D2 and H2 interactions with chemically reactive metal hydrides

In the last year and a half, the research group under Dr. George Miley has been conducting experiments on the pressurization of chemically reactive nanoparticle metal hydrides with hydrogen gas. A consistent behavior of a net anomalous heat release has been seen. With consultation from peers and comparison to similar experiments by a Japanese research group called Technova, there has been an effort to analyze these experiments with deuterium gas at higher temperatures. The calorimetry for higher temperature experiments proved to be a bit more complicated; therefore, a new reactor setup was designed to allow for calorimetry of the system. This paper will outline the results of the experiments thus far, and where they might lead.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Aerospace Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Barot, Shriji B.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Miley, George H.

• energy
• metal hydrides
• nanoparticles
• gas loading

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2018 Shriji Barot

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101379

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/101379