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    Destabilization of lithium hydride and the thermodynamic assessment of the Li-Al-H system for solar thermal energy storage

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    Authors
    Javadian, Payam
    Sheppard, Drew
    Jensen, T.
    Buckley, Craig
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Javadian, P. and Sheppard, D. and Jensen, T. and Buckley, C. 2016. Destabilization of lithium hydride and the thermodynamic assessment of the Li-Al-H system for solar thermal energy storage. RSC Advances. 6 (97): pp. 94927-94933.
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    RSC Advances
    DOI
    10.1039/c6ra16983j
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    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP150100730
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46052
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    © 2016 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Lithium hydride destabilised with aluminium, LiH-Al (1:1 mole ratio) was systematically studied and its suitability as a thermal energy storage system in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) applications was assessed. Pressure composition isotherms (PCI) measured between 506 °C and 652 °C were conducted to investigate the thermodynamics of H2 release. Above the peritectic temperature (596 °C) of LiAl, PCI measurements were not consistently reproducible, possibly due to the presence of a molten phase. However, below 596 °C, the hydrogen desorption enthalpy and entropy of LiH-Al was ?Hdes = 96.8 kJ (mol H2)-1 and ?Sdes = 114.3 J (K mol H2)-1, respectively LiH(s) at 956 °C, ?Hdes = 133.0 kJ (mol H2)-1 and ?Sdes = 110.0 J (K mol H2)-1. Compared to pure LiH, the Li-Al-H system has a reduced operating temperature (1 bar H2 pressure at T ~ 574 °C) that, combined with favourable attributes such as high reversibility, good kinetics and negligible hysteresis, makes the Li-Al-H system a potential candidate for solar thermal energy storage applications. Compared to pure LiH, the addition of Al can reduce the cost of the raw materials by up to 44%. This cost reduction is insufficient for next generation CSP but highlights the potential to improve the properties and cost of high temperature hydrides via destabilisation.

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