Storage of hydrogen–methane mixture in the complex sorbent of activated carbon–TiMn1.5 alloy

Abstract The possibility of storing the mixture of H 2 and CH 4 in a complex sorbent composed of superactivated carbon and TiMn 1.5 alloy was experimentally studied. The storage capacity of the complex sorbent was shown nearly equal to the sum of the storage capacity of the component sorbents. Therefore, sorptive storage is technically feasible for a clean fuel mixed with natural gas and hydrogen. As a consequence, the storage pressure is considerably decreased comparing to that of compression technology.