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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Masafumi Nojima, Tokai, JP;
Takao Ishikawa, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Kanemoto, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takeyuki Itabashi, Yasugi, JP;
Masafumi Nojima, Tokai, JP;
Takao Ishikawa, Hitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Kanemoto, Hitachinaka, JP;
Takeyuki Itabashi, Yasugi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a fuel tank for containing a hydrogen storing material and a product generated by dehydrogenation reaction of the hydrogen storing material, comprising, a fuel chamber for containing the hydrogen storing material, a waste chamber for containing the product, and a tank envelope for containing the fuel chamber and the waste chamber, the fuel tank further comprises a partition wall fluidly separating the fuel chamber and the waste chamber from each other and being movable to change a ratio in volume between the fuel chamber and the waste chamber, and each of the fuel chamber and the waste chamber has a valve to be hermetically closed.