Apparatus and method for transferring heat to and from a bed of metal hydrides
CA 1108821 A · Owner: Billings Energy Corporation · Inventors: Woolley, Ronald L.
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A method and apparatus are disclosed for transferring heat to or from metal hydrides contained in storage containers as hydrogen gas is being charged to or withdrawn from the storage containers wherein the, hydrogen gas being charged to or withdrawn from the storage containers functions as a convective energy carrier. A plurality of the containers are connected together in flow communication in series so that when a, pressure differential is established across the series of containers hydrogen, gas associated with the metal hydride will flow from one container to the next container in the direction of the lower pressure. A pressure differential is created across the series of containers by …
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- Granted September 15, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 15, 1998.
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