Engineering Safe and Efficient Hydride-Based Technologies

想象一下，提供一个小型，安全和节能的加氢站，可以安装在家庭车库或工业仓库中，这将确保消费者可以有一个简单和灵活的加氢方法，减少对加氢站的依赖，同时发展氢经济基础设施。目前的技术提供了体积庞大、需要长时间加油和需要在高压下储存的选项。这项工作使用金属氢化物作为氢的固态储存选项，降低了氢储存的压力并减少了空间占用，同时使用金属氢化物压缩机进一步压缩氢以达到车载车辆的要求水平。挑战在于设计一个紧凑的系统，可以提供与传统汽油加油竞争的氢气流量，或者提供一种适合消费者生活方式的替代方法。这项工作正在迎接这一挑战，并确保将安全放在设计理念的首位。需要基础建模来支持这项工作，材料开发与先进的机械设计相结合，以提供系统和组件的稳健安全设计。

Imagine providing a small, safe and energy efficient hydrogen refueller that can be installed in a domestic garage or industrial warehouse that will ensure that consumers can have an easy and resilient method of refuelling, reducing the reliance on refuelling stations whilst the hydrogen economy infrastructure develops. Current technology provides options which are bulky, take a long time to refuel and require storage at high pressures.This work uses metal hydrides as a solid state storage option for hydrogen, reducing the pressure at which hydrogen is stored and reducing the spatial footprint, at the same time using a metal hydride compressor to provide further compression of hydrogen to on-board vehicle requirement levels. The challenge is in designing a compact system that can deliver the flow rates of hydrogen to compete with conventional petrol refuelling or by providing an alternative method that fits in with the lifestyle of a consumer. This work is meeting that challenge and ensuring that it puts safety at the forefront of its design philosophy.Fundamental modelling is required to underpin this work, with materials developments combined with advanced mechanical design to deliver a robust safe design of system and components.