Characterization of thermal properties of compacted magnesium hydride disks for use as components of hydrogenic storage tanks

• Grant number: 17/23456-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2018
• End date: January 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Physical Metallurgy
• Principal Investigator: Tomaz Toshimi Ishikawa
• Grantee: Julia Cantovitz Colletti
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/05987-8 - Processing and characterization of amorphous, metastable and nano-structured metallic alloys, AP.TEM

Abstract

This project aims to study the conformation of the metal hydride based on magnesium for the conformation in small cylinders to be used in the manufacture of a metal hydride tank for hydrogen storage and so measures of thermal conductivity is a fundamental part. For the thermal conductivity measurement a system will be set up and preliminary thermal conductivity measurements will be evaluated. Afterwards, the variation of the thermal conductivity with the variation of the processing parameters will be evaluated. These results should contribute to the project to build a solid hydride tank for hydrogen storage. (AU)