Hydrogen Storage Alex Bevan Hydrogen materials Group www.hydrogen.bham.ac.uk www.hydrogen-wm-scratch.info 16th September 2009 Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham Hydrogen Materials Group Dr David Book, Professor Rex Harris,

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Transcript Hydrogen Storage Alex Bevan Hydrogen materials Group www.hydrogen.bham.ac.uk www.hydrogen-wm-scratch.info 16th September 2009 Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham Hydrogen Materials Group Dr David Book, Professor Rex Harris,

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Hydrogen Storage

Alex Bevan
Hydrogen materials Group
www.hydrogen.bham.ac.uk
www.hydrogen-wm-scratch.info
16th September 2009


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Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham
Hydrogen Materials Group
Dr David Book, Professor Rex Harris, Dr John Speight, Dr Allan Walton,
Dr Vicky Mann, Dr Alex Bevan, Dan Reed, Sean Fletcher
PhD/EngD: Rob Bell, Steven Tedds, Yinghe Zhang, David Brampton,
Dr Ruixi Liu, Xiaodong Yi
MRes:

Dan Amos, Lydia Pickering, James Warren, George Simpson,
Peter Abell, Zhuo Wang

Technician: Simon Cannon


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Hydrogen
Storage


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Solid-state Hydrogen Storage
4 kg hydrogen
Louis Schlapbach &
Andreas Züttel,
NATURE, 414, p.353,
(2001)

6

26l

33l

57l

Mg2FeH6

LaNi5H6

H2 (liquid)

110l
H2 (200 bar)

Andreas Züttel, Switzerland, 11/2/2015


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Hydrogen Storage Densities
Metal
hydrides
H-

Hcov

H2

Andreas Züttel, “Materials for hydrogen storage”, Materials Today, September 2003, pp.18-27
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Andreas Züttel, Switzerland, 11/2/2015


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Hydrogen Storage Densities

H-

H2

Hcov

Search for new
lighter materials

Andreas Züttel, “Materials for hydrogen storage”, Materials Today, September 2003, pp.18-27
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Andreas Züttel, Switzerland, 11/2/2015


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The Protium Project
PEM Fuel Cell

• 5 large cylinders, each containing
30 kg of metal hydride power.
• Gives about 2.5 kg of hydrogen.
• Operating pressure is < 10 bar

Batteries & Motor


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Effect(s) of cycling and presence of impurity gases
(EPSRC SCRATCH project)

Burst disk/ blow out

H2 In
Buffer
Sample

Pressure Tx

Pressure Tx

Vacuum

Metal hydride store cycling system


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Cycling of Ti0.93Zr0.05(Mn0.73V0.22Fe0.04)2
70 cycles in 100 hours (~ 4 days)

1000 cycles
would take
~60 days
(for this
alloy)

Alex Bevan, et al


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New Metal Hydrides for Hybrid “HighPressure / Hydride” Stores

PCT curves of the Ti(1−x)VxMn
alloys at 293 K.
M. Shibuya et al.JALCOM 466 (2008) p.558


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Ti0.5 V0.5 Mn

Ti0.5 V0.4 X0.1 Mn

Ti0.5 V0.45 X0.05 Mn

90000

Pressure (mbar)

80000
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8
Wt%

1

1.2

1.4

1.6


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Other activities


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Hydrogen flow rate (Ltrs/min)

30
25
20
15
10
5
0
0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

Power (W)

35

100
90
80

25

70

20

60
50

15

40

10

30
20

5

10

0
0

500

1000

1500

Power (W)

2000

0
2500

Voltage (Volts)

Current (A)

30


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Uninterruptible/ Power Supplies


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Hydrogen reggae

26th February 2009


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Thank you for your attention

www.hydrogen.bham.ac.uk


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Research Projects & Networks
EC FP6 “Novel Efficient Solid Storage for Hydrogen” (Jan 06 - Dec 10)
(inc. Daimler, JM, Air Liquide, Max Planck, CNRS, NCSRD, EMPA, Delft,…)

EPSRC SUPERGEN “UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium” (Apr 03 - Apr 11)
(inc. Bham-Chem, Nott-Mat, Nott-Chem, UCL, Oxford, STFC, Bath, Glasgow, Salford)
EPSRC SUPERGEN “Delivery of Sustainable Hydrogen” (Oct 08 - Oct 12)
(inc. St Andrews, Leeds, Warwick, Imperial, Cambridge, Manchester, Cardiff Uni’s)
“Polymer-based Hydrogen Storage Materials” (July 06 - July 10)
with Cardiff Uni (Neil McKeown), Manchester Uni (Peter Budd)
“Supply Chain Research Applied To Clean Hydrogen (SCRATCH)” (Apr 07 - Apr 10)
ChemEng (Kevin Kendall), Biosci (Lynne Macaskie), Econ (Richard Green), Met&Mat (David Book)
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform / TSB (Dec 06 - May 09)
“Hydrogen Permeable Novel Membranes” (HYPNOMEM)
AWM Science City “Hydrogen Energy Project” (April 07 - March 09)
£6.3M for equipment for Birmingham and Warwick Universities
International Energy Agency Task 22 (2002-06, 2006-10, …)
“Fundamental and applied hydrogen storage materials development”
“UK-Japan Hydrogen Storage Research Network” (Apr 07- May 09)
Workshops for Universities / National Labs in the UK & Japan
DIUS / FCO “UK/KOREA Focal Point Programme for H2 Storage” (Apr 07 - Apr 09)
Workshops for Universities in the UK & Korea