Dynamic simulation of the convective model for metal hydride hydrogen storage beds

Journal Article · · Energy Sources; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/00908319308909045· OSTI ID:6056683

El-Osery, I A ^[1]; El-Osairy, M A; Keshk, M M; El-Gammal, M ^[2]; Metwally, A M ^[3]

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1. Nuclear Power Plants Authority, Cairo (Egypt)
2. Alexandria Univ., Ammon (Egypt). Mathematics and Physics Dept.
3. Alexandria Univ., Ammon (Egypt). Nuclear Engineering Dept.

A numerical approach is developed for the solution in time and space of the mass- and heat-transfer problem associated with a convective model for metal hydride storage beds. A computer program is developed to solve the differential equations that describe both energy and mass balance with the specified initial and boundary conditions. This article outlines how both temperature and hydrogen-to-metal atom ratio are distributed along the length of the bed at different discharging time levels. The total amount of the accumulated hydrogen is also computed as a function of discharging time.

• OSTI ID: 6056683
• Journal Information: Energy Sources; (United States), Vol. 15:3; ISSN 0090-8312
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HYDRIDES
STORAGE FACILITIES
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BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONVECTION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HEAT TRANSFER
MASS TRANSFER
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
TIME DEPENDENCE
DATA
ENERGY TRANSFER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
SIMULATION
STORAGE
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