Abstract

A metal hydride container, comprising a heat pipe of annular cross section, a metal hydride filling the central cavity of said heat pipe, closure members serving to close the openings at the opposite ends of said central cavity, a hydrogen passage tube possessed of a shut-off valve and fitted into an aperture formed in one of said closure members and communicated with the cavity of the heat pipe through a partition member pervious to hydrogen gas and impervious to said metal hydride; and a metal hydride heat storage system comprising at least one metal hydride container above-mentioned, which is useful for storing solar heat and waste heat.

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