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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2010
Andrea Pulskamp, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jun Yang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald J. Siegel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Jon Veenstra, Southgate, MI (US);
Andrea Pulskamp, Plymouth, MI (US);
Jun Yang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Donald J. Siegel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Jon Veenstra, Southgate, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, a hybrid hydrogen storage system is provided. In one embodiment, the hybrid hydrogen storage system includes: a first hydrogen storage material present at a first volume percent (%) having a first gravimetric capacity and a first volumetric capacity; and a second hydrogen storage material forming an unreacted mixture with the first hydrogen storage material and present at a second volume % being 100 volume % minus the first volume %, the second storage material having a second gravimetric capacity and a second volumetric capacity, the first gravimetric capacity at the first volume % being higher or lower than the second gravimetric capacity at the second volume %, and the first volumetric capacity at the first volume % being the other of higher or lower than the second volumetric capacity at the second volume %.