Hydrogen storage tank with metal hydrides
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsOlivier Gillia, Albin Chaise, Manon Elie, Michel Planque
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Abstract
A tank for storing hydrogen through absorption into a material, the tank having a longitudinal axis and including an outer enclosure and an inner structure having a longitudinal axis, including a plurality of stages and a heat exchange system within the inner structure, each stage including a lower bottom, an upper bottom, longitudinal partition walls, and transverse partition walls. The partition walls form with the lower and upper bottoms compartments for receiving the hydrogen storage material. The upper bottom and/or the upper bottom and the transverse partition walls or longitudinal partition walls are made as a single piece.
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A tank configured to store hydrogen through absorption into a material, the tank having a longitudinal axis, and comprising:
- an outer enclosure;
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- an inner structure having a longitudinal axis, the inner structure comprising a plurality of stages extending along planes parallel to the longitudinal axis and a heat exchange system within the inner structure, each stage comprising a lower bottom, an upper bottom, longitudinal partition walls, and transverse partition walls, the walls forming with the lower bottoms and upper bottoms compartments for receiving the hydrogen storage material, the upper bottom and/or the lower bottom and the transverse partition walls or longitudinal partition walls being made as a single piece.
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