Title

Thermal management as a key in storing adsorbed natural gas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Publication Title

Methane and Hydrogen for Energy Storage

First Page

125

Keywords

Adsorbed natural gas storage, Adsorption, Adsorption heat, Adsorptive storage vessels, Gaseous fuels, Ideal thermal management unit, Natural gas technology, Thermodynamic standpoint, Thermodynamics

Last Page

136

Abstract

Due to the undesirable effects of adsorption heat on the adsorptive storage vessels, these storage systems are not efficient enough to utilize in the automotive industry currently. Despite the research on various aspects of the adsorptive storage, it appears that thermal, and accordingly flow, management is substantially effective in improving the performance of this type of storage for gaseous fuels especially natural gas. Fundamental aspects of an ideal thermal management unit were explained in this chapter from a thermodynamic standpoint. Several thermal management approaches proposed and tested in the literature were discussed. It was demonstrated that the applying thermal management to an adsorptive storage system results in two major benefits, namely higher gas storage and shorter filling time.

DOI

10.1049/pbpo101e_ch7

ISBN

9781785611933

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