Polymer coated glass capillaries and structures for high-pressure hydrogen storage: Permeability and hydrogen tightness

摘要

The hydrogen tightness of high-pressure hydrogen storage is a basic criterion for long-term storage. The H-2 permeation coefficients of epoxy resin and a glass lacquer were determined to enable the geometric optimization of a glass capillary storage. It was found that the curing conditions have no significant influence on the H-2 permeation coefficient of resin. The H-2 permeation coefficient of epoxy resin is only about three orders of magnitude greater than that of borosilicate glass. This suggests that the initial pressure of 700 bar takes about 2.5 years to be halved in capillary array storage. Therefore, a high-pressure hydrogen storage tank based on glass capillaries is ideally suited for long-term storage in mobile applications. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.