Solid state H2 compression

R&D Focus Areas:
Hydrides, Mobility

Lead Organisation:
CSIRO

Partners:
Griffith University

Status:
Active

Start date:
November 2015

Completion date:
October 2024

Key contacts:
Ashleigh Cousins: Ashleigh.Cousins@csiro.au
Professor Evan Gray: e.gray@griffith.edu.au

Funding:
CSIRO – Hydrogen Energy Systems Future Science Platform. In-kind contribution from Griffith University

Project total cost:
AUD$1.8 million

Project summary description:
This project aims to develop and demonstrate a novel metal-hydride based hydrogen compressor. Currently, hydrogen compression accounts for roughly two-thirds of the costs of dispensing compressed hydrogen at refuelling stations. Metal hydrides are alloys that can absorb hydrogen and use waste heat to compress hydrogen.

Related publications and key links:
Gray, E. MacA., 2021, Alloy selection for multistage metal-hydride hydrogen compressors: A thermodynamic model, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46, 15702-15715, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.02.025

Cousins, A., Zohra, F.T., Gray, E. MacA., Webb, C.J., Kochanek, M., Edwards, S., Schoeman, L., 2023, Alloy selection for dual stage metal-hydride hydrogen compressor: Using a thermodynamic model to identify metal-hydride pairs, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, accepted, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.365

CSIRO ‘Future Science Platforms: Hydrogen Energy Systems’: Solid state hydrogen compression – Hydrogen Energy Systems (csiro.au)

Higher degree studies supported:
One PhD is supported.

 

Reviewed: July 2024