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Optimization on distribution of high thermal conductivity materials in metal hydride reactor for improving heat transfer performance

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  • Ye, H.
  • Tao, Y.B.
  • Yu, X.K.
  • Dong, Z.J.
  • Xin, X.

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The poor heat transfer performance significantly limits the reaction rate of hydrogen storage and release in metal hydrides reactors. In this work, the expanded graphite was used as high thermal conductivity materials (HTCMs), its optimal distribution in metal hydrides reactor was obtained by topology optimization method to enhance the heat transfer performance. Comparative studies on the hydrogen storage and release performance were conducted for the optimal HTCMs distribution model, uniform HTCMs distribution model, reconstructed model, and unimproved model to validate the optimization results. Finally, the effect of HTCMs contents was also studied. The results show that the optimization results shorten the hydrogen storage and release time by 32.3 % and 15.9 %, respectively, compared to the uniform distribution model. Besides, the proposed optimization scheme exhibits good performance under different HTCMs contents. When the content was set to 12 %, the optimized model reduces the hydrogen storage and release time by 28.5 % and 10.8 %, compared to the results of uniform distribution. The method and results of topology optimization have high reliability, and the HTCMs distribution designed by topology optimization has better hydrogen storage and release performance compared to original designs, it is widely applicable.

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  • Ye, H. & Tao, Y.B. & Yu, X.K. & Dong, Z.J. & Xin, X., 2024. "Optimization on distribution of high thermal conductivity materials in metal hydride reactor for improving heat transfer performance," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 235(C).
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:235:y:2024:i:c:s0960148124013569
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.121288
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