The hydrogen-storage purification
is studied with hydrogen-storage
alloy, LaNi5, as the purification agent, and its design
and optimization method is established based on the integration of
hydrogen network. Relationships among the hydrogen-saving capacity
of unit hydrogen-storage material, the required weight of hydrogen-storage
material, hydrogen-storage time, and purification feed purity are
deduced and used in the design and optimization. An optimization procedure
is proposed to identify the optimal purification feed, the maximum
hydrogen utility savings, the amount of required hydrogen-storage
material, and the hydrogen absorption time. The hydrogen networks
of two refineries are optimized by the proposed method. With the designed
hydrogen-storage purification units, their hydrogen utility consumption
can be reduced by 23.11% and 44.69%, respectively. In both cases,
the optimal purification hydrogen feed purity, the optimal hydrogen
recovery and the consumption of LaNi5 hydrogen-storage
material are identified; the economic performance of the hydrogen-storage
purification is compared with that of pressure swing adsorption.