Means for limiting and ameliorating electrode shorting
Abstract
A fuse and filter arrangement for limiting and ameliorating electrode shorting in capacitive deionization water purification systems utilizing carbon aerogel, for example. This arrangement limits and ameliorates the effects of conducting particles or debonded carbon aerogel in shorting the electrodes of a system such as a capacitive deionization water purification system. This is important because of the small interelectrode spacing and the finite possibility of debonding or fragmentation of carbon aerogel in a large system. The fuse and filter arrangement electrically protect the entire system from shutting down if a single pair of electrodes is shorted and mechanically prevents a conducting particle from migrating through the electrode stack, shorting a series of electrode pairs in sequence. It also limits the amount of energy released in a shorting event. The arrangement consists of a set of circuit breakers or fuses with one fuse or breaker in the power line connected to one electrode of each electrode pair and a set of screens of filters in the water flow channels between each set of electrode pairs.
- Inventors:
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- Livermore, CA
- Tracy, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872646
- Patent Number(s):
- 5980718
- Assignee:
- Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- means; limiting; ameliorating; electrode; shorting; fuse; filter; arrangement; capacitive; deionization; water; purification; systems; utilizing; carbon; aerogel; example; limits; ameliorates; effects; conducting; particles; debonded; electrodes; interelectrode; spacing; finite; possibility; debonding; fragmentation; electrically; protect; entire; shutting; single; pair; shorted; mechanically; prevents; particle; migrating; stack; series; pairs; sequence; amount; energy; released; event; consists; set; circuit; breakers; fuses; breaker; power; line; connected; screens; filters; flow; channels; line connected; conducting particles; water flow; power line; flow channels; flow channel; circuit breaker; carbon aerogel; capacitive deionization; electrode stack; water purification; systems utilizing; electrode pairs; electrode pair; bonded carbon; filter arrangement; energy release; ameliorating electrode; electrode shorting; /204/210/
Citation Formats
Van Konynenburg, Richard A, and Farmer, Joseph C. Means for limiting and ameliorating electrode shorting. United States: N. p., 1999.
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Van Konynenburg, Richard A, & Farmer, Joseph C. Means for limiting and ameliorating electrode shorting. United States.
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"Means for limiting and ameliorating electrode shorting". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872646.
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title = {Means for limiting and ameliorating electrode shorting},
author = {Van Konynenburg, Richard A and Farmer, Joseph C},
abstractNote = {A fuse and filter arrangement for limiting and ameliorating electrode shorting in capacitive deionization water purification systems utilizing carbon aerogel, for example. This arrangement limits and ameliorates the effects of conducting particles or debonded carbon aerogel in shorting the electrodes of a system such as a capacitive deionization water purification system. This is important because of the small interelectrode spacing and the finite possibility of debonding or fragmentation of carbon aerogel in a large system. The fuse and filter arrangement electrically protect the entire system from shutting down if a single pair of electrodes is shorted and mechanically prevents a conducting particle from migrating through the electrode stack, shorting a series of electrode pairs in sequence. It also limits the amount of energy released in a shorting event. The arrangement consists of a set of circuit breakers or fuses with one fuse or breaker in the power line connected to one electrode of each electrode pair and a set of screens of filters in the water flow channels between each set of electrode pairs.},
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