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Title: Method and system for rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system

Abstract

A method of rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system comprises directing hydrogen gas generated on the negative side of the redox flow battery system to a catalyst surface, and fluidly contacting the hydrogen gas with an electrolyte comprising a metal ion at the catalyst surface, wherein the metal ion is chemically reduced by the hydrogen gas at the catalyst surface, and a state of charge of the electrolyte and pH of the electrolyte remain substantially balanced.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
ESS Tech, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1531403
Patent Number(s):
10181615
Application Number:
15/182,543
Assignee:
ESS Tech, Inc. (Wilsonville, OR)
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
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0000261
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2016-06-14
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 25 ENERGY STORAGE

Citation Formats

Song, Yang, and Evans, Craig E. Method and system for rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Song, Yang, & Evans, Craig E. Method and system for rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system. United States.
Song, Yang, and Evans, Craig E. Tue . "Method and system for rebalancing electrolytes in a redox flow battery system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1531403.
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