WO1998013158A1 - Hydrogen absorbing alloy powder and method of producing hydrogen absorbing alloy powder - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a hydrogen storage alloy powder and a method for producing the same, and more particularly, to an activation treatment by improving the poisoning resistance of a powder surface to contamination by an oxide film, moisture, or adsorbed gas during handling in the air.
- the oxidation is carried out, especially during the rapid solidification process and / or during the heat treatment, by setting the atmosphere of the pulverization process to an inert gas atmosphere containing S gas or SF 6 gas.
- the present invention relates to a surface treatment method for hydrogen storage alloy powder that prevents and increases poisoning.
- hydrogen storage alloys can store and release hydrogen reversibly, they are used in energy storage tanks, nickel hydrogen batteries, and heat pumps that use the endothermic reaction when releasing hydrogen. Used for o
- the manufacturing process of a hydrogen storage alloy usually consists of melting, manufacturing, heat treating and pulverizing. At this time, the pulverization is performed in two or three stages using a joc crusher, a roll crusher, or the like, depending on the particle size. In this grinding process, argon was used to prevent oxidation of the surface. Often have been. Hydrogen storage alloy powder having a clean surface produced by mechanical pulverization or gas atomization in an inert gas atmosphere, or hydrogenation pulverization can be activated relatively easily. it can.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-240310 discloses a method of finely pulverizing a raw material in a non-oxidizing atmosphere as a raw material with an airtight high if compacted raw material. ing. In this method, the surface oxidation during the pulverization can be prevented or the poisoning resistance after the pulverization (protection of the alloy table fii) is not effective.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-207493 discloses a method for absorbing hydrogen in an alkaline solution containing fluorine ions.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-167201 discloses a method of performing electrolytic treatment using an alloy as a cathode, and a method of absorbing and releasing hydrogen in a hydrogen storage alloy and then adsorbing CO gas on the surface. It has been disclosed.
- the former method is not suitable for surface treatment of hydrogen-absorbing alloys containing components such as aluminum and vanadium which are easily eluted into an alkaline solution.
- An object of the present invention is to examine a method of preventing poisoning when the hydrogen storage alloy powder is once taken out into the atmosphere, where the powder is contaminated with an oxidizing film, moisture, adsorbed gas, etc. To improve the poisoning resistance by a simple method such as treatment.
- the most effective gas composition for poisoning resistance is to be applicable to an industrial scale, and the aim is to optimize gas treatment methods that satisfy environmental issues and safety during treatment.
- the simplification of the poisoning-resistant treatment method should be studied, and the atmosphere in the storage container should be adjusted from the crushing to the treatment as a close system without taking it out to the atmosphere. Is made possible by
- Another object of the present invention is to consider the use of the hydrogen storage alloy pulverizing step and the gas treatment step in combination, and to further reduce the cost by simplifying the process and the hydrogen storage alloy powder and the hydrogen storage alloy powder. It is to provide a manufacturing method.
- a gas having a specific gravity higher than that of argon in the pulverizing step of the hydrogen storage alloy can sufficiently prevent oxidation even in a container having insufficient hermeticity.
- Another object of the present invention is to consider the use of the gas treatment step in combination with the powder production step and / or the heat treatment step of the hydrogen storage alloy, and to further reduce the cost by simplifying the process.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a hydrogen storage alloy powder and a method for producing the same, which enable the production of a hydrogen storage alloy powder.
- the gist of the present invention that achieves the above objects is as follows.
- a hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder wherein a protective film containing at least one of sulfides and fluorides generated by contact with a gas is formed on the surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy.
- a hydrogen storage alloy powder with excellent poisoning resistance (2)
- a method for producing hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder, a hydrogen absorbing alloy into contact with an inert gas containing SF S gas or SF S gas, sulfide on the surface of the hydrogen-absorbing alloy or the full Tsu product small A method for producing hydrogen storage alloy powder with excellent poisoning resistance by forming a protective film containing at least one kind.
- the hydrogen storage alloy pulverized and powdered is subjected to a heat treatment in an ⁇ active gas atmosphere ⁇ I containing SF 6 gas or SF s gas to obtain a surface of the hydrogen storage alloy.
- ⁇ I containing SF 6 gas or SF s gas to obtain a surface of the hydrogen storage alloy.
- a hydrogen-absorbing alloy is accommodated in a container, a step of pulverizing hydrogenated to fi] Symbol vessel and a hydrogen atmosphere, and the vessel et a SF 6 gas or SF S gas A heat treatment in an atmosphere containing an inert gas containing hydrogen.
- the hydrogen storage alloy is stored in a container, and the inside of the container is pulverized as an inert atmosphere containing gas or SFs gas, and sulfide or fluorine is added to the surface of the hydrogen storage alloy.
- a method for producing a hydrogen storage compound powder characterized by forming a protective film containing a small amount of chloride.
- a hydrogen storage alloy powder is produced by injecting the molten metal from a container for storing the molten metal by an injection nozzle and rapidly cooling and solidifying the molten metal.
- the molten metal is injected into the SF fi gas or an inert gas atmosphere containing the gas by a jet nozzle from a container for storing the molten metal to rapidly cool and solidify, thereby causing hydrogen.
- a hydrogen storage alloy powder produced by producing an occlusion alloy powder and subjecting the obtained hydrogen storage alloy powder to a heat treatment in an SF s gas or an inert gas atmosphere containing a SF s gas. Powder manufacturing method.
- FIG. 1 is a graph showing the hydrogenation activity characteristics of the SFs gas-treated material and the untreated material according to the first feature of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing time and a hydrogenation activity characteristic at each processing temperature according to Example 1 of the present invention.
- FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (c) are diagrams showing processing steps according to the first feature of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 (a) is a hydropulverization process
- FIG. 3 (b) is a dehydrogenation process
- FIG. 3 (c) is a diagram showing a process of SF s gas treatment.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an outline of a crusher according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an outline of a crusher according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
- 9 is a diagram showing an outline of another pulverizing apparatus according to Example 3.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an outline of another grinding apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an outline of an apparatus according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an outline of an apparatus according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.
- the first feature of the present invention is presumed to be that a film of sulfide or fluoride is formed on the powder surface by heating in an atmosphere containing SF gas as described above.
- the treatment temperature is lower than 400 ⁇ , a sufficient protective film will not be formed, and the alloy surface will be poisoned or progress in air.
- the treatment temperature exceeds 500 ° C, the activation treatment becomes difficult because the protective film becomes too strong.
- FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (c) An example of the process of the present invention is shown in FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (c).
- the hydrogen storage alloy 5 While being adjusted by the flow controller 2, the powder is hydrogenated and pulverized in the processing chamber 1 in which the hydrogen atmosphere 4 is set to be powder.
- the inside of the processing chamber 1 is evacuated, and the absorbed hydrogen in the alloy is dehydrogenated in a vacuum atmosphere 6.
- SF 6 gas is supplied into the processing chamber 1 via the flow controller 2, and the processing temperature is increased by the heating device 10, whereby the sulfide or fluoride film is formed. Promote formation. Is a specific process conditions, for example when using a T i alloy, SF S gas: 700 torr, heating temperature: a 500 ° CX 1 hr.
- Fig. 1 shows the hydrogen activation characteristics of the surface-treated material after treatment and the untreated material.
- Figure 1 shows a plot of the relationship between the time at 0 ° C and a pressure of 1 MPa and the amount of hydrogenation, which was measured one day after being left in the air after this treatment. From this figure, it can be seen that this treated material is activated in about 2 hours, or not activated in the untreated material.
- the poisoning of the hydrogen storage alloy in the present invention means that, for example, when the alloy is in a state of contact with water, air, etc. in a process such as a battery, there is no effect of improving the activation of the alloy itself. This means that the entire property of the hydrogen storage alloy is damaged or damaged.
- the poisoning-resistant mechanism of the present invention suppresses the formation of an oxide layer by inducing the surface shielding effect of F atoms and the substitution reaction between ⁇ atoms and S atoms in the surface layer, and suppressing the formation of H atoms. It is presumed that it is possible to proceed with the hydrogenation activation treatment by facilitating the progress, or details are unknown.
- the surface treatment method of the present invention can be applied not only to titanium-based hydrogen storage alloys, but also to other rare-earth, magnesium, and vanadium-based hydrogen storage alloys.
- SF s gas is used at the time of pulverization, and the protective film is formed by reacting with heat generated at the time of pulverization.
- the newborn immediately after crushing Since it is formed on the surface the effect of the protective film is great.
- heating not only heat during pulverization but also heating promotes film formation. In this case, generally, the higher the temperature, the higher the ductility and the more difficult it is to pulverize. However, by keeping the heating near the powder surface, both ease of pulverization and film formation can be achieved.
- the SF gas concentration in the powdery atmosphere is required to be 0.5 to 100%, more preferably less than 10% in terms of economy.
- Arugon or are advantageous over nitrogen or economics. This protective film prevents direct contact between the alloy and the air, so even if the powder is taken out into the air, the poisoning of the alloy is suppressed, and the powder is easily filled in the container actually used. It is possible to activate it.
- the mechanism of improving the poisoning resistance according to the present invention is that the sulfide or fluoride coating formed on the powder surface suppresses the contact between the alloy and the poisoning substance and does not inhibit the reaction between hydrogen and the alloy. It is estimated to have
- the present invention has, as a third feature, a method for producing powder by rapid solidification.
- the SF 6 gas reacts by heat held by the powder, it is formed or protected film.
- the protective film is effective because it is formed on the new surface of the powder.
- a film is formed in the same manner. It is presumed that a film of sulfide or fluoride is formed on the surface of the powder after the powder has been subjected to the film treatment in the atmosphere containing SF 6 gas as described above. It not only improves the poisoning resistance of powders with clean surfaces immediately after being produced by rapid solidification, but also activates them once exposed to the atmosphere. Therefore, it can be handled in the atmosphere without worrying about poisoning.
- Example 1 Example 1
- the activation conditions are: vacuuming (60 ° CX 1 hr) ⁇ hydrogenation ( The activation characteristics were evaluated at 0 ° 1 MPa). The results are shown in Fig. 2 in relation to the treatment temperature and the hydrogenation rate in each surface treatment.
- the hydrogenation amount is assumed to be 100% when the activation treatment is sufficiently performed without being left in the air. From this figure, it can be seen that the treatment temperature is 400 to 500, and the activation takes about 60 minutes, or that it takes 4 hours at 600 ° C. In addition, untreated materials. At a treatment temperature of 300 ° C, no activation was observed for more than 4 hours. In this example, it can be seen that the optimum processing temperature is 400 to 500.
- the Ti 25 Cr 35 V 4 () alloy was used as a sample, or it was known that the reaction between SF 6 gas and various alloys formed fluoride on the surface. Have been. From this, it can be sufficiently expected that the same effect can be obtained with the other hydrogen storage alloys.
- the processing gas or gas mainly composed of S or F for example S0 2.
- CF 4 or the like is basically applicable, however, the surface of such surface poisoning and environmental pollution with oxygen From SF 6 gas is considered optimal.
- the present embodiment relates to the range of 5 to 6 of the desire, in which the pulverization is performed in a gas or an inert atmosphere containing a gas in the pulverization step of the hydrogen storage alloy.
- FIG. 4 shows the roll mill crusher of this embodiment.
- the alloy 12 is manufactured by arc melting, Ti 25 was subjected to Netsusho management of 1200 ° CX 5 hr in the al Cr 35 V 40, Ti 3 3 Mn 3 V 3, Ti 36 Cr 5 7 Mo , Ti 4 , Cr "W 3 alloy is roughly crushed and then supplied from a hopper 11 to a crusher 19 by a vibrating feeder 13. From the crusher 19 to the hopper 11 The atmosphere is adjusted by the whole or inert gas containing SF S gas or SFs gas.
- the alloy 12 is pulverized by the pulverized ffl port 17 in which the roll gap is adjusted, and the powder recovery container It is stored in 18.
- Table 1 shows alloy compositions, powder production methods, and atmospheric conditions for Nos. 1 to 6 of this example. The results according to the number of times of activation treatment are also shown in Table 2. In this example, the alloy powder having a powder particle size of 40 mesli or less was used. There was. Table I
- Fig. 5 shows the mouth milling device of this embodiment.
- the alloy 1 2 prepared Ri by the arc melting, and then coarsely crushed 1 200 ° C, 5 hr T 5 C r 3 5 V 4 u alloys subjected to Netsusho management of the the al
- the hopper 11 supplies the powder to the pulverizer 19 by means of a vibration filter 13 provided with an induction heating coil 20 in the middle so as to be able to heat.
- the entire atmosphere from the crusher 19 to the hopper 11 is conditioned by SF ( , gas or SFe gas containing active gas).
- Alloy 1 2 After being heated by the induction heating coil 20, it is pulverized by a roll i 7 for powder ⁇ adjusted at a distance from the mouth and stored in a powder recovery container 18.
- the symbol N indicates gas supply and the symbol 15 indicates gas emission
- Table 1 shows the alloy composition, powder production method and atmosphere conditions for No. 7 of this example, and Table 2 shows the activation. The results according to the number of times of processing are also shown.
- the activation process of the present invention example is simpler than that of the comparative example, and the number of times of the activation process required after standing in the air is one. I understand that there is.
- the alloy which has been subjected to the homogenization heat treatment after the melting and the production may be continuously pulverized as shown in FIG. In the latter case, there is no need for separate heating, which is economical.
- Example 3 in order to promote the formation of the surface IS protective film by the SF gas treatment, the alloy surface was pulverized while heating the alloy simultaneously with pulverization. As shown in FIG. 7, a heater 22 is embedded in the inside of the roll mill crusher, and crushing is performed by a heated roll mill.
- Example 3 is supplied with T i 2 5 C r 3 5 V alloy that has been subjected to the heat treatment after the rough broken ⁇ , and I by the vibration off I over da one 1 3 flour ⁇ apparatus 1 9 .
- the atmosphere from the whole of the crusher 19 to the hopper 11 is adjusted by an inert gas containing S gas or SF ⁇ gas.
- Table 1 shows the alloy composition, powder production method, and atmospheric conditions for No. 8 of this example, and Table 2 also shows the results depending on the number of activation treatments.
- This embodiment relates to a range 8 claims, T i 2 5 C r 3 5 V 4.
- This alloy was applied to powder production by the gas atomization method.
- Fig. 8 shows the outline of this device.
- the gas atomization method there is an alloy melting device on the upper part, and the molten metal is injected from the alloy melting device into the injection chamber 30 by the injection nozzle 27 to rapidly cool the gas to produce powder.
- the hydrogen storage alloy is melted by an induction heating coil 26 in a melting chamber 25 in a vacuum chamber 23 in an inert atmosphere.
- An injection nozzle 27 is provided in the lower part of the melting crucible 25, and the ift supply of the molten metal to the injection nozzle is adjusted by a molten metal stopper 24.
- the Kirienki this time the injection chamber 30 with an inert gas containing a gas or SF 6 gas, and A r + 1 vf% SF, and.
- an inert gas containing a gas or SF 6 gas, and A r + 1 vf% SF and.
- a protective film is formed on the surface of the powder using the heat until the molten metal cools, and the hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder 28 is deposited in the recovery chamber 29. This powder was recovered.
- Tables 3 and 4 show the results of examining the number of activation treatments after leaving the air-blown on the powder obtained as described above. Leaving in the atmosphere means that the produced hydrogen-absorbing alloy powder is taken out into the atmosphere and left for one day in an environment at a temperature of 30 ° C. and a humidity of 70% for 5 days. The cycle of drawing (60 ° C x 1h) ⁇ hydrogen pressurization (0 ° C, 1MPa> 1h) was repeated.
- This example relates to claim 9 wherein Ti 25 Cr 35 V 4 .
- Alloy The powder was produced by an inert gas atomization method using, and then applied during heat treatment. That is, the same applies to a rotating disk method other than the inert gas atomization method, a roll quenching method, or the like, or when a heat treatment is performed on a hydrogen storage alloy powder directly produced from molten metal for homogenization or other purposes.
- Fig. 9 shows the outline of this device.
- the hydrogen storage alloy 28 is surrounded by a heat insulating material 36, and heat insulating doors 32 are provided at both ends thereof, and at least one gas circulation fan 34 is used.
- the gas is agitated inside the Champer 35.
- the heat treatment temperature is controlled by the heater 33.
- Tables 3 and 4 collectively show the processing conditions of this example and the results of the adjustment of the activation characteristics of the powder. As a result, both the gas atomization and the single-roll quenching method achieved sufficient hydrogen absorption / desorption characteristics with two activations.
- the vacuum or inert gas is used during the heat treatment as usual, and only the cooling of the heat treatment ffl gas SF
- An inert gas may be used including 6 gas or SF S gas.
- This embodiment is a combination of Embodiment 5 and Embodiment 6 with respect to Claim 10. That is, using the T i 2 5 C r 3 5 V 4 « alloys, is applied to the powder production by Gasua Tomaizu method, this time the injection chamber 30 The powder is obtained as an inert gas containing S gas or SF S gas in the atmosphere of the above, and an inert gas containing SF S gas or SF 6 gas is used as a cooling gas during and after the heat treatment.
- the heat treatment method of the hydrogen absorbing alloy powder was performed using the method described above. The results are shown in Tables 3 and 4. Sufficient hydrogen absorption / desorption characteristics were obtained with two activations.
- Table 3 shows the results when the powder was produced by using the alloy of No. 1 as a roll mill and gas atomizing, and the atmosphere was as air and Ar, respectively, and heating was not performed.
- Table 4 shows. As a result, activation was not performed even after 10 activations, and it was not possible to obtain proper hydrogen absorption / desorption characteristics. Industrial applicability
- the hydrogenation activation treatment can be sufficiently performed even when the hydrogen storage alloy is exposed to an atmosphere containing air or moisture.
- the hydrogenation and pulverization container is used as it is as a surface treatment container. The manufacturing process is simplified and economical.
- an effect of preventing oxidation of the alloy surface during powder production can be obtained, and at the same time, a surface protective film can be formed. The effect of the surface protective film can greatly improve the poisoning resistance of the hydrogen storage alloy powder.
- the poisoning resistance is improved, so that the hydrogenation activation treatment can be sufficiently performed even when the hydrogen storage alloy is exposed to the atmosphere containing air or moisture.
- the effect of preventing oxidation of the alloy surface during powder production can be obtained, and at the same time, a separate surface treatment step is not required. It is possible to form the same surface protective film as when SF 6 gas treatment is performed. Due to the effect of this surface protective film, the poisoning resistance of the hydrogen storage alloy powder can be greatly improved, and the activation characteristics and durability can be improved.
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