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Title: Advanced metal hydride heat transfer system utilizing an electrochemical hydrogen compressor

Abstract

An electrochemical heat transfer device for a hot water tank utilizes an electrochemical hydrogen compressor to pump hydrogen into and out of a tank having a metal hydride forming alloy therein. The absorption of hydrogen by the metal hydride forming alloy is exothermic, produces heat, and the desorption of the hydrogen from the metal hydride forming alloy is endothermic and draws heat in. An electrochemical hydrogen compressor may be configured between to tanks and pump hydrogen back and forth to form a heat transfer device, such as a hot water heater. A heat transfer device may be coupled with the tank or may comprise the outer surface of the tank to transfer heat to an object or to the surroundings. A closed loop may be configured having two tanks and one or two electrochemical hydrogen compressors to pump the hydrogen in a loop around the system.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Xergy, Inc., Harrington, DE (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1892685
Patent Number(s):
11268738
Application Number:
16/254,427
Assignee:
Xergy Inc. (Harrington, DE)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C09 - DYES C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F24 - HEATING F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0007040; SC0009636
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 01/22/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Bahar, Bamdad, and Parmelee, William. Advanced metal hydride heat transfer system utilizing an electrochemical hydrogen compressor. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Bahar, Bamdad, & Parmelee, William. Advanced metal hydride heat transfer system utilizing an electrochemical hydrogen compressor. United States.
Bahar, Bamdad, and Parmelee, William. Tue . "Advanced metal hydride heat transfer system utilizing an electrochemical hydrogen compressor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892685.
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abstractNote = {An electrochemical heat transfer device for a hot water tank utilizes an electrochemical hydrogen compressor to pump hydrogen into and out of a tank having a metal hydride forming alloy therein. The absorption of hydrogen by the metal hydride forming alloy is exothermic, produces heat, and the desorption of the hydrogen from the metal hydride forming alloy is endothermic and draws heat in. An electrochemical hydrogen compressor may be configured between to tanks and pump hydrogen back and forth to form a heat transfer device, such as a hot water heater. A heat transfer device may be coupled with the tank or may comprise the outer surface of the tank to transfer heat to an object or to the surroundings. A closed loop may be configured having two tanks and one or two electrochemical hydrogen compressors to pump the hydrogen in a loop around the system.},
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year = {Tue Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2022},
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