Hydrogen storage, distribution, and recovery system

摘要

Cassette based systems and methods of hydrogen storage, distribution, and recovery are disclosed. A cassette or other container may contain a hydrogen storage or storing material. Information may be stored in the material and subsequently read or accessed. A probe may be used to interrogate the material. The hydrogen content or other characteristics of the material may be determined based on the interrogation. A hydrogen dispensing unit may contain a depleted cassette acceptor to accept depleted cassettes and a charged cassette dispenser to dispense charged cassettes. The dispensing unit may be implemented in a hydrogen retail store or as a standalone unit. The retail store or the unit may connect to a hydrogen network and implement various business methods, as disclosed herein.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a hydrogen fuel cassette, the hydrogen fuel cassette having a housing defining an interior region and a hydrogen storage material selected from the group consisting of metal hydrides, carbon nanostructures, glass microspheres, doped sodium alanates, and sodium alanates in the interior region; a hydrogen recovery unit having a receptacle to receive the hydrogen fuel cassette, the hydrogen recovery unit to recover hydrogen from the hydrogen storage material; and a heating system for heating said hydrogen storage material to recover hydrogen that includes heating elements for insertion into said cassette module.