文档介绍：A Review of Heat Transfer Issues in hydrogen-based energy economy with the use of sustainable en-
ergy sources promises to alleviate numerous current problems fac-
Hydrogen Storage Technologies ing our nation and the world—such as air pollution, greenhouse
gas production, and global security. Recent reports ͓1–4͔ have
identified many critical technical challenges that remain to be ad-
Jinsong Zhang dressed before a hydrogen-based energy economy can e
1 viable. While much contemporary research has focused on the
Timothy S. Fisher conversion of hydrogen-carried energy to electrical form using
fuel cells, upstream issues involving production, distribution, and
Energy Center at Discovery Park and storage of hydrogen are also critically important. Of these, on-
School of Mechanical Engineering, board hydrogen storage for vehicle applications involves many
Purdue University, technical challenges and opportunities. This review summarizes
the technical characteristics and requirements of the most promis-
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088 ing hydrogen storage approaches, particularly for fuel-cell-
powered vehicles, while identifying significant heat transfer issues
P. Veeraraghavan Ramachandran associated with each.
To realize the full potential of the hydrogen economy, the chal-
Energy Center at Discovery Park and lenges of storage and distribution must be addressed