Alex Bevan

Hydrogen materials Group

www.hydrogen.bham.ac.ukwww.hydrogen-wm-scratch.info

16th September 2009

Hydrogen Storage

Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham

Hydrogen Materials Group

Dr David Book, Professor Rex Harris, Dr John Speight, Dr Allan Walton,

Dr Vicky Mann, Dr Alex Bevan, Dan Reed, Sean Fletcher

PhD/EngD: Rob Bell, Steven Tedds, Yinghe Zhang, David Brampton,

Dr Ruixi Liu, Xiaodong Yi

MRes: Dan Amos, Lydia Pickering, James Warren, George Simpson,

Peter Abell, Zhuo Wang

Technician: Simon Cannon

Hydrogen Storage

Solid-state Hydrogen Storage

Andreas Züttel, Switzerland, 04/18/236

4 kg hydrogen

110l57l33l26l

Mg2FeH6 LaNi5H6 H2 (liquid) H2 (200 bar)

Louis Schlapbach & Andreas Züttel, NATURE, 414, p.353, (2001)

Andreas Züttel, Switzerland, 04/18/237

Hydrogen Storage Densities

Andreas Züttel, “Materials for hydrogen storage”, Materials Today, September 2003, pp.18-27

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Metal hydrides

Andreas Züttel, Switzerland, 04/18/238

Hydrogen Storage Densities

Andreas Züttel, “Materials for hydrogen storage”, Materials Today, September 2003, pp.18-27

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Search for new lighter materials

• 5 large cylinders, each containing 30 kg of metal hydride power.• Gives about 2.5 kg of hydrogen.• Operating pressure is < 10 bar

PEM Fuel Cell Batteries & Motor

The Protium Project

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Metal hydride store cycling system

Effect(s) of cycling and presence of impurity gases (EPSRC SCRATCH project)

Cycling of Ti0.93Zr0.05(Mn0.73V0.22Fe0.04)2

Alex Bevan, et al

70 cycles in 100 hours (~ 4 days)

1000 cycles would take ~60 days (for this alloy)

PCT curves of the Ti(1−x)VxMn alloys at 293 K.

M. Shibuya et al.JALCOM 466 (2008) p.558

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26th February 2009

Hydrogen reggae

Thank you for your attention

www.hydrogen.bham.ac.uk

EPSRC SUPERGEN “UK Sustainable Hydrogen Energy Consortium” (Apr 03 - Apr 11)(inc. Bham-Chem, Nott-Mat, Nott-Chem, UCL, Oxford, STFC, Bath, Glasgow, Salford)

EC FP6 “Novel Efficient Solid Storage for Hydrogen” (Jan 06 - Dec 10)(inc. Daimler, JM, Air Liquide, Max Planck, CNRS, NCSRD, EMPA, Delft,…)

“Polymer-based Hydrogen Storage Materials” (July 06 - July 10)with Cardiff Uni (Neil McKeown), Manchester Uni (Peter Budd)

“Supply Chain Research Applied To Clean Hydrogen (SCRATCH)” (Apr 07 - Apr 10)ChemEng (Kevin Kendall), Biosci (Lynne Macaskie), Econ (Richard Green), Met&Mat (David Book)

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform / TSB (Dec 06 - May 09)“Hydrogen Permeable Novel Membranes” (HYPNOMEM)

Research Projects & Networks

AWM Science City “Hydrogen Energy Project” (April 07 - March 09)£6.3M for equipment for Birmingham and Warwick Universities

EPSRC SUPERGEN “Delivery of Sustainable Hydrogen” (Oct 08 - Oct 12)(inc. St Andrews, Leeds, Warwick, Imperial, Cambridge, Manchester, Cardiff Uni’s)

“UK-Japan Hydrogen Storage Research Network” (Apr 07- May 09) Workshops for Universities / National Labs in the UK & Japan

DIUS / FCO “UK/KOREA Focal Point Programme for H2 Storage” (Apr 07 - Apr 09)Workshops for Universities in the UK & Korea

International Energy Agency Task 22 (2002-06, 2006-10, …)“Fundamental and applied hydrogen storage materials development”