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PROPAGATION OF WAVES OF METAL-HYDRIDE THERMAL 
CONVERSION IN BLOWN-THROUGH POROUS MEDIA

Kyu-jong Kim

UDC 536.2:546.11

A method of metal-hydride thermal conversion that is an alternative 
to the traditional method is proposed and investigated.  The unlike 
poles of metal-hydride thermal converters are distributed  in pairs 
inside parallel channels.  The  channels  are  blown  through  with 
a  heat-transfer  agent.  Thermal  conversion  develops as a set of 
successive heat waves. By a numerical-modeling  method  it is shown 
that the maximum thermal effect is attained in  synchronous  motion 
of the heat wave and the heat source (or sink) that accompanies the 
phase  transition  in  the  succession  of metal-hydride poles. The 
results  are  presented  in a form convenient for prediction of the 
thermal  and  energy  efficiency of the proposed thermal-conversion 
method in real devices.

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