Direct carbon fuel cell and stack designs

Gorte, Raymond J.; Oh, Tae-Sik

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Title: Direct carbon fuel cell and stack designs

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Disclosed are novel configurations of Direct Carbon Fuel Cells (DCFCs), which optionally comprise a liquid anode. The liquid anode comprises a molten salt/metal, preferably Sb, and a fuel, which has significant elemental carbon content (coal, bio-mass, etc.). The supply of fuel is continuously replenished in the anode. In addition, a stack configuration is suggested where combining a large number of planar or tubular fuel elements.

Inventors:: Gorte, Raymond J.; Oh, Tae-Sik

Issue Date:: Tue May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1438440

Patent Number(s):: 9979039

Application Number:: 14/785,133

Assignee:: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
H01M2008/1293 - {Fuel cells with solid oxide electrolytes}
H01M4/8621 - {containing only metallic or ceramic material, e.g. made by sintering or sputtering}
H01M8/0656 - by electrochemical means
H01M8/1213 - characterised by the electrode/electrolyte combination or the supporting material
H01M8/1233 - with one of the reactants being liquid, solid or liquid-charged
H01M8/124 - characterised by the process of manufacturing or by the material of the electrolyte
H01M8/1246 - the electrolyte consisting of oxides

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E60/50 - Fuel cells

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
Y02P70/50 - Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

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DOE Contract Number:: SC0001004

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Mar 17

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; 42 ENGINEERING

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  abstractNote = {Disclosed are novel configurations of Direct Carbon Fuel Cells (DCFCs), which optionally comprise a liquid anode. The liquid anode comprises a molten salt/metal, preferably Sb, and a fuel, which has significant elemental carbon content (coal, bio-mass, etc.). The supply of fuel is continuously replenished in the anode. In addition, a stack configuration is suggested where combining a large number of planar or tubular fuel elements.},

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Protective interlayer for high temperature solid electrolyte electrochemical cells patent, May 1996

Fuel cell patent, April 2002

Electrode-supported solid state electrochemical cell patent-application, March 2002

Electrochemical system and methods for control thereof patent-application, July 2003

Direct carbon fuel cell with molten anode patent-application, October 2006

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with Improved Current Collection patent-application, June 2007

Solid oxide fuel cell systems with improved gas channeling and heat exchange patent-application, February 2009

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Scalable Direct Carbon Fuel Cell patent-application, July 2011

Characteristics of Molten Alloys as Anodes in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells journal, January 2011

Energy Storage in Electrochemical Cells with Molten Sb Electrodes journal, January 2012

A Comparison of Molten Sn and Bi for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes journal, January 2010

Conversion of fossil and biomass fuels to electric power and transportation fuels by high efficiency integrated plasma fuel cell (IPFC) energy cycle journal, March 2006

Protective interlayer for high temperature solid electrolyte electrochemical cells
patent, May 1996

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patent, April 2002

Electrode-supported solid state electrochemical cell
patent-application, March 2002

Electrochemical system and methods for control thereof
patent-application, July 2003

Direct carbon fuel cell with molten anode
patent-application, October 2006

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with Improved Current Collection
patent-application, June 2007

Solid oxide fuel cell systems with improved gas channeling and heat exchange
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