THE EFFECT OF METAL HYDRIDE ACTIVATION AND USE OF ENERGY NONEQUILIBRIUM HYDROGEN

The means of production and fields of application of energy nonequilib rium hydrogen states in processes of energy conversion are briefly rev iewed. The effect of metal hydride hydrogen activation is considered, which can be applied to reactions of heterogeneous catalysis, ignition of hydrogen-oxygen mixtures, devices using hydrogen as a working medi um with energy supplied from an external source, as well as to electro physical units. The probability of the thermodynamically nonequilibriu m concentration of excited particles near the surface of hydride-formi ng materials is quantitatively estimated.