Patent ID: 7455723
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: C01B,F17C,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A hydrogen storage and release device comprising: a housing; a bundle of elongate tubes within the housing, the bundle having a length extending parallel to a longitudinal axis from a first end to a second end, each of the tubes of the bundle having an interior and an exterior, a coolant flow path defined at least in part between the exteriors of adjacent tubes within the bundle, at least some of the tubes having exteriors with reduced transverse cross-sectional sizes extending over a localized portion of the length; metal hydride contained within the interiors of the tubes in heat exchange relation with said coolant flow path; a hydrogen port on the housing; a hydrogen plenum located to direct hydrogen between the hydrogen port and the interior of the tubes; a first coolant port on the housing spaced from the localized portion of the length along the longitudinal axis; and a second coolant port on the housing adjacent the localized portion of the length.