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Title: Redox flow battery with improved efficiency

Abstract

A method for a redox flow battery includes using a cell of a redox flow battery to store electrical energy and discharge the stored electrical energy. The using includes circulating a first electrolyte solution through a first circulation loop in fluid connection with the first electrode of the cell; circulating a second electrolyte solution through a second circulation loop in fluid connection with the second electrode of the cell; and at least one of a first element from the first electrolyte solution in the first electrode permeates through the separator layer and precipitates as a first solid product in the second electrode and a second element from the second electrolyte solution permeates through the separator layer and precipitates a second solid product in the first electrode. The method also includes removing at least a portion of the first solid product or the second solid product from the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Waltham, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1892697
Patent Number(s):
11271226
Application Number:
17/119,427
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:  
AR000994
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 12/11/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE

Citation Formats

Saraidaridis, James D., Perry, Michael L., and Darling, Robert Mason. Redox flow battery with improved efficiency. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Saraidaridis, James D., Perry, Michael L., & Darling, Robert Mason. Redox flow battery with improved efficiency. United States.
Saraidaridis, James D., Perry, Michael L., and Darling, Robert Mason. Tue . "Redox flow battery with improved efficiency". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892697.
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