369 results about "Hydrogen storage system" patented technology

A solar energy collection and storage system and a method of collecting and storing solar energy. The system includes a device for focusing solar energy onto a reaction chamber for the conversion of metal hydride to liquid metal and hydrogen, a metal/metal hydride chamber containing a metal/metal hydride mixture, a hydrogen storage system using hydrides and a thermo-cline for recovering the thermal energy from the hydrogen when it is cooled from 2000 F to ambient conditions for storage.

The invention relates to a novel renewable energy source energy storing and uninterrupted utilizing system, in particular to an energy source comprehensive utilization system which produces hydrogen by electrolysis after generating by renewable energy source, achieves the energy storage aim by electrochemical pressurization and metal hydride hydrogen storage and utilizes proton exchange membrane fuel cell to generate electricity. The renewable energy source energy storage hydrogen storage comprehensive generating system comprises a renewable energy source generating system, a middle high pressure water electrolysis hydrogen production system, a metal hydride hydrogen storage system and a fuel cell generating system; wherein the electricity generated by the renewable energy source generating system produces hydrogen by virtue of the middle high pressure water electrolysis system, the hydrogen is directly stored in a metal hydride hydrogen storage device, and the hydrogen is supplied to the fuel cell generating system as fuel. The renewable energy source comprehensive application system can meet all-weather steady electricity supply requirement, can reliably operate for a long time, saves energy source, is efficient and environmentally friendly and can be an important generating mode for power supply in hydrogen energy time in the future.

A regenerative fuel cell system is provided having at least one hydrogen storage container fluidly coupled to at least one hydrogen generator and at least one power generator. Each power generator further includes a fuel cell fluidly coupled to the hydrogen storage container, an electric energy storage device, and an unregulated dc bus electrically connected to said fuel cell and said electric storage device. The system further provides for a health monitoring system for determining the occurrence of critical events which may necessitate the disabling of the system.

The invention relates to a hydrogen management system of a vehicle-mounted fuel cell. The hydrogen management system comprises a hydrogen control unit (15), and a hydrogen bottle electromagnetic valve (4), a hydrogen bottle pressure sensor (2), a temperature sensor (5) and a hydrogen concentration sensor (16) which are connected with the hydrogen control unit (15) separately; the hydrogen bottle electromagnetic valve (4), the hydrogen bottle pressure sensor (2) and the temperature sensor (5) are connected with a vehicle-mounted high-pressure hydrogen bottle (1) separately; a probe of the hydrogen concentration sensor (16) is arranged in the environment above the high-pressure hydrogen bottle (1); and the hydrogen control unit (15) is in communication connection with a vehicle-mounted fuel cell controller through CAN. Compared with the prior art, the functions of hydrogen adding control, hydrogen supplying control, safety detection and the like of a vehicle-mounted hydrogen storage system can be realized, cable connection between systems is reduced, and signal missing in a signal transmission process and risk of high probability of interference are lowered.

The invention provides compositions for reversible storage of hydrogen at industrially practicable temperature and pressure conditions. Hydrogen storage material systems comprising stable hydrides and destabilizing hydrides. When the stable hydride is in the presence of the destabilizing hydride, the stable hydride releases hydrogen at a lower energy level than it would in the absence of the destabilizing hydride.

A hydrogen storage device prevents localization of hydrogen occlusion alloy and ensures rapid discharge of hydrogen. The hydrogen storage device has a plurality of porous molded pieces arranged longitudinally at predetermined intervals. Conductive cushioning materials are inserted between the molded pieces and between the molded pieces and an adiabatic insulation material. The conductive cushioning materials include first conductive cushioning materials inserted between the adiabatic insulation material and upper and lower end surfaces of the molded pieces and second conductive cushioning materials inserted between left and right end surfaces of the adiabatic insulation material. Disposed at opposed ends of a row of the molded pieces are movable urging electrodes which can move in response to dimensional changes of the molded pieces resulting from their volume changes and which urge the molded pieces to constantly maintain physical contact between the molded pieces and lids.

The present invention provides a hydrogen storage system using a metal hydride (MH), which can increase volumetric storage density of hydrogen and total hydrogen storage capacity and improve system packaging.

For this purpose, the present invention provides a hydrogen storage system for a fuel cell vehicle, the hydrogen storage system including: an outer space filled with a first storage alloy powder that is able to release hydrogen at a high temperature; an inner space filled with a second storage alloy powder that is able to release hydrogen only with heat generated from a fuel cell stack; a metal filter disposed between the outer and inner spaces so as to divide the outer and inner spaces; a second heat exchange tube provided between the fuel cell stack and a radiator to constitute a cooling loop and arranged along a longitudinal direction of the inner space; and an independent heat exchange loop independently connected to the outer space for the hydrogen release of the first storage alloy powder.

A modular metal hydride hydrogen storage unit utilizing compartmentalization to maintain a uniform metal hydride powder density thereby reducing strain on the vessel due to repeated cycling. The modular metal hydride hydrogen storage unit may be constructed using prefabricated pressure containment vessels.

The invention discloses a liquid hydrogen storage system. The liquid hydrogen storage system comprises at least two different hydrogen storage components which are unsaturated aromatic hydrocarbons or heterocyclic unsaturated compounds, wherein at least one of the hydrogen storage components is a low-melting-point compound of which the melting point is lower than 80DEG C. The liquid hydrogen storage system actually is a multi-element mixed liquid fused heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon type hydrogen storage system. By adopting the liquid hydrogen storage system disclosed by the invention, after two or more types of fused heterocyclic unsaturated compounds are mixed together, a formed mixed system has a eutectic point which is at least lower than the melting point of one of the components. However, at least one type of low-melting-point compound of which the melting point is lower than 80 DEG C is selected from the two or more types of hydrogen storage components to ensure that the eutectic point of the hydrogen storage system is lowered to near room temperature, thereby obtaining a hydrogen storage system which is in a liquid state at room temperature.

A metal hydride hydrogen storage unit utilizing compartmentalization to maintain a uniform metal hydride powder density thereby reducing stress on the vessel due to repeated cycling. An hydrogen storage alloy powder occupies at least 60% of the available interior volume of the hydrogen storage unit. Upon cycling of the hydrogen storage alloy powder between hydriding and dehydriding, the rate of increase in the average equivalent pressure exerted on the sidewall is less than 25 psi over at least 20 cycles, the hydriding portion of each of the cycles including the step of charging said hydrogen storage alloy powder to at least 60% of its maximum storage capacity.

The invention provides a distributed cold-heat-power combined supply system, wherein a hydrogen production and hydrogen storage system electrolyzes high-temperature water vapor to generate oxygen andhydrogen; a first fuel cell system utilizes oxygen or air and hydrogen to generate power, and transmits the electric energy generated by the power generation to a micro-grid; a second fuel cell systemutilizes hydrogen or natural gas and air to generate power, transmits electric energy to the micro-grid, and combusts the residual hydrogen or natural gas and air to generate flue gas; an absorptiontype refrigerator utilizes the flue gas and the high-temperature water vapor for refrigeration; a hydrothermal management system educes the heat generated when the first fuel cell system, the hydrogenproduction and storage system and the absorption refrigerator operate and supplies the heat to users in the form of hot water; a renewable energy energy-supply system generates high-temperature steam. The distributed cold-heat-power combined supply system can achieve multi-functional complementation, improve energy supply efficiency and energy safety, reduce fossil fuel consumption, has no defectof large CO2 emission, and can achieve combined supply of heat energy, electric energy and cold energy.

In one aspect, the present invention provides a system for methods of producing and releasing hydrogen from hydrogen storage compositions having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. In the hydrogenated state, such a composition comprises a hydride and a hydroxide. In a dehydrogenated state, the composition comprises an oxide. A first reaction is conducted between a portion of the hydride and water to generate heat sufficient to cause a second hydrogen production reaction between a remaining portion of the hydride and the hydroxide.

A Hydrogen storage system comprising storage elements coupled to each other to form one or more containers disposed in a space having a volume V where the volume of each of the storage elements is much smaller than the volume V resulting in the storage elements experiencing reduced stress at their inner surfaces. Thus, Hydrogen can be stored at relatively high pressure within these storage elements due to the reduced stress experienced by their inner surfaces. Consequently, materials having relatively lower tensile strength and stiffness can be used to construct the storage elements of the Hydrogen storage system. Further, the storage elements can be shaped and sized to conform to a volume of space having an arbitrary shape and dimensions.

This invention provides for an apparatus and a method for operation of a cryogenic hydrogen storage system that contains a porous medium configured to adsorb hydrogen. The hydrogen storage and supply system includes a hydrogen source apparatus, a cryosorptive storage apparatus, and a fuel recycle loop. Methods and devices that allow for an energy efficient release of hydrogen from the cryosorptive apparatus are described. At the outset of a fuel release, the cryosorptive hydrogen storage apparatus contains cold, pressurized hydrogen. Release of hydrogen from the storage apparatus is a process that consumes heat, thereby drawing down both the temperature and pressure. Heat can be provided to the cryosorptive storage apparatus by various direct approaches, or through the influx of warm, recycled hydrogen. The hydrogen storage and release apparatus contains a recycle loop, which warms a portion of the effluxing hydrogen, and returns it to the storage apparatus, thereby maintaining pressure and temperature conditions that support continued hydrogen desorption from the storage medium.

The invention provides a wind - hydrogen coupling power generation system optimization method and device thereof. The method comprises the following steps: establishing an optimization model of a wind-hydrogen coupling power generation system based on the energy conversion of the wind-hydrogen coupling power generation system and a time recursive constraint of a hydrogen storage system; determining a daily operating profit model of the hydro-hydrogen coupling power generation system according to the established optimization model; optimizing a conversion of electric energy and hydrogen energy of power grid and hydrogen production system in wind-hydrogen coupling power generation system based on a run-day revenue model of wind-hydrogen coupling generation system; adjusting the wind - power output in the run-day revenue model of the wind - hydrogen coupling power generation system, analyzing a new energy consumption of the grid after the introduction of hydrogen production system, and an economic index of the wind-hydrogen coupling power generation system; optimizing system parameters according to the analysis of the new energy consumption of the grid after the introduction of hydrogen production system, and the economic index of the wind-hydrogen coupling power generation system; using hydrogen as a buffer hydrogen to be a by-product, balancing new energy output of each period, increasing system revenue, and improving the level of consumption.

The invention discloses a synthesis method of amino metal compounds. Series of metal unitary or binary amino compounds are successfully synthesized by using a mechanical ball milling method in a ball-milling atmosphere controlled manner through combination of a subsequent method of roasting crystallization controlled under a low-pressure atmosphere. Compared with the traditional high-temperature and high-pressure roasting method, the synthesis method disclosed by the invention is simple and safe to operate, high in yield and low in cost, thereby providing the foundation for the compounds applied to hydrogen storage systems.

A hydrogen storage structure includes a plurality of graphene sheets arranged to form a stack with a plurality of spacers between adjacent graphene sheets in the stack. In one embodiment, the spacers are arranged to provide a distance ranging between 5 Å and 20 Å between adjacent graphene sheets. In one embodiment, the spacers are formed as graphene spheres having a diameter that ranges from 5 Å to 15 Å. In another embodiment, the spacers are formed as graphene single-walled nanontubes having a length that ranges from 5 Å to 20 Å. In a further embodiment, the spacers are formed as graphene sheets having a thickness that ranges from 5 Å to 20 Å. In one embodiment, the plurality of graphene sheets is doped with lithium. In one embodiment, the lithium doping concentration is a ratio of one lithium atom per three carbon atoms.

The invention relates to a refrigeration and low-temperature technology, and provides a low-temperature Dewar container. The low-temperature Dewar container comprises a low-temperature Dewar module; the low-temperature Dewar module comprises a hydrogen storage pressure bearing layer and a cold storage sandwich layer; a hydrogen accessing coil is arranged in the cold storage sandwich layer, is bentto extend in the cold storage sandwich layer, and is provided with a high-pressure hydrogen inlet and a high-pressure hydrogen outlet; and the high-pressure hydrogen outlet communicates with the hydrogen storage pressure bearing layer. The invention further provides a low-temperature high-pressure hydrogen storage system, which comprises the low-temperature Dewar container. As supercharging module and a cooling module cooperate for supercharging and cooling, the hydrogen density can be increased in a state of maintaining hydrogen phase to achieve the purpose of improving the hydrogen storagequality in the hydrogen storage pressure bearing layer; and compared with a traditional hydrogen storage technology, the hydrogen storage and release process can be realized under the conditions of lower pressure and higher temperature, and the cold storage sandwich layer can use the cooling capacity in the hydrogen storage and release process.

A fuel cell system comprises a hydrogen storage system for storing and releasing hydrogen, a fuel cell in fluid communication with the hydrogen storage system for receiving released hydrogen from the hydrogen storage system and for electrochemically reacting the hydrogen with an oxidant to produce electricity and an anode exhaust. A catalytic combustor is in fluid communication with the fuel cell for receiving the anode exhaust and for catalytically reacting the anode exhaust to produce an offgas having an elevated temperature that is greater than the temperature of the anode exhaust. The heat from the offgas is used to release the hydrogen from the hydrogen storage system.