The proposed book presents a comprehensive, systematic and detailed treatment of the basic fundamentals of metal hydride chemistry, especially their thermochemistry and reaction kinetics, and their important thermal engineering, chemical and electrochemical applications. Industrial Applications are: Hydrogen storage and transport, heat storage and transformation, heat transformation (heat pipes). Hydride heat pumps (refrigerators) and heat transformers. Solar thermal storage, upgradation and utilization. Hydrogen separation and purification. H/D separation and heavy water production for nuclear reactors. Electrochemical applications: Hydride-hydrogen batteries. Hydrogen Fuel Cells.
Introduction to metal hydrides as innovative energy engineering materials. Basic chemistry of their synthesis and decomposition, thermodynamics and kinetics. Thermal effects. Experimental methods of study.
B. Viswanathan
Energiesysteme Hydride Hydrides Materialwissenschaften energy systems materials science