Dehydrogenation of metal hydride reactor-phase change materials coupled with light-duty fuel cell vehicles

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2022

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MDPI

Abstract

The popularity of using phase change materials (PCMs) for heat storage and recovery of metal hydrides’ reaction has grown tremendously. However, a fundamental study of the coupling of such a system with a low-temperature PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane) fuel cell is still lacking. This work presents a numerical investigation of the dehydrogenation performance of a metal hydride reactor (MHR)-PCM system coupled with a fuel cell. It is shown that to supply the fuel cell with a constant H2 flow rate, the PCM properties need to be in an optimized range.

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Metal hydrides, Hydrogen, Fuel cell vehicles, Chemistry, South Africa

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Nyamsi, S. N. et al. (2022). Dehydrogenation of metal hydride reactor-phase change materials coupled with light-duty fuel cell vehicles. Energies, 15(9),2982. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15092982