Battery using a metal particle bed electrode

Patent · 31 December 1990

OSTI ID:867773

Evans, James V ^[1]; Savaskan, Gultekin ^[2]

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1. Piedmont, CA
2. Albany, CA

A zinc-air battery in a case including a zinc particle bed supported adjacent the current feeder and diaphragm on a porous support plate which holds the particles but passes electrolyte solution. Electrolyte is recycled through a conduit between the support plate and top of the bed by convective forces created by a density of differential caused by a higher concentration of high density discharge products in the interstices of the bed than in the electrolyte recycle conduit.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5006424
• OSTI ID: 867773
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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