The present disclosure relates to improved processes for the preparation of metal hydrides. The present disclosure also relates to metal hydrides, e.g., metal hydrides prepared by the processes described herein, that exhibit enhanced hydrogen storage capacity when used as hydrogen storage systems.

A method for calculating the research octane number and the motor octane number for a liquid blended fuel. Data related to the aromatic, olefin, normal paraffin, iso-paraffin, and naphthalene properties of each of a plurality of liquid fuel blending components are acquired and transformed to obtain a transformed component property for each of the components. A reverse property transformation is performed for each of the plurality of liquid blending components. The research octane number and the motor octane number are calculated based on the performed reverse property transformation and determined percentages of each of the plurality of liquid blending components.

A power generation sailing ship has a sail provided on a deck, a water turbine connected to a front end of a shaft passing through a bow part outer hull and extending forward, a power generator disposed in a front body of the sailing ship and connected to a rear end of the shaft, and an energy storage device for directly storing electric energy generated by the power generator or converting the electric energy into energy of a substance and storing the substance.

Disclosed is the application of alkoxyamine-borane complexes for the storage of hydrogen.

An apparatus for generating electric power includes a hydrogen transfer unit for transferring hydrogen from a hydrogen storage medium to a hydrogen transfer medium and a power generation unit for generating electric power from the hydrogen transfer medium.

The disclosure provides for adsorbents with stepped isotherms for gas storage applications.

Provided is a method for preparing a catalyst for a dehydrogenation reaction of formate and a hydrogenation reaction of bicarbonate, the method including: adding a silica colloid to a polymerization step of polymerizing aniline and reacting the resulting mixture to form a poly(silica-aniline) composite; carbonizing the corresponding poly(silica-aniline) composite under an atmosphere of an inert gas; removing silica particles from the corresponding poly(silica-aniline) composite to form a polyaniline-based porous carbon support; and fixing palladium particles on the corresponding polyaniline-based porous carbon support to prepare the catalyst.

This disclosure relates to novel manganese hydrides, processes for their preparation, and their use in hydrogen storage applications. The disclosure also relates to processes for preparing manganese dialkyl compounds having high purity, and their use in the preparation of manganese hydrides having enhance hydrogen storage capacity.

The invention provides a process for the production of hydrogen, comprising catalytically decomposing a concentrated aqueous solution of potassium formate in a reaction vessel to form bicarbonate slurry and hydrogen, discharging the hydrogen from said reaction vessel, and treating a mixture comprising the bicarbonate slurry and the catalyst with an oxidizer, thereby regenerating the catalyst. Pd/C catalysts useful in the process are also described.

A reactor apparatus for loading a carrier medium with hydrogen and/or unloading it therefrom includes a reactor housing chargeable with carrier medium and having a carrier medium feed orifice, having a carrier medium removal orifice, having a base and having a hydrogen gas orifice. The reactor apparatus further includes at least one heat transfer element for supplying heat into the reactor housing. Catalyst has been provided in the reactor housing.