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AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsMasahiko Kimbara, Daigoro Mori, Takehiro Nito, Hidehito Kubo, Keiji Toh
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A hydrogen storage apparatus that includes multiple gas storage tanks that each house a storing/adsorbing material and through the interior of which a fluid travels is provided. The gas storage apparatus 10 includes roughly cylindrical gas storage tanks 20 that house hydrogen-storing alloy. The multiple gas storage tanks 20 are disposed longitudinally parallel to each other in an ordered fashion such that roughly triangular prism-shaped empty spaces are formed between multiple adjacent hydrogen storage tanks 20. Coolant paths through which coolant flows are formed in these roughly triangular prism-shaped empty spaces. These coolant paths are thermally connected to the hydrogen-storing alloy in the gas storage tanks 20 via constituent members of the gas storage tanks 20 and via heat transfer plates 28 disposed on the gas storage tanks 20.
A gas storage apparatus for storing gas, said gas storage apparatus comprising:
A gas storage apparatus that stores gas, said gas storage apparatus comprising:
A gas storage apparatus that that stores gas, said gas storage apparatus comprising:
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Hydrogen; Gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen; Separation of hydrogen from mixtures containing it; Purification of hydrogen; Reversible storage…:…
Use of gas-solvents or gas-sorbents in vessels: for hydrogen
Characterised by number of vessels: two or more vessels
Single phase: gaseous, e.g. CNG, GNC
Term ended 28 Aug 2024 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a gas storage apparatus that includes gas tanks for storage of gas.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is an explanatory drawing showing the basic construction of a hydrogen storage apparatus 10;
FIG. 2 is an explanatory drawing showing a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 cut across the line 2—2 therein;
FIG. 3 is an explanatory drawing showing a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2 cut across the line 3—3 therein;
The hydrogen storage apparatus pertaining to the present invention is described below with reference to the drawings based on several embodiments.
A. CONSTRUCTION OF HYDROGEN STORAGE APPARATUS
FIG. 1 is an explanatory drawing showing the basic construction of a hydrogen storage apparatus 10 comprising a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory cross-sectional drawing showing the important elements of such apparatus, obtained by cutting along the line 2—2 in FIG. 1. The hydrogen storage apparatus 10 is constructed by assembling multiple roughly cylindrical hydrogen storage tanks 20. In this hydrogen storage apparatus 10, the multiple hydrogen storage tanks 20 are arranged three-dimensionally in an ordered fashion such that they are parallel to each other in the longitudinal (axial) direction and such that a roughly triangular prism-shaped empty space is formed between each group of three adjacent hydrogen storage tanks 20 (see FIG. 1). Coolant paths 24 through which coolant flows are formed in these roughly triangular prism-shaped empty spaces formed between the hydrogen storage tanks 20 (see FIG. 2).