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Hauptverfasser: Krane, Patrick, Nash, Austin L., Ziviani, Davide, Braun, James E., Marconnet, Amy M., Jain, Neera
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2021
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.06095
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author Krane, Patrick
Nash, Austin L.
Ziviani, Davide
Braun, James E.
Marconnet, Amy M.
Jain, Neera
author_facet Krane, Patrick
Nash, Austin L.
Ziviani, Davide
Braun, James E.
Marconnet, Amy M.
Jain, Neera
contents Metal hydrides have been studied for use in energy storage, hydrogen storage, and air-conditioning (A/C) systems. A common architecture for A/C and energy storage systems is two metal hydride reactors connected to each other so that hydrogen can flow between them, allowing for cyclic use of the hydrogen. This paper presents a nonlinear dynamic model and multivariate control strategy of such a system. Each reactor is modelled as a shell-and-tube heat exchanger connected to a circulating fluid, and a compressor drives hydrogen flow between the reactors. We further develop a linear state-space version of this model integrated with a model predictive controller to determine the fluid mass flow rates and compressor pressure difference required to achieve desired heat transfer rates between the metal hydride and the fluid. A series of case studies demonstrates that this controller can track desired heat transfer rates in each reactor, even in the presence of time-varying circulating fluid inlet temperatures, thereby enabling the use of a two-reactor system for energy storage or integration with a heat pump.
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spellingShingle Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Two-Reactor Metal Hydride Energy Storage System
Krane, Patrick
Nash, Austin L.
Ziviani, Davide
Braun, James E.
Marconnet, Amy M.
Jain, Neera
Systems and Control
Metal hydrides have been studied for use in energy storage, hydrogen storage, and air-conditioning (A/C) systems. A common architecture for A/C and energy storage systems is two metal hydride reactors connected to each other so that hydrogen can flow between them, allowing for cyclic use of the hydrogen. This paper presents a nonlinear dynamic model and multivariate control strategy of such a system. Each reactor is modelled as a shell-and-tube heat exchanger connected to a circulating fluid, and a compressor drives hydrogen flow between the reactors. We further develop a linear state-space version of this model integrated with a model predictive controller to determine the fluid mass flow rates and compressor pressure difference required to achieve desired heat transfer rates between the metal hydride and the fluid. A series of case studies demonstrates that this controller can track desired heat transfer rates in each reactor, even in the presence of time-varying circulating fluid inlet temperatures, thereby enabling the use of a two-reactor system for energy storage or integration with a heat pump.
title Dynamic Modeling and Control of a Two-Reactor Metal Hydride Energy Storage System
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.06095