Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110223451 | METAL ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR FLOW BATTERIES - A flow battery electrode assembly with a first impermeable, substantially metal electrode, a second permeable, substantially metal electrode and at least one electrically conductive spacer. The electrically conductive spacer connects the first impermeable, substantially metal electrode and the second permeable, substantially metal electrode such that the first impermeable, substantially metal electrode and the second permeable, substantially metal electrode are spaced apart from each other by an electrolyte flow path. | 09-15-2011 |
20120058370 | Flow Battery With Radial Electrolyte Distribution - An electrochemical flow cell includes a permeable electrode, an impermeable electrode located adjacent to and spaced apart from the permeable electrode and a reaction zone electrolyte flow channel located between a first side of the permeable electrode and a first side of the impermeable electrode. The electrochemical flow cell also includes at least one electrolyte flow channel located adjacent to a second side of the permeable electrode, at least one central electrolyte flow conduit extending through a central portion of the permeable electrode and through a central portion of the impermeable electrode and at least one peripheral electrolyte flow inlet/outlet located in a peripheral portion of the electrochemical cell above or below the permeable electrode. | 03-08-2012 |
20130252041 | Electrode for High Performance Metal Halogen Flow Battery - A porous electrode for a flow battery includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer has at least one of a different catalytic property or a different permeability than the second layer. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252044 | Electrode for High Performance Metal Halogen Flow Battery - A porous electrode for a flow battery includes a first layer having a first average pore size and a second layer having a second average pore size, wherein the second pore size is smaller than the first pore size. | 09-26-2013 |
20130266829 | Fluidic Architecture for Metal-Halogen Flow Battery - A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater. | 10-10-2013 |
20140017544 | Hydrogen Recombinator - A recombinator for a flow battery including at least one input configured to provide a halogen containing flow stream and hydrogen gas to a reaction chamber and a substrate located in the reaction chamber. The substrate is configured to be directly heated and the substrate contains a catalyst. The recombinator is configured to react the hydrogen gas and the halogen using the catalyst to form a hydrogen-halogen compound. | 01-16-2014 |
20140093804 | METAL-HALOGEN FLOW BATTERY WITH SHUNT CURRENT INTERRUPTION AND SEALING FEATURES - A flow battery includes a stack of flow cells, a stack of cell frames supporting the stack of cells, stack level and cell level flow manifolds located in the stack of cell frames, and at least one sealing or shunt current mitigation feature. | 04-03-2014 |
20140139228 | MASS DISTRIBUTION INDICATION OF FLOW BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE - An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell. | 05-22-2014 |
20140152314 | Mass Distribution Indication of Flow Battery State of Charge - An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell. | 06-05-2014 |
20140255734 | RESERVOIR FOR MULTIPHASE ELECTROLYTE FLOW CONTROL - A flow battery reservoir includes a reservoir housing, an electrolyte inlet configured to provide an electrolyte mixture containing a liquid metal-halide electrolyte solution and a complexed halogen phase at or toward a stagnant zone in a lower portion of the reservoir, and an electrolyte outlet configured to outlet the liquid metal-halide solution from the reservoir. The electrolyte outlet is positioned such that in use the liquid metal-halide solution flows upward against the force of gravity to reach the electrolyte outlet while the complexed halogen phase settles in the stagnant zone. | 09-11-2014 |
20140308547 | Fluidic Architecture for Metal-Halogen Flow Battery - A metal-halogen flow battery system includes a stack of flow cells, an electrolyte reservoir and one or more of a concentrated halogen return line fluidly connecting the stack to the reservoir, a venturi, a mixer, a concentrated halogen pump, or a concentrated halogen line heater. | 10-16-2014 |