Numerical analysis of the dynamic two-phase flow behaviour in the ionic liquid compressor for hydrogen refuelling stations

Guo, Yi; Wang, Qi; Liu, Xiaoyu; Zhang, Mingjun; Peng, Xueyuan

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.119607

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“…This means that pressure elevation is achieved through one-stage compression, with a pressure ratio of 3.75. The piston velocity equation used in the simulation is provided in Table 1 [35]. The operating frequency of the piston was 5.0 Hz, and the motion velocity profile was set as a sinusoidal function.…”

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Control Strategies for Piston Trajectory in Ionic Compressors for Hydrogen Storage

Guo,

Tang,

Cao

et al. 2023

Applied Sciences

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The ionic compressor is a new and prospective technology applied for hydrogen storage which adopts a hydraulic system in which the hydraulic drive unit is a solid piston in the compression cavity. Controlling the trajectory of the solid piston is critical for achieving the designed thermodynamic process of compression. However, a strategy for controlling the position of a piston in an ionic compressor has not been reported in the open literature. In this paper, three valve-controlled methodologies are proposed for the effective control of a piston’s trajectory in an ionic compressor. A transient numerical model of the entire compression system was built using AMESim 2021 software. The performances of the proposed control methods were simulated and compared. The results show that the maximum isothermal efficiency, 50.28%, was obtained in the system using Position-P control, for which the highest hydrogen discharge mass for a single compression cycle of 1.14 g, a relatively low specific energy consumption of 2395.17 J/g, and a relatively small velocity control error of 0.32 m/s were observed. Although the lowest specific energy consumption was found in the case of the Dual-PS control method, the smallest mass product was also found for this case. Therefore, the Position-S control strategy was identified as the optimal method for a hydraulically driven ionic liquid compressor system.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%