Thermoelectrochemical system and method

Patent · Mon Nov 27 23:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:870181

Ludwig, Frank A ^[1]; Townsend, Carl W ^[2]; Eliash, Bruce M ^[2]

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1. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
2. Los Angeles, CA

A thermal electrochemical system in which an electrical current is generated between a cathode immersed in a concentrated aqueous solution of phosphoric acid and an anode immersed in a molten salt solution of ammonium phosphate and monohydric ammonium phosphate. Reactants consumed at the electrodes during the electrochemical reaction are thermochemically regenerated and recycled to the electrodes to provide continuous operation of the system.

• Research Organization: Midwest Research Institute
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company (Los Angeles, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5470669
• Application Number: 07/336,457
• OSTI ID: 870181
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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