Numerical Investigation on Influence of Gas and Turbulence Model for Type III Hydrogen Tank under Discharge Condition

Moo-Sun Kim, Joon-Hyoung Ryu, Seung-Jun Oh, Jeong-Hyeon Yang and Sung-Woong Choi
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Moo-Sun Kim: Metropolitan Transportation Research Center, Korea Railroad Research Institute, Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do 437-757, Korea
Joon-Hyoung Ryu: Metropolitan Transportation Research Center, Korea Railroad Research Institute, Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do 437-757, Korea
Seung-Jun Oh: Technical Center for High Performance Valves, Dong-A University, 37, Nakdong-Daero 550 beon-gil, Saha-gu, Busan 49315, Korea
Jeong-Hyeon Yang: Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, 2, Tongyeonghaean-ro, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do 53064, Korea
Sung-Woong Choi: Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, 2, Tongyeonghaean-ro, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongsangnam-do 53064, Korea

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-15

Abstract: The high-pressure gaseous hydrogen (HPGH2) storage method is widely used owing to the low density of hydrogen gas at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure. Therefore, rigorous safety analysis of the filling and discharging of compressed gas in a hydrogen tank is required to achieve reliable operational solutions for the safe storage of hydrogen. In this study, the behavior of compressed hydrogen gas in a hydrogen tank was investigated for its discharge. Numerical models for the adaptation of gas and turbulence models were examined. Gas model effects were examined to account for hydrogen gas behavior at the discharge temperature and pressure conditions. Turbulence model effects were analyzed to consider the accuracy of each model: the assessment of the turbulence models was compared in terms of the turbulence intensity. From the study of gas model effect, the Redlich–Kwong equation was found to be one of the realistic gas models of the discharging gas flow. Among the turbulence models, the shear stress transport model and Reynolds stress model predicted the compressed gas behavior more accurately, showing a lower turbulence intensity than those of the realizable and renormalization group models.

Keywords: high-pressure gaseous hydrogen; discharging; compressed gas behavior; gas model; turbulence model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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