Thermal model development and validation for rapid filling of high pressure hydrogen tanks

Johnson, Terry A.; Bozinoski, Radoslav; Ye, Jianjun; Sartor, George; Zheng, Jinyang; Yang, Jian

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.157

Title: Thermal model development and validation for rapid filling of high pressure hydrogen tanks

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This paper describes the development of thermal models for the filling of high pressure hydrogen tanks with experimental validation. Two models are presented; the first uses a one-dimensional, transient, network flow analysis code developed at Sandia National Labs, and the second uses the commercially available CFD analysis tool Fluent. These models were developed to help assess the safety of Type IV high pressure hydrogen tanks during the filling process. The primary concern for these tanks is due to the increased susceptibility to fatigue failure of the liner caused by the fill process. Thus, a thorough understanding of temperature changes of the hydrogen gas and the heat transfer to the tank walls is essential. The effects of initial pressure, filling time, and fill procedure were investigated to quantify the temperature change and verify the accuracy of the models. In this paper we show that the predictions of mass averaged gas temperature for the one and three-dimensional models compare well with the experiment and both can be used to make predictions for final mass delivery. Furthermore, due to buoyancy and other three-dimensional effects, however, the maximum wall temperature cannot be predicted using one-dimensional tools alone which means that a three-dimensional analysis ismore »« less

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Johnson, Terry A. ^[1]; Bozinoski, Radoslav ^[1]; Ye, Jianjun ^[2]; Sartor, George ^[1]; Zheng, Jinyang ^[2]; Yang, Jian ^[2]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)

Publication Date:: Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1235303

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1423495

Report Number(s):: SAND-2015-2535J
Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199; 579856

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 40; Journal ID: ISSN 0360-3199

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; high pressure hydrogen storage; fast filling; real gas equation; one-dimensional and 3D models

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                    Johnson, Terry A., Bozinoski, Radoslav, Ye, Jianjun, Sartor, George, Zheng, Jinyang, and Yang, Jian. Thermal model development and validation for rapid filling of high pressure hydrogen tanks.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Johnson, Terry A., Bozinoski, Radoslav, Ye, Jianjun, Sartor, George, Zheng, Jinyang, & Yang, Jian. Thermal model development and validation for rapid filling of high pressure hydrogen tanks.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.157

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                    Johnson, Terry A., Bozinoski, Radoslav, Ye, Jianjun, Sartor, George, Zheng, Jinyang, and Yang, Jian. Tue .  
"Thermal model development and validation for rapid filling of high pressure hydrogen tanks".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.157.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235303.

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@article{osti_1235303,

  title        = {Thermal model development and validation for rapid filling of high pressure hydrogen tanks},

  author       = {Johnson, Terry A. and Bozinoski, Radoslav and Ye, Jianjun and Sartor, George and Zheng, Jinyang and Yang, Jian},

  abstractNote = {This paper describes the development of thermal models for the filling of high pressure hydrogen tanks with experimental validation. Two models are presented; the first uses a one-dimensional, transient, network flow analysis code developed at Sandia National Labs, and the second uses the commercially available CFD analysis tool Fluent. These models were developed to help assess the safety of Type IV high pressure hydrogen tanks during the filling process. The primary concern for these tanks is due to the increased susceptibility to fatigue failure of the liner caused by the fill process. Thus, a thorough understanding of temperature changes of the hydrogen gas and the heat transfer to the tank walls is essential. The effects of initial pressure, filling time, and fill procedure were investigated to quantify the temperature change and verify the accuracy of the models. In this paper we show that the predictions of mass averaged gas temperature for the one and three-dimensional models compare well with the experiment and both can be used to make predictions for final mass delivery. Furthermore, due to buoyancy and other three-dimensional effects, however, the maximum wall temperature cannot be predicted using one-dimensional tools alone which means that a three-dimensional analysis is required for a safety assessment of the system.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.157},

  journal      = {International Journal of Hydrogen Energy},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 40,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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