Novel reactor design for metal hydride cooling systems

Abstract In this paper a plate reactor for metal hydride applications is presented and experimentally characterized. Through an optimized heat transfer characteristic the concept is suitable for all metal hydride high performance systems, where short reaction times are required. The experimental characterization using metal hydride Hydralloy ® C5 reveals that very short half-cycle times (t  MeH −1 . In a continuous working system where thermal losses are considered, still 690 W kg MeH −1 can be reached.