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Title: Flow battery flow field having volume that is function of power parameter, time parameter and concentration parameter

Abstract

A flow battery includes a cell that has first and second flow fields spaced apart from each other and an electrolyte separator layer. A supply/storage system is external of the cell and includes first and second vessels fluidly connected with the first and second flow fields, and first and second pumps configured to selectively move first and second fluid electrolytes between the vessels and the first and second flow fields. The flow fields each have an electrochemically active zone that is configured to receive flow of the fluid electrolytes. The electrochemically active zone has a total open volume that is a function of at least one of a power parameter of the flow battery, a time parameter of the pumps and a concentration parameter of the fluid electrolytes.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Raytheon Technologies Corp., Waltham, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1805387
Patent Number(s):
10892499
Application Number:
14/768,622
Assignee:
Raytheon Technologies Corporation (Waltham, MA)
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:  
AR0000149
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 03/15/2013
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Smeltz, Andrew, Darling, Robert Mason, Perry, Michael L., and Ding, Zhongfen. Flow battery flow field having volume that is function of power parameter, time parameter and concentration parameter. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
Smeltz, Andrew, Darling, Robert Mason, Perry, Michael L., & Ding, Zhongfen. Flow battery flow field having volume that is function of power parameter, time parameter and concentration parameter. United States.
Smeltz, Andrew, Darling, Robert Mason, Perry, Michael L., and Ding, Zhongfen. Tue . "Flow battery flow field having volume that is function of power parameter, time parameter and concentration parameter". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1805387.
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abstractNote = {A flow battery includes a cell that has first and second flow fields spaced apart from each other and an electrolyte separator layer. A supply/storage system is external of the cell and includes first and second vessels fluidly connected with the first and second flow fields, and first and second pumps configured to selectively move first and second fluid electrolytes between the vessels and the first and second flow fields. The flow fields each have an electrochemically active zone that is configured to receive flow of the fluid electrolytes. The electrochemically active zone has a total open volume that is a function of at least one of a power parameter of the flow battery, a time parameter of the pumps and a concentration parameter of the fluid electrolytes.},
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year = {Tue Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2021},
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