Lamella settler crystallizer
Abstract
A crystallizer which incorporates a lamella settler and which is particularly applicable for use in batteries and power cells for electric vehicles or stationary applications. The lamella settler can be utilized for coarse particle separation or for agglomeration, and is particularly applicable to aluminum-air batteries or power cells for solving the hydrargillite (aluminum-hydroxide) removal problems from such batteries. This invention provides the advantages of very low energy consumption, turbulence, shear, cost and maintenance. Thus, due to the low shear and low turbulence of this invention, it is particularly effective in the control of aluminum hydroxide particle size distribution in the various sections of an aluminum-air system, as well as in other electrochemical systems requiring separation for phases of different densities.
- Inventors:
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- Orinda, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 867649
- Patent Number(s):
- 4978509
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- lamella; settler; crystallizer; incorporates; particularly; applicable; batteries; power; cells; electric; vehicles; stationary; applications; utilized; coarse; particle; separation; agglomeration; aluminum-air; solving; hydrargillite; aluminum-hydroxide; removal; provides; advantages; energy; consumption; turbulence; shear; cost; maintenance; due; effective; control; aluminum; hydroxide; size; distribution; various; sections; electrochemical; systems; requiring; phases; densities; lamella settler; coarse particle; energy consumption; size distribution; electric vehicle; particularly applicable; particle size; electric vehicles; particularly effective; systems requiring; requiring separation; stationary applications; particle separation; electrochemical systems; aluminum hydroxide; power cells; power cell; settler crystallizer; oxide particle; /422/23/
Citation Formats
Maimoni, Arturo. Lamella settler crystallizer. United States: N. p., 1990.
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Maimoni, Arturo. Lamella settler crystallizer. United States.
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"Lamella settler crystallizer". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/867649.
@article{osti_867649,
title = {Lamella settler crystallizer},
author = {Maimoni, Arturo},
abstractNote = {A crystallizer which incorporates a lamella settler and which is particularly applicable for use in batteries and power cells for electric vehicles or stationary applications. The lamella settler can be utilized for coarse particle separation or for agglomeration, and is particularly applicable to aluminum-air batteries or power cells for solving the hydrargillite (aluminum-hydroxide) removal problems from such batteries. This invention provides the advantages of very low energy consumption, turbulence, shear, cost and maintenance. Thus, due to the low shear and low turbulence of this invention, it is particularly effective in the control of aluminum hydroxide particle size distribution in the various sections of an aluminum-air system, as well as in other electrochemical systems requiring separation for phases of different densities.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990}
}