Method and apparatus for storage battery electrolyte circulation

Patent · Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:863649

Inkmann, Mark S ^[1]

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1. Milwaukee, WI

An electrolyte reservoir in fluid communication with the cell of a storage battery is intermittently pressurized with a pulse of compressed gas to cause a flow of electrolyte from the reservoir to the upper region of less dense electrolyte in the cell. Upon termination of the pressure pulse, more dense electrolyte is forced into the reservoir from the lower region of the cell by the differential pressure head between the cell and reservoir electrolyte levels. The compressed gas pulse is controlled to prevent the entry of gas from the reservoir into the cell.

• DOE Contract Number: 31-109-38-4205
• Assignee: Globe-Union Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
• Patent Number(s): US 4221847
• Application Number: 06/072,097
• OSTI ID: 863649
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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storage
battery
electrolyte
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reservoir
fluid
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intermittently
pressurized
pulse
compressed
gas
flow
upper
region
dense
termination
pressure
forced
differential
head
levels
controlled
prevent
entry
battery electrolyte
electrolyte reservoir
compressed gas
fluid communication
differential pressure
upper region
pressure head
storage battery
pressure pulse
electrolyte circulation
gas pulse
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