Apparatus and method for assembling solid hydrogen storage system

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for assembling a solid hydrogen storage system. The apparatus includes a lower support installed to support a lower side of material blocks to be assembled, split covers assembled in multiple stages on an upper side of the lower support and forming therein a closed space in which the material blocks are capable of being assembled, the split covers being configured to be separated in a horizontal direction, and gas injection ports provided in the split covers to inject an inert gas into an inner space of the split covers.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for assembling a solid hydrogen storage system, the apparatus comprising:
 a lower support installed to support a lower side of material blocks to be assembled;   split covers assembled in multiple stages on the lower support and forming therein a closed space in which the material blocks are capable of being assembled, the split covers being configured to be capable of being separated in a horizontal direction; and   gas injection ports provided in the split covers to inject an inert gas into a space inside the split covers.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the gas injection ports are provided in respective stages formed by stacking the split covers upward. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each of the split covers comprises two semicylindrical plates, each of which has a semicircular shape in cross section so as to form one circle in cross section when the two semicylindrical plates are coupled to each other. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein each of the two semicylindrical plates comprises:
 side flanges, which are coupled to side flanges of another semicylindrical plate so as to form a split cover, wherein when the split cover is disassembled, the side flanges allow the semicylindrical plates to be separated from each other in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the split covers are stacked; and   an upper flange to which another split cover to be stacked thereon is coupled and a lower flange which is stacked on and coupled to still another split cover.   
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein at least one of the two semicylindrical plates forming each of the split covers is provided with the gas injection port. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of vertically elongated support rods are provided on the lower support and arranged around the split covers assembled in multiple stages, and
 the support rods are connected to each other by connecting members to surround and support a periphery of the split covers.   
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a temporary cover is coupled to an uppermost stage of the split covers assembled in multiple stages. 
     
     
         8 . A method of assembling a solid hydrogen storage system, the method comprising:
 fixing a pressure vessel cover on a lower support;   mounting a split cover on the pressure vessel cover;   assembling material blocks inside the split cover while supplying an inert gas into a gas injection port of the split cover;   stacking and coupling a new split cover on the split cover; and   assembling another material block inside the stacked new split cover while supplying the inert gas into a gas injection port of the stacked new split cover,   wherein the stacking the new split cover and the assembling the another material block while supplying the inert gas into the gas injection port of the new split cover are repeated until a target stage is assembled and coupled.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein, whenever the split covers are stacked by a predetermined number of reference stages, a plurality of support rods are erected around the split covers, and the support rods are interconnected by connecting members so as to support a periphery of the stacked split covers. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the split covers are stacked to a target stage, the material blocks are assembled, and then the top stage is sealed with a temporary cover. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein, after the stacking of the split covers to the target stage is completed, the method further comprises:
 moving an assembly of the split covers and the material blocks to an upper side of a pressure vessel into which the inert gas is injected in a state in which the assembly of the split covers and the material blocks is inverted such that the lower support is positioned at an upper side and the temporary cover is positioned at a lower side; and   sequentially loading the material blocks assembled in the stacked split covers into the pressure vessel while sequentially removing the stacked split covers in a horizontal direction from the lower side.