CONTAINER FOR STORAGE OF HYDROGEN Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC F17C11/00 

FIELD: hydrogenous power engineering; containers for storage of hydrogen.

SUBSTANCE: the invention is pertaining to the field of hydrogenous power engineering, in particular, to containers for storage of hydrogen. The container for storage of hydrogen consists of a hermetic body, production process branch-pipes, a heater and a hydrogen filler-accumulator located in the body. The hydrogen filler-accumulator represents the hollow microspheres fixed to each other in an unified rigid structure formed layerwise out of microspheres of different diameter. Diameter of the microspheres is diminishing from the central layer to the peripheral one. On the outer surface of the rigid structure there may be a coating out of metal, which is effectively absorbing hydrogen, for example, palladium or nickel or an alloy of lanthanum with nickel. In the capacity of the material of the microsphere use steel or titanium, either lanthanum, or nickel, either zirconium or alloys on the basis of these metals or black lead, or compositions on the basis of black lead. The microspheres out of a metal may be fixed to each other by a diffusion welding. The invention is intended for creation of a container for a safe storage of hydrogen ensuring an increase of the mass contents of hydrogen above 6 %.

EFFECT: the invention ensures creation of a container for a safe storage of hydrogen and an increase of the mass contents of hydrogen above 6 %.