Hybrid Nanoporous Adsorption / High-pressure Gas Hydrogen Storage Tanks

这是一个支持英国巴斯大学跨学科研究项目的案例，该项目首次建立了用于可持续能源应用，特别是低碳汽车的混合纳米多孔吸附/高压氢气储罐的设计和操作原理。它是为了响应2013年5月EPSRC对SUPERGEN氢挑战项目的呼吁而提交的，特别是为了提供使用混合动力系统的存储解决方案。如果获得资助，该项目将受益于与EPSRC SUPERGEN氢和燃料电池中心的密切联系，（本项目的主要研究者）是联合主任。拟议项目，名义上将于2014年4月开始（1，170英镑未编入指数的全部经济成本），涉及7名研究人员（共127个工作月），旨在确定如何将纳米多孔吸附剂纳入IV型（或同等）高压气罐（在~70 MPa和~298 K下运行），以提高氢容量，优化储存条件，并可能在热性能和机械性能方面带来额外的好处。该项目包括三个相互关联的工作包。WP 1（由Burrows，化学联合研究员领导）将产生新型纳米多孔吸附剂，用于罐内衬，WP 2（由Bowen领导）。材料科学和金，机械工程，CI）将研究这些材料如何粘合，并影响坦克材料（特别是碳纤维增强树脂复合材料）的性能，WP 3（由Mays领导，化学工程）将整合WP 1和WP 2，为混合动力坦克开发最佳设计和操作策略。项目合作伙伴EPL Composites Ltd.拉夫堡，英国，将提供关于坦克材料，制造和设计的工业和经济方面的专家建议（贡献价值£ 45 k）和大学将提供战略项目支持的形式，在化学工程为基础的36个月的博士研究生价值£ 57 k。

This is a Case for Support for an inter-disciplinary research project at the University of Bath, UK to establish for the first time design and operation principles for hybrid nanoporous adsorption / high-pressure hydrogen gas storage tanks for use in sustainable energy applications, especially low-carbon vehicles. It is being submitted in response to the May 2013 EPSRC call for SUPERGEN Hydrogen Challenge projects, in particular to provide storage solutions using hybrid systems. If funded, the project will benefit from strong association with the EPSRC SUPERGEN Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Hub of which Mays (the Principal Investigator of this project) is a Co-Director.The proposed project, nominally to start in April 2014 (£1,170 unindexed full economic cost), and involving seven researchers (127 work months in total), aims to determine how nanoporous adsorbents may be incorporated into Type IV (or equivalent) high-pressure gas tanks (operating at ~70 MPa and ~298 K) to enhance hydrogen capacity, optimise storage conditions and possibly confer additional benefits in terms of thermal and mechanical properties. The project incorporates three, linked workpackages. WP1 (led by Burrows, Co-Investigator, Chemistry) will generate novel nanoporous adsorbents to be used as tank liners, WP2 (led by Bowen. Materials Science and Kim, Mechanical Engineering, CIs) will study how these materials bond to, and affect the properties of, tank materials (in particular carbon-fibre reinforced resin composites) and WP3 (led by Mays, Chemical Engineering) will integrate WP1 and WP2 to develop an optimal design and operation strategy for hybrid tanks. The project partner, EPL Composites Ltd., Loughborough, UK, will provide expert advice on industrial and economic aspects of tank materials, manufacture and design (contribution worth £45k) and the University will provide strategic project support in the form a 36-month PhD studentship based in Chemical Engineering worth a total of £57k.