Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kathuhiko Yamaji

Minoru Miyamoto

Yasushi Nakata

Kazuaki Miyamoto

Tomoyoshi Nishizaki

Ken Yoshida

A metal hydride reactor comprising a tubular pressure receptacle having an opening at its one end and a metal hydride filling the receptacle therein, at least a part of the outer wall surface of the tubular pressure receptacle forming a heat-exchanging surface; a heat-conducting fin of a heat-conducting material provided to transmit heat from the metal hydride in the pressure receptacle to the heat-exchanging surface and limit the location of the metal hydride in the pressure receptacle; and at least one porous member extending axially of the receptacle for forming within the receptacle a hydrogen gas flow passage leading to the opening of the receptacle, the porous member being permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to the metal hydride.

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Osaka, Japan

Kathuhiko Yamaji