The invention discloses a vortex channel
hydrogen storage reactor of a fluid streaming gradual change
hydrogen storage tank unit, and belongs to the field of
chemical reactor design. The whole reactor is a cylindrical shell, a heat exchange fluid inlet is formed in the center of the upper side of the shell, a
hydrogen inlet is formed in a left end shell cover, and a heat exchange fluid outlet is formed in a right end shell cover; the heat exchange fluid channel is in a vortex shape, the multiple
hydrogen storage tank units are sequentially arranged in the center of a flow channel of the vortex channel, and the
diameter of the
hydrogen storage tank is evenly reduced from the shell to the center position.
Hydrogen enters the
bed layer through a hydrogen
pipe in the
hydrogen storage tank and reacts with the
metal hydride; meanwhile, the heat exchange fluid in the vortex channel flows around the hydrogen
storage tank unit in the axial direction for heat exchange and then flows out through an outlet; the hydrogen
storage tank has the advantages of excellent heat and
mass transfer performance, uniform
bed temperature of the hydrogen storage tank, small pressure-bearing stress of the tank body, synchronous reaction process of each hydrogen storage tank, high reliability and long service life, and is suitable for hydrogenation /
dehydrogenation reaction of
metal hydride with high hydrogen storage capacity requirement and larger reaction
heat effect.