High temperature metal hydrides for energy systems Part B: Comparison between high and low temperature metal hydride reservoirs

A metal hydride becomes the basis of an energy system when the enthalpy related to its hydriding/dehydriding reactions is used by an applicator. Therefore, magnesium hydride, which is a high-temperature hydride, can be virtually placed in an energy system thanks to the model and its main energy-related characteristics can be calculated. This allows us to get a glimpse of the performances of magnesium hydride in the field of energy production and to compare them to those of well-established low-temperature hydrides, such as LaNi5 hydride.