| 摘要 |
A heat exchanger store which includes a gas-tight outer container 1 containing a storage mass 2 comprising a support structure of metal fragments such as steel wool, activated with a hydride-forming metal and a powdered hydride- forming metal or alloy, the storage mass having a continuous recess 3 which receives a wick 4 made from metal fragments also activated with a hydride-forming metal or alloy, the wick being surrounded by a gas- permeable sleeve 5. The heat exchange store has application as a gas store for driving internal combustion engines for motor vehicles and overcomes problems inherent in known heat exchanger stores arising from (a) the need for a favourable ratio of weight to the quantity of hydrogen to be taken up and (b) high thermal conductivity in all directions. <IMAGE> |
