Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 1026-1036Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.11.075
Keywords
Metal fuels; Energy carriers; Metal-water reaction; Hydrogen production
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- Adelson Family Foundation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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The in-situ production of hydrogen from a metal-water reaction resolves some of the main obstacles related to the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel, namely storage and safety. In this study, experiments are conducted in a batch reactor with sixteen different commercially-available industrial metal powders, with water temperatures ranging from 80 to 200 degrees C. The hydrogen production rate, total yield, and reaction completeness are determined for each metal-powder fuel and reaction temperature. Aluminum powder produces the largest amount of hydrogen per unit mass throughout the temperature range, followed by the magnesium powder. Manganese powder, which produces the largest amount of hydrogen per unit volume at high temperatures, exhibits a sharp increase in yield between 120 and 150 degrees C, suggesting the existence of a critical energetic threshold. The aluminum and magnesium powders exhibit high reaction rates, and together with the manganese powder, appear to be the most attractive candidates to serve as fuels for in-situ hydrogen production. Copyright (C) 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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