Theodore Motyka
Savannah River National Laboratory
16 Papers
44 Citations
Theodore Motyka is an academic researcher from Savannah River National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hydride & Hydrogen storage. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 16 publications.
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Papers
Metal hydride material requirements for automotive hydrogen storage systems
José Miguel Pasini,Claudio Corgnale,Bart A. van Hassel,Theodore Motyka,Sudarshan Kumar,Kevin L. Simmons +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the material-level requirements for metal hydrides that can be assembled into systems that satisfy the United States Department of Energy (DOE) targets for 2017 were obtained.
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Hydriding characteristics of NaMgH2F with preliminary technical and cost evaluation of magnesium-based metal hydride materials for concentrating solar power thermal storage
Drew A. Sheppard,Claudio Corgnale,Bruce Hardy,Theodore Motyka,Ragaiy Zidan,Mark Paskevicius,Craig E. Buckley +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a simplified techno-economic model has been used as a screening tool to explore the factors that have the largest impact on the costs of using metal hydrides for concentrating solar thermal storage.
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Metal hydride based thermal energy storage system requirements for high performance concentrating solar power plants
TL;DR: In this article, a simplified model has been developed to evaluate the cost and the exergetic efficiency of hydride-based storage systems, and the results demonstrate that metal hydrides, operating at temperatures higher than 650°C, with reaction enthalpy on the order of 95-110kJ/molH2, raw material cost on the amount of 1.4-2
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High performance metal hydride based thermal energy storage systems for concentrating solar power applications
Patrick A. Ward,Claudio Corgnale,Joseph A. Teprovich,Theodore Motyka,Bruce Hardy,Brent Peters,Ragaiy Zidan +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a thermal energy storage system based on metal hydride pairs using high efficiency materials is evaluated, and a techno-economic analysis is performed to evaluate the performance.
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Technical challenges and future direction for high-efficiency metal hydride thermal energy storage systems
Patrick A. Ward,Claudio Corgnale,Joseph A. Teprovich,Theodore Motyka,Bruce Hardy,Drew A. Sheppard,Craig E. Buckley,Ragaiy Zidan +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the technical difficulties and proposed solutions associated with the use of metal hydrides as TES materials in concentrated solar power (CSP) applications are discussed and evaluated, and the proposed solutions are evaluated and evaluated.
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