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INVESTIGATION OF HYDROGEN STORAGE IN IDEAL HPR INNER MATRIX MICROSTRUCTURE USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

Gopalan, Babu

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2006, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Mechanical Engineering (Engineering).

Studies have proven hydrogen gas as a highly efficient, renewable and alternative energy source and it is expected to serve as a common fuel for all mobile and stationary applications. However, currently the on-board storage difficulties prevent the practical usage of hydrogen in automotive applications. A more efficient and innovative method of hydrogen storage for automotive fuel cell application is to compress hydrogen in minute hollow spherical bubbles incorporating the Hydrostatic Pressure Retainment (HPR) technology. In a HPR vessel, the material properties and the inner matrix structure are two critical design parameters that determine the hydrogen mass efficiency. The focus of this study is devoted to investigating the performance characteristics of one configuration; spherically shaped bubbles homogenously arranged in a simple cubic inner matrix packing structure for a HPR vessel, using Finite Element Analysis.

Hajrudin Pasic (Advisor)
76 p.

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  • Gopalan, B. (2006). INVESTIGATION OF HYDROGEN STORAGE IN IDEAL HPR INNER MATRIX MICROSTRUCTURE USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1159476259

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gopalan, Babu. INVESTIGATION OF HYDROGEN STORAGE IN IDEAL HPR INNER MATRIX MICROSTRUCTURE USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS. 2006. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1159476259.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gopalan, Babu. "INVESTIGATION OF HYDROGEN STORAGE IN IDEAL HPR INNER MATRIX MICROSTRUCTURE USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1159476259

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)