SCOPE
Hydrogen storage and distribution
Maturity Level
TRL 4-5
Development Level
Prototype
Protection Level
Knowledge register
Hydrogen storage tank design and simulation
Entity:
Design of storage tanks for hydrogen at pressure, liquefied or as metal hydride. Conceptual and detailed solution design. Advice on materials to be used, dimensioning of inlets and fluid dynamic and mechanical (structural) simulation of the proposed designs. In this way it is possible to validate the filling and emptying of the tanks, as well as the structural stability of the tanks during service or manufacturing process.
Challenges met
- Design of hydrogen storage tanks and advice on the selection of materials to withstand mechanical and thermal loads.
- Obtaining validated storage tank designs through numerical simulation.
Scope of application
- High strength steels for the automotive, infrastructure and naval transport sectors.
- Carbon steels, aluminium, titanium and other metallic and non-metallic materials.
Main publications
- International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 43(35), 16929-16940. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.12.172
- International Journal Of Hydrogen Energy, 42(30), 19114-19125. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.06.125
Related projects
- HIDROGENIA – Design, fabrication and validation of a hydrogen gas storage tank with improved permeability properties for aeronautical applications.
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