Integrated Hydrogen System Group

Our group is working to develop an unprecedented stationary high efficiency hydrogen system in cooperation with foreign and domestic research institutes by combining the hydrogen production technology, the hydrogen storage technology, the hydrogen supply technology, and the fuel cell technology. We aim for the realization of the next-generation hydrogen system, which possesses high energy conservation potential and the backup power function, prepared for the introduction of large scale renewable energy.

Group Leader:	Akihiro NAKANO
Members:	Hiroshi ITO, Tetsuhiko MAEDA, Tetsuo MUNAKATA, Satomi TAKAGI, HWANG Chulmin, ZHOU Zhuomin

Recent Research Activities

Effect of titanium powder loading in gas diffusion layer of a polymer electrolyte unitized reversible fuel cell

Journal of Power Sources, Volume 202, 15 March 2012, Pages 108-113

Chul Min Hwang, Masayoshi Ishida, Hiroshi Ito, Tetsuhiko Maeda, Akihiro Nakano, Atsushi Kato, Tetsuya Yoshida

Study on control method of the stand-alone direct-coupling photovoltaic - Water electrolyzer

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, In Press, Available online 9 January 2012

Tetsuhiko Maeda, Hiroshi Ito, Yasuo Hasegawa, Zhuomin Zhou, Masayoshi Ishida

Study on absorption/desorption characteristics of a metal hydride tank for boil-off gas from liquid hydrogen

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, In Press, Available online 28 December 2011

Akihiro Nakano, Tetsuhiko Maeda, Hiroshi Ito, Masao Masuda, Yoshiaki Kawakami, Manabu Tange, Toru Takahashi, Keiichi Nishida

Experimental study of hydrogen storage with reaction heat recovery using metal hydride in a totalized hydrogen energy utilization system

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 36, Issue 18, September 2011, Pages 11767-11776

Manabu Tange, Tetsuhiko Maeda, Akihiro Nakano, Hiroshi Ito, Yoshiaki Kawakami, Masao Masuda, Toru Takahashi

Properties of Nafion membranes under PEM water electrolysis conditions

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 36, Issue 17, August 2011, Pages 10527-10540

Hiroshi Ito, Tetsuhiko Maeda, Akihiro Nakano, Hiroyasu Takenaka

Numerical simulation of the hydrogen storage with reaction heat recovery using metal hydride in the totalized hydrogen energy utilization system

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 36, Issue 17, August 2011, Pages 10845-10854

Tetsuhiko Maeda, Keiichi Nishida, Manabu Tange, Toru Takahashi, Akihiro Nakano, Hiroshi Ito, Yasuo Hasegawa, Masao Masuda, Yoshiaki Kawakami

Influence of properties of gas diffusion layers on the performance of polymer electrolyte-based unitized reversible fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 36, Issue 2, January 2011, Pages 1740-1753

Chul Min Hwang, Masayoshi Ishida, Hiroshi Ito, Tetsuhiko Maeda, Akihiro Nakano, Yasuo Hasegawa, Naoto Yokoi, Atsushi Kato, Tetsuya Yoshida

Small-scale hydrogen liquefaction with a two-stage Gifford-McMahon cycle refrigerator

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 35, Issue 17, September 2010, Pages 9088-9094

Akihiro Nakano, Tetsuhiko Maeda, Hiroshi Ito, Masao Masuda, Yoshiaki Kawakami, Atsushi Kato, Manabu Tange, Toru Takahashi, Masahiro Matsuo

Fuel cells and energy networks of electricity, heat, and hydrogen in residential areas

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 31, Issue 8, July 2006, Pages 967-980

Hirohisa Aki, Shigeo Yamamoto, Junji Kondoh, Tetsuhiko Maeda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Akinobu Murata, Itaru Ishii