摘要 |
<p>Compressed hydrogen gas can be stored and transferred in hollow structures that include at least one porous metal, in order to protect one or more surrounding layers from being damaged by diffusive flux of hydrogen gas. The masses of hydrogen gas that enter the layer(s)/interlayer(s) of the porous metal(s) are removed from the interconnected pore space in the layer(s)/interiayer(s) of the porous metal(s) to ensure that the pressure(s) of the hydrogen gas remain(s) low-generally less than or equal to one atmosphere. When the structure that holds compressed hydrogen gas is a cylindrical pressure vessel, pipe or pipeline, a technique known as "C-forming" can be used to create a wall containing at least one layer of a porous metal.</p> |