摘要 |
PURPOSE:To make the constitution relatively simple and make effective heat exchange possible, by perform heat exchange between a heating medium and a metal hydride using hydrogen as a medium. CONSTITUTION:Filters 4a, 4b of a material heat permits hydrogen to pass through it, but does not permit a hydrogen metal 2 to pass through it are fitted in parts where a hydrogen pipeline 10 and a pressure container 1 are united, so that the metal hydride 2 in a powdery form is prevented from entering the hydrogen pipeline 10. Therefore, only hydrogen sucked by a pump 11 enters the hydrogen pipeline 10, and the hydrogen is circulated through the pressure container 1 and the hydrogen pipeline 10. The hydrogen sucked from the pressure container 1 into the hydrogen pipeline 10 exchanges heats with a heating medium at a section where a heat exchange jacket 7a is attached, and returns into the pressure container 1 where it exchanges heats with the metal hydride 1. This circulation of the hydrogen is repeated, so that heat exchange between the metal hydride 2 and the heating medium is carried out using the hydrogen as a medium. |