U.S.-Turkey Cooperative Research: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Hydrogen Absorption in a Metal-Hydride Reactor

项目描述：本项目支持佛罗里达州迈阿密大学清洁能源研究所所长T. N. Veziroglu博士与土耳其尼德尼德大学机械工程系Yuksel Kaplan博士之间的合作研究项目。pi计划进行实验和理论相结合的研究。在实验计划中，将设计和制造一个反应器，并在广泛的参数空间内研究影响储氢的材料、反应器几何和加工条件等参数。实验数据将用于验证和进一步改进数学模型，设计最佳氢反应器。在本课题的理论部分，将建立一个考虑复杂的传热传质和流体在氢化过程中的流动的数学模型。该数学模型有助于理解氢化过程的基本机理。耦合微分方程将采用基于控制方程在有限控制体积上的积分的数值方法求解。流体流动的驱动力可以认为是系统中由于温度梯度而产生的压差。该项目的实验部分将在尼德大学进行，理论研究将在尼德大学和迈阿密大学进行。该项目的最终目标是提高储氢方法的知识和基础结构。范围：氢是一种独特的合成燃料，具有其他燃料所不具有的不寻常的性质和特征。它是最轻、最清洁的燃料，也是最环保的燃料。它有很好的燃烧特性。它可以转化为其他形式的能源，如热能、机械能和电能，比其他燃料的效率更高。这项研究将为我们提供必要的知识，使这种潜在的替代燃料得到广泛的经济利用，并带来巨大的环境和社会效益。该项目将涉及一名美国本科生。

0350632VezirogluDescription: This project supports a cooperative research project between Dr. T. N. Veziroglu, Director of the Clean Energy Research Institute, Miami University, Miami, Florida and Dr. Yuksel Kaplan, Mechanical Engineering Department, Nigde University in Nigde, Turkey. The PIs plan a combined experimental and theoretical study. In the experimental program, a reactor will be designed and manufactured and the parameters such as materials, reactor geometry and processing conditions affecting the hydrogen storage will be investigated over a wide range of parameter space. Data obtained from the experiments will be used to validate and further improve the mathematical model and design the optimum hydrogen reactors. In the theoretical part of project, a mathematical model which considers complex heat and mass transfer and fluid flow during the hydriding process will be developed. The mathematical model will serve understanding the basic mechanism of hydriding process. The coupled differential equations will be solved with a numerical method based on integrations of governing equation over finite control volumes. The driving force for fluid flow will be considered to be pressure difference due to temperature gradients in the system. The experimental part of the project will be performed at Nigde University and theoretical study will be performed at Nigde University and University of Miami. The ultimate goal of this project is to improve the knowledge and substructure on the methods of hydrogen storage methods.Scope: Hydrogen is a unique synthetic fuel with unusual properties and characteristics, which are not shared, by other fuels. It is the lightest and cleanest fuel, and environmentally most compatible. It has very favorable combustion characteristics. It can be converted to other forms of energy, such as thermal, mechanical and electrical, with higher efficiencies than other fuels. The research would contribute to the knowledge we have that is necessary to move this potential alternative fuel towards wide economical utilization with enormous environmental and societal benefits. The project will involve one U.S. undergraduate student.