Abstract
Heat transfer in porous metal hydride (MH) beds determines efficiency of MH devices. We present a COMSOL Multiphysics numerical model and experimental investigation of heat and mass transfer in a MH reactor filled with 4.69 kg of AB5 type alloy (Mm0.8La0.2Ni4.1Fe0.8Al0.1). To achieve an agreement between the model and experiments it is necessary to include a flow control device (inlet valve or flow regulator) into the model. We propose a simplified and easy-to-calculate boundary condition based on a porous domain with variable permeability at reactor inlet. The permeability of the domain is connected with hydrogen mass flow by a PID controller. Thus, boundary conditions for the inlet pressure and mass flow are coupled and heat transfer inside the reactor could be calculated without additional assumptions applied to heat and mass transfer in the MH bed.
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