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Calculation of Two-Stage Metal Hydride Hydrogen Compressors Using a Model of Intermetallic Compound–Hydrogen Phase Equilibria

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The operation of a two-stage metal hydride thermal sorption hydrogen compressor based on LaNi5 or LaNi4.9Sn0.1 (first stage) and La0.5Ce0.5Ni5 (second stage) has been modeled using a semiempirical model of phase equilibria (PCT diagrams) in systems of hydrogen gas and metals or alloys, which ensures realistic extrapolation to beyond experimentally accessible temperature and hydrogen pressure ranges. The results demonstrate that, all other factors being the same, replacing LaNi5 by LaNi4.9Sn0.1 as the hydride-forming material in the first compressor stage ensures a 10% increase in compressor productivity, with a 17% increase in heat consumption. In addition, this change substantially improves compressor operation stability to changes in suction pressure and cooling temperature. The observed effects are attributable to the better stability of the intermetallic hydride, the decrease in the energy loss due to hysteresis, and the increase in the slope of the plateau at low degrees of tin substitution for nickel in LaNi5.

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  1. Since standard states refer to a pressure of 1 atm = 101.32501 kPa, all hydrogen pressures in this report are expressed in atmospheres to avoid complications.

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    M. V. Lototskyy

  2. Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, Russia

    M. V. Lototskyy, E. E. Fokina & B. P. Tarasov

  3. Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics, and Automation, Russian Technological University, 119454, Moscow, Russia

    I. E. Bessarabskaya

  4. Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    B. P. Tarasov

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Lototskyy, M.V., Fokina, E.E., Bessarabskaya, I.E. et al. Calculation of Two-Stage Metal Hydride Hydrogen Compressors Using a Model of Intermetallic Compound–Hydrogen Phase Equilibria. Inorg Mater 58, 1227–1234 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168522110097

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