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ABSTRACT
Solid state hydrogen storage under the form of magnesium hydride (MgH2) allows for the large-scale conversion of electrical energy, including renewable sources. Highly reactive nanostructured powders are obtained by the co-milling of MgH2 with transition metals. After compaction with expanded graphite, these powders allow for the production of composite materials with high storage capacity and very good kinetics of hydrogen sorption. As hydrogenation (dehydrogenation) reactions are strongly exothermic (endothermic), the development of performing tanks requires a state-of-the-art thermal management. Analytical and numerical tools have been developed in order to assist in the design of these storage systems.
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Patricia DE RANGO: Research Director, Institut Néel and CRETA, CNRS, Grenoble, France
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Daniel FRUCHART: Research Director, Institut Néel and CRETA, CNRS, Grenoble, France
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Philippe MARTY: Professor at Joseph Fourier University Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels, UJF, Grenoble, France - Editor's note This article describes a body of work that earned its authors the Yves Rocard Prize from the French Physics Society in October 2012. This prize is intended to reward an innovation that has led to a technology transfer.
INTRODUCTION
Field: Energy storage
Degree of technology diffusion: Emergence | Growth | Maturity
Technologies involved: Solid hydrogen storage in metal hydrides
Applications: Renewable energy storage
Main French players :
CNRS-Institut Néel & CRETA, Grenoble
Université Joseph Fourier-Laboratoire des Écoulements Géophysiques et Industriels, Grenoble
CNRS-Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, Pessac
CNRS-Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est, Thiais
CEA-LITEN, Grenoble
Université de Picardie-Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides
Competitiveness clusters: Tenerrdis, Alphea
Manufacturers: McPhy Energy
Other players worldwide :
Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
University of Padua, Italy
NIMCR, Tsukuba, Japan
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Websites
Néel Institute http://www.neel.cnrs.fr/
Research consortium for the emergence of advanced technologies
Geophysical and Industrial Flow Laboratory http://www.legi.grenoble-inp.fr
McPhy Energy SA, 26190 La Motte...
Norms and Standards
- Transportable gas storage devices – Hydrogen absorbed in a reversible metal hydride, 22 pages - ISO 16111 - 2008
Patents
Patent J. Charbonnier et al, Nanocrystalline composites for hydrogen storage, WO2007/125253
Patent A. Chaise et al, Hydrogen storage materials based on magnesium hydride, WO2009/080986
Patent A. Chaise et al, Hydrogen storage tank, WO2009/080975
Patent G. Bienvenu et al, Adiabatic metal hydride tank, WO2010/076415
Patent G. Bienvenu...
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