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Hydrogen storage tank with metal hydrides

US9096433B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

Olivier Gillia · Saint-Égrève, FR
Albin Chaise · Grenoble, FR
Manon Elie · Grenoble, FR
Michel Planque · Seyssinet-Pariset, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 10, 2010
Grant date	Aug 4, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 7, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/32
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A tank for storing hydrogen through absorption into a material, the tank having a longitudinal axis and including an outer enclosure and an inner structure having a longitudinal axis, including a plurality of stages and a heat exchange system within the inner structure, each stage including a lower bottom, an upper bottom, longitudinal partition walls, and transverse partition walls. The partition walls form with the lower and upper bottoms compartments for receiving the hydrogen storage material. The upper bottom and/or the upper bottom and the transverse partition walls or longitudinal partition walls are made as a single piece.

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