S. C. Bae
Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University, Saga, Japan
Shinsuke Takeguchi
Department of Mechanical Engineering Waseda University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Takahiro Yabe
Department of Mechanical Engineering Waseda University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Masahumi Katsuta
Waseda University, Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract
Our purpose is to develop the compact MH refrigeration system for the vending machine and the show case, and to attain a refrigeration temperature of 243 K by using a heat source of about 423K. The reaction rate of the MH to use for the heat source, MHHigh is studied first though the MH refrigeration system consists of two MHs, one is used for the heat source and the other is used for the cooling load extracting. As for the reaction rate in the hydriding process, initially, a rapid surface reaction, governed by the relation
1−(1−F)1/3 =kht. After the MH surface has been covered by hydride, the reaction becomes diffusion
controlled with the relation 1−3(1−F')2/3 +2(1−F') = k'h t. The reaction rates, kh, k'h are exponentially
proportional to the pressure difference and increase with temperature. And, As for the dehydriding process, it is found out that the rate-controlling step is uniquely diffusion reaction. The dehydriding reaction rate is exponentially proportional to the pressure difference and the initial reacted fraction, and increases with temperature. Finally, on the basis of these experimental results, the brand new rate correlations are reasonably derived. The calculated results are in agreement with the experimental ones.