Metal hydride tank apparatus

A metal hydride tank apparatus forming a temperature controllable tank, comprising:

• a metal hydride adapted to store and to discharge a hydrogen gas according to the temperature of the tank;
• a gas channel for discharging the hydrogen gas, discharged from the metal hydride, out of said tank;
• and
• a baffle placed in the tank for separating said gas channel into a plurality of sections in order to flow the hydrogen gas throughout the metal hydride disposed in the plurality of sections and to discharge the hydrogen gas out of the tank.

A metal hydride tank apparatus forming a temperature controllable tank, comprising:

• a metal hydride adapted to store and to discharge a hydrogen gas according to the temperature of the tank;
• a gas channel for discharging the hydrogen gas, discharged from the metal hydride, out of an outlet of said tank;
• and
• a baffle for forming the gas channel placed in the tank,
• wherein at least an end of the baffle contacts a side wall of the tank having the outlet so that the gas channel flowing the hydrogen gas discharged from the metal hydride along the baffle can be formed.

A metal hydride tank apparatus forming a temperature controllable tank, comprising:

• a metal hydride adapted to store and to discharge a hydrogen gas according to the temperature of the tank;
• a gas channel for discharging the hydrogen gas, discharged from the metal hydride, out of an outlet of said tank;
• and
• baffles for forming the gas channel placed in the tank,
• wherein each baffle has a cylinder-like shape and a different diameter and the baffles are disposed coaxially in the tank,
• wherein an end of a first baffle with the smallest diameter contacts a side wall of the tank having the outlet and the other end of the first baffle is placed apart from the other side wall, and a second baffle is disposed reversely relative to the first baffle in terms of geometric relation to the side walls.

A metal hydride tank apparatus forming a temperature controllable tank, comprising:

• a metal hydride adapted to store and to discharge a hydrogen gas according to the temperature of the tank;
• a gas channel for discharging the hydrogen gas, discharged from the metal hydride, out of an outlet of said tank;
• and
• a baffle for forming the gas channel placed in the tank;
• wherein the baffle has a spiral-like shape and both ends of the baffle contact side walls of the tank, and
• wherein the outlet is placed in a center of the baffle.

A metal hydride tank apparatus forming a temperature controllable tank, comprising:

• a metal hydride adapted to store and to discharge a hydrogen gas according to the temperature of the tank;
• a gas channel for discharging the hydrogen gas, discharged from the metal hydride, out of said tank;
• baffles for forming the gas channel placed in the tank;
• an inlet and an outlet for the hydrogen gas;
• and
• a holder containing the metal hydride placed along a longitudinal direction of the tank,
• wherein a baffle is placed at each end of the holder so as to form a path from the inlet to outlet for the hydrogen gas through the gas channel.