K is the permeability, mu g is the hydrogen viscosity coefficient, and P g is the hydrogen pressure.
For the hydrogen absorption reaction process, the reaction rate equation is as follows:
for the hydrogen evolution reaction process, the reaction rate equation is as follows:
Wherein, C a and C d are respectively the pre-finger factors of the hydrogen absorption reaction and the hydrogen release reaction, E a and E d are respectively the activation energy of the hydrogen absorption reaction and the hydrogen release reaction, R g is the gas constant, T is the reaction temperature, P eq is the chemical reaction equilibrium pressure, ρ ss is the density of the hydrogen storage material after the hydrogen absorption is complete, and ρ 0 is the initial density of the hydrogen storage material.
For the equilibrium pressure of the chemical reaction, given by Van't Hoff equation (Van't Hoff equation):
The energy balance equation of the hydrogen absorption and desorption reaction in the inner tank body 1 is as follows:
Wherein M g is the molar mass of hydrogen.
Wherein the effective heat capacity of the hydrogen storage bed body is (ρC) p)e=ερgCp,g+(1-ε)ρsCp,s
The effective heat conductivity of the hydrogen storage bed body is lambda e=ελg+(1-ε)λs
Wherein, C p,g and C p,s are the heat capacities of hydrogen and hydrogen storage materials, respectively, and λ g and λ s are the heat conductivities of hydrogen and hydrogen storage materials, respectively.
For a thermally conductive fluid, the mass balance equation is:
Where ρ f is the heat transfer fluid density and u f is the heat transfer fluid velocity field.
For a thermally conductive fluid, the momentum balance equation is as follows:
the heat transfer equation inside the heat transfer fluid is as follows:
wherein:
Where C p,f is the heat transfer fluid heat capacity, λ f is the thermal transfer fluid effective heat conductivity, and P f is the thermal transfer fluid pressure.
For the can wall and separator, the heat transfer equation is as follows:
Where (ρc) solid is the heat capacity of the solid (can wall or separator), and λ solid is the effective thermal conductivity of the solid (can wall or separator).
The heat transfer equation among the inner tank body, the outer tank body and the partition board is q=h (T 1-T2)
Where q is the heat flux, h is the heat transfer coefficient between the two, T 1 and T 2 refer to the respective temperatures of the adjacent two phases with different temperatures (e.g., T 1 and T 2 refer to the temperatures of the inner vessel and the separator, respectively, when calculating the heat transfer between the inner vessel and the separator).
And calculating the change value of each parameter in the reactor along with time by using the equation. As shown in fig. 5, the hydrogen absorption amount was changed with time, and after 334s from the start of the hydrogen absorption reaction, the hydrogen absorption amount in the hydrogen storage alloy reactor reached 90% of the maximum hydrogen absorption amount, and the hydrogen absorption time was reduced by 46% as compared with comparative example 1. As shown in FIG. 6, the total time for the increase of the inner tank temperature over 30K (323K) was 321s, which is a 49% decrease in the overtemperature time compared to comparative example 1.
As shown in FIG. 7, the hydrogen release rate was changed with time, and after 543s of the hydrogen release reaction, the hydrogen release amount of the hydrogen storage alloy reactor released 90% of hydrogen, and the hydrogen release time was reduced by 53% as compared with comparative example 1.
Example 2
The reactor of example 1 and the method of example 1 were employed, except that the height of the inner vessel 1 was 210mm, the inner diameter was 40mm, the height of the outer vessel 2 was 210mm, the inner diameter was 90mm, the ratio of the difference in the inner diameters of the outer vessel 2 and the inner vessel 1 to the inner diameter of the inner vessel 1 was 1.25:1, the gas pipe 7 was disposed at the top of the inner vessel 1 in communication with the inner vessel 1, the diameter of the gas pipe 7 was 10mm, a filter 8 was disposed inside the gas pipe 7, the filter 8 was made of sintered 316L stainless steel with an accuracy of 2. Mu.m, and hydrogen gas was introduced into or discharged from the inner vessel 1 through the gas pipe 7 after being filtered by the filter 8.
As shown in fig. 1-3, along the vertical direction of the inner tank 1, a plurality of inner tank separators 3 are horizontally arranged in the inner tank 1, the outer peripheral wall of each inner tank separator 3 is detachably connected with the inner peripheral wall of the inner tank 1, 1 opening 5 is formed in each inner tank separator 3, the diameter of each opening 5 is 12mm, the area ratio of the opening area of each opening 5 to the inner tank separator 3 is 0.09:1, the inner tank separators 3 sequentially rotate in the same direction by 150 degrees along the axial direction of the inner tank 1 based on the adjacent lower inner tank separators 3, the ratio of the maximum distance between the adjacent inner tank separators 3 to the inner tank height is 0.14:1, the plurality of inner tank separators 3 are arranged in parallel, the openings 5 on each inner tank separator 3 form a gas flow channel, hydrogen flows in the gas flow channel, solid hydrogen storage composite materials are filled between the adjacent inner tank separators 3 in the inner tank 1, and each solid hydrogen storage composite material comprises a rare earth-based hydrogen storage alloy (composition is LaNi 5) and expanded graphite, wherein the mass ratio of the rare earth-based hydrogen storage alloy to the graphite is 0.08:1.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, along the vertical direction of the outer tank 2, a plurality of outer tank separators 4 are horizontally arranged inside the outer tank 2, the outer tank separators 4 are in the shape of unfilled corner rings 6, the outer cambered surfaces of the unfilled corner rings 6 are detachably connected with the inner peripheral wall of the outer tank 1, the inner cambered surfaces of the unfilled corner rings 6 are detachably connected with the outer peripheral wall of the inner tank 1, the radian of the unfilled corner rings 6 is 345 degrees, and the ratio between the maximum distance between the adjacent outer tank separators 4 and the height of the outer tank 1 is 0.2:1. The outer tank body partition boards 4 are arranged in parallel, the outer tank body partition boards 4 of the adjacent lower layers are used as references, the outer tank body partition boards 4 sequentially rotate in the same direction for 144 degrees along the axial direction of the outer tank body 2, a first diversion port (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the top of the outer tank body 2, a second diversion port (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the bottom of the outer tank body 2, heat conduction fluid enters the outer tank body flow channel through the first diversion port to be filled in the outer tank body 2, and the heat conduction fluid is deionized water.
In the hydrogen storage process, the pressure of a hydrogen inlet is maintained at 0.8MPa and is introduced into an inner tank body 1 to perform hydrogen absorption reaction with the solid hydrogen storage composite material in the inner tank body 1 under the pressure of the temperature of 293K at the initial temperature;
In the hydrogen release process, the solid hydrogen storage composite material adsorbed with hydrogen is subjected to desorption reaction at the temperature of 343K and the pressure of 0.1MPa at the outlet pressure, and deionized water of 343K is introduced into the outer tank body 2 at the flow rate of 0.48L/min to provide heat for the desorption reaction of hydrogen.
The simulation calculation according to example 1 gave the values of the various parameters in the reactor over time. As shown in fig. 8, the hydrogen absorption amount was changed with time, and after 348s from the start of the hydrogen absorption reaction, the hydrogen absorption amount in the hydrogen storage alloy reactor reached 90% of the maximum hydrogen absorption amount, and the hydrogen absorption time was reduced by 44% as compared with comparative example 1. As shown in FIG. 9, the total time for the increase of the internal tank temperature over 30K (323K) was 363s, which is a 43% decrease in the overtemperature time compared to comparative example 1.
As shown in FIG. 10, the hydrogen release rate was changed with time, and after 483s from the start of the hydrogen release reaction, the hydrogen release amount of the hydrogen storage alloy reactor released 90% of hydrogen, which was 58% less than that of comparative example 1.
Example 3
The reactor of example 1 and the method of example 1 were employed, except that the height of the inner vessel 1 was 720mm, the inner diameter was 10mm, the height of the outer vessel 2 was 720mm, the inner diameter was 30mm, the ratio between the difference in the inner diameters of the outer vessel 2 and the inner vessel 1 and the inner diameter of the inner vessel was 2:1, an air pipe 7 was provided at the top of the inner vessel 1 in communication with the inner vessel 1, the diameter of the air pipe 7 was 4mm, a filter 8 was provided inside the air pipe 7, the filter 8 was made of sintered 316L stainless steel with an accuracy of 2. Mu.m, and hydrogen gas was introduced into or discharged from the inner vessel 1 through the air pipe 7 after being filtered by the filter 8.
As shown in fig. 1-3, along the vertical direction of the inner tank 1, a plurality of inner tank separators 3 are horizontally arranged in the inner tank 1, the outer peripheral wall of each inner tank separator 3 is detachably connected with the inner peripheral wall of the inner tank 1, 1 opening 5 is formed in each inner tank separator 3, the diameter of each opening 5 is 2.4mm, the area ratio of the opening area of each opening 5 to the inner tank separator 3 is 0.058:1, the inner tank separators 3 sequentially rotate in the same direction by 120 degrees along the axial direction of the inner tank 1 based on the adjacent lower inner tank separators 3, the ratio of the maximum distance between the adjacent inner tank separators 3 to the inner tank height is 0.09:1, the plurality of inner tank separators 3 are arranged in parallel, the openings 5 on each inner tank separator 3 form a gas flow channel, hydrogen flows in the gas flow channel, solid hydrogen storage composite materials are filled between the adjacent inner tank separators 3 in the inner tank 1, and each solid hydrogen storage composite material comprises a rare earth-based hydrogen storage alloy (LaNi 5) and expanded graphite, wherein the mass ratio of the rare earth-based hydrogen storage alloy to the expanded graphite is 0.08:1.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, along the vertical direction of the outer tank 2, a plurality of outer tank separators 4 are horizontally arranged inside the outer tank 2, the outer tank separators 4 are in the shape of unfilled corner rings 6, the outer cambered surfaces of the unfilled corner rings 6 are detachably connected with the inner peripheral wall of the outer tank 1, the radian of the unfilled corner rings 6 is 330 degrees, and the ratio between the maximum distance between the adjacent outer tank separators 4 and the height of the outer tank is 0.09:1. The outer tank body partition boards 4 are arranged in parallel, the outer tank body partition boards 4 of the adjacent lower layers are used as references, the outer tank body partition boards 4 sequentially rotate in the same direction by 120 degrees along the axial direction of the outer tank body 2, a first diversion port (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the top of the outer tank body 2, a second diversion port (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the bottom of the outer tank body 2, heat conduction fluid enters the outer tank body flow channel through the first diversion port to be filled in the outer tank body 2, and the heat conduction fluid is deionized water.
In the hydrogen storage process, the pressure of a hydrogen inlet is maintained at 0.8MPa and is introduced into the inner tank body 1 to perform hydrogen absorption reaction with the solid hydrogen storage composite material in the inner tank body 1 under the pressure of the temperature of 293K at the initial temperature;
In the hydrogen release process, the solid hydrogen storage composite material adsorbed with hydrogen is subjected to desorption reaction at 343K under the constant pressure of 0.1MPa at the outlet pressure, and the 343K deionized water is introduced into the outer tank body 2 at the flow of 0.05L/min to provide heat for the desorption reaction of the hydrogen.
The simulation calculation according to example 1 gave the values of the various parameters in the reactor over time. As shown in fig. 11, the hydrogen absorption amount was changed with time, and after 106s from the start of the hydrogen absorption reaction, the hydrogen absorption amount in the hydrogen storage alloy reactor reached 90% of the maximum hydrogen absorption amount, and the hydrogen absorption time was reduced by 83% as compared with comparative example 1. As shown in FIG. 12, the total time for the increase of the inner tank temperature over 30K (323K) was 108s, which is a 83% decrease in the overtemperature time compared to comparative example 1.
As shown in FIG. 13, the hydrogen release rate was changed with time, and after the start of the hydrogen release reaction for 117 seconds, the hydrogen release amount of the hydrogen storage alloy reactor released 90% of hydrogen, which was reduced by 90% as compared with comparative example 1.
Example 4
The reactor of example 1 and the method of example 1 were employed, except that the height of the inner vessel 1 was 100mm, the inner diameter was 60mm, the height of the outer vessel 2 was 100mm, the inner diameter was 80mm, the ratio of the difference between the inner diameters of the outer vessel 2 and the inner vessel 1 to the inner diameter of the inner vessel 1 was 0.33:1, the gas pipe 7 was disposed at the top of the inner vessel 1 in communication with the inner vessel 1, the diameter of the gas pipe 7 was 6mm, a filter 8 was disposed inside the gas pipe 7, the filter 8 was made of sintered 316L stainless steel with an accuracy of 2. Mu.m, and hydrogen gas was introduced into or discharged from the inner vessel 1 through the gas pipe 7 after being filtered by the filter 8.
As shown in fig. 1-3, along the vertical direction of the inner tank 1, a plurality of inner tank separators 3 are horizontally arranged in the inner tank 1, the outer peripheral wall of each inner tank separator 3 is detachably connected with the inner peripheral wall of the inner tank 1, 1 opening 5 is formed in each inner tank separator 3, the diameter of each opening 5 is 6mm, the area ratio of the opening area of each opening 5 to the inner tank separator 3 is 0.01:1, the inner tank separators 3 rotate in the same direction by 60 degrees in sequence along the axial direction of the inner tank 1 based on the adjacent lower inner tank separators 3, the ratio of the maximum distance between the adjacent inner tank separators 3 to the height of the inner tank 1 is 0.2:1, the plurality of inner tank separators 3 are arranged in parallel, the openings 5 on each inner tank separator 3 form a gas flow channel, hydrogen flows in the gas flow channel, solid hydrogen storage composite materials are filled between the adjacent inner tank separators 3 in the inner tank 1, and each solid hydrogen storage composite material comprises a rare earth-based hydrogen storage alloy (composition is LaNi 5) and expanded graphite, wherein the mass ratio of rare earth-based hydrogen storage alloy to the expanded graphite is 0.03:1.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, along the vertical direction of the outer tank 2, a plurality of outer tank separators 4 are horizontally arranged inside the outer tank 2, the outer tank separators 4 are in the shape of unfilled corner rings 6, the outer cambered surfaces of the unfilled corner rings 6 are detachably connected with the inner peripheral wall of the outer tank 1, the inner cambered surfaces of the unfilled corner rings 6 are detachably connected with the outer peripheral wall of the inner tank 1, the radian of the unfilled corner rings 6 is 240 degrees, and the ratio of the maximum distance between the adjacent outer tank separators 4 to the height of the outer tank 4 is 0.42:1. The outer tank body partition boards 4 are arranged in parallel, the outer tank body partition boards 4 of the adjacent lower layers are used as references, the outer tank body partition boards 4 sequentially rotate in the same direction by 90 degrees along the axial direction of the outer tank body 2, a first diversion port (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the top of the outer tank body 2, a second diversion port (not shown in the figure) is arranged at the bottom of the outer tank body 2, heat conduction fluid enters the outer tank body flow channel through the first diversion port to be filled in the outer tank body 2, and the heat conduction fluid is deionized water.
In the hydrogen storage process, the pressure of a hydrogen inlet is maintained at 0.8MPa and is introduced into an inner tank body 1 to perform hydrogen absorption reaction with the solid hydrogen storage composite material in the inner tank body 1 under the pressure of the temperature of 293K at the initial temperature;
in the hydrogen release process, the solid hydrogen storage composite material adsorbed with hydrogen is subjected to desorption reaction at the temperature of 343K and the pressure of 0.1MPa at the outlet pressure, and the 343K deionized water is introduced into the outer tank body 2 at the flow of 0.5L/min to provide heat for the desorption reaction of the hydrogen.
The simulation calculation according to example 1 gave the values of the various parameters in the reactor over time. As shown in fig. 14, the hydrogen absorption amount was changed with time, and after 518s from the start of the hydrogen absorption reaction, the hydrogen absorption amount in the hydrogen storage alloy reactor reached 90% of the maximum hydrogen absorption amount, and the hydrogen absorption time was reduced by 17% as compared with comparative example 1. As shown in FIG. 15, the total time for the increase of the inner tank temperature over 30K (323K) was 540s, which is a 15% decrease in the overtemperature time compared to comparative example 1.
As shown in FIG. 16, the hydrogen release rate was changed with time, and after 784s from the start of the hydrogen release reaction, the hydrogen release amount of the hydrogen storage alloy reactor released 90% of hydrogen, which was 32% less than that of comparative example 1.
Comparative example 1
According to the method of example 2, except that the inner tank 1 is not provided with the inner tank partition plate 3 inside and the outer tank 2 is not provided with the outer tank partition plate 4 inside in comparative example 1, as shown in fig. 17.
In the hydrogen storage process, the pressure of a hydrogen inlet is maintained at 0.8MPa and is introduced into an inner tank body to perform hydrogen absorption reaction with the solid hydrogen storage composite material in the inner tank body 1 under the pressure of the temperature of 293K at the initial temperature;
In the hydrogen release process, the solid hydrogen storage composite material adsorbed with hydrogen is subjected to desorption reaction at an initial temperature of 343K and a constant outlet pressure of 0.1MPa, and deionized water of 343K is introduced into the outer tank body 2 at a flow rate of 0.48L/min to provide heat for the desorption reaction of hydrogen.
The simulation calculation according to example 1 gave the values of the various parameters in the reactor over time. As shown in fig. 18, the hydrogen absorption amount varies with time, and after 621s from the start of the hydrogen absorption reaction, the hydrogen absorption amount of the hydrogen absorbing alloy reactor reaches 90% of the maximum hydrogen absorption amount. As shown in fig. 19, the total time for the inner tank temperature to rise above 30K (323K) is 632s.
As shown in FIG. 20, the hydrogen release rate was changed with time, and after 1160s of the hydrogen release reaction, the hydrogen gas was released from the hydrogen storage alloy reactor in an amount of 90%.
As is apparent from the above examples and comparative examples, the hydrogen absorbing alloy reactor provided by the present invention has the effect of increasing the reaction rate of hydrogen absorption and desorption and reducing the temperature of the tank container.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Within the scope of the technical idea of the invention, a number of simple variants of the technical solution of the invention are possible, including combinations of the individual technical features in any other suitable way, which simple variants and combinations should likewise be regarded as being disclosed by the invention, all falling within the scope of protection of the invention.