Metal Hydrides: Fundamentals and Applications

The proposed book presents a comprehensive, systematic and detailed treatment of the basic fundamentals of metal hydride chemistry, especially their thermochemistry and reaction kinetics, and their important thermal engineering, chemical and electrochemical applications. Industrial Applications are: Hydrogen storage and transport, heat storage and transformation, heat transformation (heat pipes). Hydride heat pumps (refrigerators) and heat transformers. Solar thermal storage, upgradation and utilization. Hydrogen separation and purification. H/D separation and heavy water production for nuclear reactors. Electrochemical applications: Hydride-hydrogen batteries. Hydrogen Fuel Cells.