The development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application

Storage of natural gas by adsorption has a potential to replace Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in mobile storage applications, such as in vehicles. Storage by adsorption at moderate pressure of 500 psig could be expected to reduce the problem of bulky high-pressure CNG storage within a confined space...

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Main Authors: Mat, Hanapi, Zakaria, Zainal, Mohd. Norddin, Mohd. Noorul Anam, Tan, Siu Ming, Terry, George Paou
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2000
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author Mat, Hanapi
Zakaria, Zainal
Mohd. Norddin, Mohd. Noorul Anam
Tan, Siu Ming
Terry, George Paou
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Zakaria, Zainal
Mohd. Norddin, Mohd. Noorul Anam
Tan, Siu Ming
Terry, George Paou
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description Storage of natural gas by adsorption has a potential to replace Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in mobile storage applications, such as in vehicles. Storage by adsorption at moderate pressure of 500 psig could be expected to reduce the problem of bulky high-pressure CNG storage within a confined space used in vehicle. In adsorptive storage, the amount of gas stored at lower pressure increases when a large portion of gas adsorbs on the adsorbent. However, its capacity and performance depend on adsorbent types and properties. This study is focused on the storage capacity and delivery performance of Adsorptive Natural Gas (ANG) storage employing different types of commercial adsorbents which were carried out by performing experimental work on an ANG storage system. Methane adsorptive storage was done in a 0.5-liter adsorbent-filled gas vessel under isothermal and dynamic conditions. The ANG vessel was charged with methane up to 500 psig at different rates of filling and was discharged under dynamic condition at a varied rate of discharge. The results show that the storage capacity obtained under isothermal condition is higher than under dynamic condition due to continuous temperature rise experienced during dynamic charging. Higher storage capacities were obtained for adsorbent with larger surface area and micropore volume but smaller interparticle void. Adsorbent that has high heat capacity and low heat of methane adsorption yields lesser temperature rise during adsorption and lesser temperature fall during desorption. Consequently, these characteristics lead to a better storage and delivery capacities. At faster charging rate, lower storage capacity was obtained and faster discharging rate caused inefficient gas delivery. Under cyclic operation, adsorbents performances deteriorate when adsorbent structure is gradually damaged under high-pressure operation. Among the adsorbents tested, palm shell activated carbon shows the highest storage and delivery capacity which are 87.4 V/V and 75.8 V/V respectively.
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spelling utm-27572017-10-11T04:45:12Z http://eprints.utm.my/2757/ The development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application Mat, Hanapi Zakaria, Zainal Mohd. Norddin, Mohd. Noorul Anam Tan, Siu Ming Terry, George Paou TP Chemical technology TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Storage of natural gas by adsorption has a potential to replace Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in mobile storage applications, such as in vehicles. Storage by adsorption at moderate pressure of 500 psig could be expected to reduce the problem of bulky high-pressure CNG storage within a confined space used in vehicle. In adsorptive storage, the amount of gas stored at lower pressure increases when a large portion of gas adsorbs on the adsorbent. However, its capacity and performance depend on adsorbent types and properties. This study is focused on the storage capacity and delivery performance of Adsorptive Natural Gas (ANG) storage employing different types of commercial adsorbents which were carried out by performing experimental work on an ANG storage system. Methane adsorptive storage was done in a 0.5-liter adsorbent-filled gas vessel under isothermal and dynamic conditions. The ANG vessel was charged with methane up to 500 psig at different rates of filling and was discharged under dynamic condition at a varied rate of discharge. The results show that the storage capacity obtained under isothermal condition is higher than under dynamic condition due to continuous temperature rise experienced during dynamic charging. Higher storage capacities were obtained for adsorbent with larger surface area and micropore volume but smaller interparticle void. Adsorbent that has high heat capacity and low heat of methane adsorption yields lesser temperature rise during adsorption and lesser temperature fall during desorption. Consequently, these characteristics lead to a better storage and delivery capacities. At faster charging rate, lower storage capacity was obtained and faster discharging rate caused inefficient gas delivery. Under cyclic operation, adsorbents performances deteriorate when adsorbent structure is gradually damaged under high-pressure operation. Among the adsorbents tested, palm shell activated carbon shows the highest storage and delivery capacity which are 87.4 V/V and 75.8 V/V respectively. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2000-12-31 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/2757/1/72229.pdf Mat, Hanapi and Zakaria, Zainal and Mohd. Norddin, Mohd. Noorul Anam and Tan, Siu Ming and Terry, George Paou (2000) The development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application. Project Report. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. (Unpublished) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242297849_THE_DEVELOPMENT_OF_ADSORBENT_BASED_NATURAL_GAS_STORAGE_FOR_VEHICLE_APPLICATION_PEMBANGUNAN_STORAN_GAS_ASLI_BERASASKAN_PENJERAP_BAGI_KEGUNAAN_KENDERAAN
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Mat, Hanapi
Zakaria, Zainal
Mohd. Norddin, Mohd. Noorul Anam
Tan, Siu Ming
Terry, George Paou
The development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application
title The development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application
title_full The development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application
title_fullStr The development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application
title_full_unstemmed The development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application
title_short The development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application
title_sort development of adsorbent based natural gas storage for vehicle application
topic TP Chemical technology
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
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