Hydride beds: engineering tests

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5277475· OSTI ID:5277475

Rosso, Jr., M. J.; Strickland, G.

The BNL Hydrogen Storage Program engineering effort is directed toward finding solutions to the engineering problems associated with metal hydrides - principally FeTiH/sub x/. Measurements of thermal conductivity in non-enhanced, copper mesh-enhanced and aluminum foam-enhanced hydride beds have been made and indicate that the form of the enhancement material is the critical factor. The completion of the HYTACTS and its initial shakedown runs suggest the many applications for this new facility in the area of advanced hydrogen component testing. The performance testing of the Variable Parameter Test Unit-2 (VPTU-2) will begin following the BNL Safety Committee approval. A description of this vessel is included. The purpose, description and status of the Variable Parameter Test Unit -1 (VPTU-1) is reported as well as the results of the first set of tests performed in this vessel.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5277475
• Report Number(s): BNL-26924
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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08 HYDROGEN
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ALLOYS
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HEAT TRANSFER
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN STORAGE
IRON ALLOYS
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON HYDRIDES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
STORAGE
SURFACE PROPERTIES
TESTING
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TITANIUM ALLOYS
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TITANIUM HYDRIDES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS