Projects
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| Reference Number | GR/R82074/01 | |
| Title | Predictive Modelling and Mechanochemical Processing of New Mg-Based Hydrogen Storage Materials | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen storage) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor ZX (Zheng Xiao ) Guo No email address given Chemistry University College London |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 01 December 2002 | |
| End Date | 30 November 2005 | |
| Duration | 36 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £210,456 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy; No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | Materials, Mechanical and Medical Eng, Process Environment and Sustainability | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor ZX (Zheng Xiao ) Guo , Chemistry, University College London (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Dr Y Song , Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary, University of London (0.001%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , QinetiQ Ltd (0.000%) Project Contact , DSTL - Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | Limited fossil fuels C02 induced global warming, and vehicle-related air pollution are causing a worldwide drive to develop alternative/clean energyresources, much of which depending on the safe storage of hydrogen in a solid of sufficient capacity and high charging/discharging kinetics at low temperature /pressure. Many experimental investigations of H-storage systems have been carried out in the past, but mainly by trial and error, and thesystems are unsatisfactory for current industrial requirements. Mg-based hydrides hold great promise among various candidates, but suffer from low kinetics and high dissociation temperature. Here, the proposal aims to clarify scientifically the effects of chemical alloying and processing on H storagecharacteristics of Mg-based materials using both artificial neural network (statistic) and electronic structural (deterministic) simulations; and to develop technologically a mechanochemical powder metallurgy route to synthesise finely/nano- structuredhydrogen storage materials of desirable phase composition, H-storage capacity, dissociation temperature, kinetics, and cycle life, guided by model predictions. A range of processing and characterisation techniques, including a novel powder coating method, will be used to process, evaluate and optimise the storage materials | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 01/01/07 | |
