A Review on Advanced Manufacturing for Hydrogen Storage Applications

Zach Free, Maya Hernandez, Mustafa Mashal and Kunal Mondal
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Zach Free: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
Maya Hernandez: Department of Chemistry, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
Mustafa Mashal: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA
Kunal Mondal: Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-20

Abstract: Hydrogen is a notoriously difficult substance to store yet has endless energy applications. Thus, the study of long-term hydrogen storage, and high-pressure bulk hydrogen storage have been the subject of much research in the last several years. To create a research path forward, it is important to know what research has already been done, and what is already known about hydrogen storage. In this review, several approaches to hydrogen storage are addressed, including high-pressure storage, cryogenic liquid hydrogen storage, and metal hydride absorption. Challenges and advantages are offered based on reported research findings. Since the project looks closely at advanced manufacturing, techniques for the same are outlined as well. There are seven main categories into which most rapid prototyping styles fall. Each is briefly explained and illustrated as well as some generally accepted advantages and drawbacks to each style. An overview of hydrogen adsorption on metal hydrides, carbon fibers, and carbon nanotubes are presented. The hydrogen storage capacities of these materials are discussed as well as the differing conditions in which the adsorption was performed under. Concepts regarding storage shape and materials accompanied by smaller-scale advanced manufacturing options for hydrogen storage are also presented.

Keywords: bulk hydrogen storage; advanced manufacturing; 3D printing; carbon; metal hydrides (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: 2021
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