Metal aluminum as the hydrogen storage. I. The interaction between Al particles and liquid water or water vapor

At the present time the hydrogen power engineering is rating as alternate to traditional hydrocarbonaceous power engineering. There upon the reaction of water with metal aluminum (alumino-power engineering) is of practical interest. The usage of this reaction permits to organize pollution-free, relatively simple and fool proof (if the reaction passes at low temperatures) process of hydrogen production in given place and with required productivity. The aim of this work is the study of the interaction of aluminum particles prepared in the different manner and having the different average size of particles with the water vapors (at temperatures 20-900 C) and with distilled water at the temperature lower the boiling temperature of water at the atmospheric pressure. (authors)