Hybrid Nanoporous Adsorption / High-pressure Gas Hydrogen Storage Tanks

这是支持英国巴斯大学的一个跨学科研究项目的一个案例，该项目首次建立了用于可持续能源应用，特别是低碳车辆的混合纳米孔吸附/高压氢气储罐的设计和操作原则。提交这份报告是为了响应EPSRC 2013年5月对超级发电氢气挑战项目的呼吁，特别是提供使用混合动力系统的存储解决方案。如果获得资金，该项目将受益于与EPSRC SuperGen氢气和燃料电池中心的密切联系，梅斯(该项目的首席研究员)是该中心的联合董事。拟议的项目名义上从2014年4月开始(GB 1,170未标明全部经济成本)，涉及7名研究人员(总共127个工作月)，旨在确定如何将纳米孔吸附剂加入到IV型(或同等)高压气罐(在~70兆帕和~298K下运行)中，以提高氢气容量，优化存储条件，并可能在热和机械性能方面带来额外的好处。该项目包含三个相互关联的工作包。WP1(由Burrow领导，共同调查者，化学)将产生新型纳米多孔吸附剂，用于坦克内衬，WP2(由Bowen领导)。材料科学和机械工程的Kim)将研究这些材料如何与坦克材料(特别是碳纤维增强树脂复合材料)结合并影响其性能，而WP3(由化学工程的Mays领导)将整合WP1和WP2，以制定混合动力坦克的最佳设计和运行策略。项目合作伙伴英国拉夫堡EPL复合材料有限公司将就储罐材料、制造和设计的工业和经济方面提供专家建议(贡献价值为GB 45k)，该大学将以为期36个月的化学工程博士研究生的形式提供战略性项目支持，总价值为GB 57k。

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.