EP 2391846 A1 20111207 - CONTINUOUSLY-OPERATED METAL HYDRIDE HYDROGEN COMPRESSOR, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
Title (en)
CONTINUOUSLY-OPERATED METAL HYDRIDE HYDROGEN COMPRESSOR, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
Title (de)
KONTINUIERLICH BETREIBBARER METALLHYDRIDWASSERSTOFFKOMPRESSOR SOWIE BETRIEBSVERFAHREN DAFÜR
Title (fr)
COMPRESSEUR D'HYDROGÈNE À HYDRURE MÉTALLIQUE À FONCTIONNEMENT CONTINU, ET SON PROCÉDÉ D'EXPLOITATION
Publication
Application
Priority
- NO 2010000036 W 20100129
- NO 20090497 A 20090130
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2010087723A1] A continuously operated metal hydride hydrogen compressor, is disclosed, in which heating / cooling of a metal hydride is provided for by a heat pumping system. The compressor comprises two or more compression modules, each of which comprising a metal hydride container with metal hydride bed thermally coupled to a heating or cooling side of a heat pumping system comprising a heating side, cooling side and heat sink side. The metal hydride containers are also connected to a gas-distributing system comprising pipelines for input of low-pressure hydrogen and output of high-pressure hydrogen, gas collectors, check valves and connecting pipelines. In use the compressor acts as a reversible heat pumping system where the heating and cooling sides periodically operate alternatively as a heater and as a cooler. Thereby, the metal hydride bed can be heated to a higher temperature promoting high pressure hydrogen desorption therefrom, or cooled to a lower-temperature promoting low pressure hydrogen absorption therein, by the same heating / cooling side of the heat-pumping system, while excessive heat is permanently removed from the heat sink side at a medium temperature level.
IPC 8 full level
F17C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F17C 11/005 (2013.01); Y02E 60/32 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2010087723 A1 20100805; EP 2391846 A1 20111207; EP 2391846 A4 20170104; NO 20090497 L 20100802; NO 330286 B1 20110321
DOCDB simple family (application)
NO 2010000036 W 20100129; EP 10736089 A 20100129; NO 20090497 A 20090130