Hydrogen gas, which plays an important role in many projected lunar power systems and industrial processes, can be stored in metallic titanium and in certain titanium alloys as an interstitial hydride compound. Storing and retrieving hydrogen with titanium-iron alloy requires substantially less energy investment than storage by liquefaction. Metal hydride storage systems can be designed to operate at a wide range of temperatures and pressures. A few such systems have been developed for terrestrial applications. A drawback of metal hydride storage for lunar applications is the system's large mass per mole of hydrogen stored, which rules out transporting it from earth. The transportation problem can be solved by using native lunar materials, which are rich in titanium and iron.


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    Title :

    Lunar-derived titanium alloys for hydrogen storage


    Contributors:
    Love, S. (author) / Hertzberg, A. (author) / Woodcock, G. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1992-08-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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