Liquid metal electric pump
Abstract
An electrical pump for pumping liquid metals to high pressures in high temperature environments without the use of magnets or moving mechanical parts. The pump employs a non-porous solid electrolyte membrane, typically ceramic, specific to the liquid metal to be pumped. A DC voltage is applied across the thickness of the membrane causing ions to form and enter the membrane on the electrically positive surface, with the ions being neutralized on the opposite surface. This action provides pumping of the liquid metal from one side of the non-porous solid electrolyte membrane to the other.
- Inventors:
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- Albuquerque, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- AT&T
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868127
- Patent Number(s):
- 5080559
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F04 - POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS F04B - POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02N - ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- liquid; metal; electric; pump; electrical; pumping; metals; pressures; temperature; environments; magnets; moving; mechanical; employs; non-porous; solid; electrolyte; membrane; typically; ceramic; specific; pumped; dc; voltage; applied; thickness; causing; form; enter; electrically; positive; surface; neutralized; opposite; action; provides; pumping liquid; electrolyte membrane; liquid metals; liquid metal; solid electrolyte; dc voltage; temperature environments; opposite surface; moving mechanical; temperature environment; porous solid; metal electric; site surface; /417/
Citation Formats
Abbin, Joseph P, Andraka, Charles E, Lukens, Laurance L, and Moreno, James B. Liquid metal electric pump. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
Abbin, Joseph P, Andraka, Charles E, Lukens, Laurance L, & Moreno, James B. Liquid metal electric pump. United States.
Abbin, Joseph P, Andraka, Charles E, Lukens, Laurance L, and Moreno, James B. Wed .
"Liquid metal electric pump". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868127.
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title = {Liquid metal electric pump},
author = {Abbin, Joseph P and Andraka, Charles E and Lukens, Laurance L and Moreno, James B},
abstractNote = {An electrical pump for pumping liquid metals to high pressures in high temperature environments without the use of magnets or moving mechanical parts. The pump employs a non-porous solid electrolyte membrane, typically ceramic, specific to the liquid metal to be pumped. A DC voltage is applied across the thickness of the membrane causing ions to form and enter the membrane on the electrically positive surface, with the ions being neutralized on the opposite surface. This action provides pumping of the liquid metal from one side of the non-porous solid electrolyte membrane to the other.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992}
}
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