Having Nonmovable Means Providing Motion Between Electrolyte And Electrodes, I.e., Circulation Patents (Class 429/81)
  • Patent number: 11949138
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a redox flow battery comprising: a cell divided into half-cells by a membrane; an electrolyte able to flow through the interior of the respective half-cell; an electrode; and a guide structure for guiding the electrolyte integrated into and defined by the associated electrode. Each half-cell comprises a current collector and an electrode element arranged in an interior of the respective half-cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LITRICITY GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Fleck, Barbara Schricker, Holger Wolfschmidt
  • Patent number: 11863010
    Abstract: A power continuity unit includes a battery pack, a power converter, and a housing assembly. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells with monitoring devices that monitor the voltage of the associated battery cell and trim excess voltage. During daytime, the power converter converts a portion of the direct current (DC) power it receives from an alternative energy device into alternating current (AC) power and directs it to a user, while the remainder is stored in the battery pack. During nighttime, the power converter converts DC power it receives from the battery pack into alternating current (AC) power and directs it to the user. The housing assembly provides structural support and protection to the battery pack; its configuration depends on the type of battery cell being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Alexander Kiritz
  • Patent number: 11795558
    Abstract: A method for generating a metallic particle slurry in a regenerator, the method comprising the steps of: (a) generating metallic particles on a surface of a cathode by applying a forward current for a forward current period; (b) displacing the metallic particles from the surface of the cathode by applying a displacement force for a displacement period; (c) dissolving residual metallic particles by applying a reverse current for a reverse current period; (d) providing a plurality of regenerator cells; and (e) establishing an airlock by isolating aqueous electrolyte between cavities of regenerator cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ZINC8 ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Simon Fan, Tristan Sloan, David Robert Bruce, John McLeod
  • Patent number: 11777164
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a sleeve assembly, a cover plate assembly, a battery, and an electricity-consuming apparatus. The sleeve assembly is used for sealing a through hole. The sleeve assembly includes: a sleeve with an opening on at least one end; a nail body including a body portion. The size of the body portion is larger than the size of the barrel diameter of the sleeve. The body portion is configured to be inserted into the sleeve through the opening and press the inner wall of the sleeve after the sleeve is inserted into the through hole in the axial direction so as to form a protrusion for riveting the sleeve to the through hole on the outer wall of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Xinxiang Chen, Peng Wang, Yulian Zheng, Xiaolong Dong, Chengdu Liang, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 11749813
    Abstract: A bipolar plate faces an electrode of a redox flow battery and includes an introduction channel and a discharge channel of an electrolyte. One of the introduction channel and the discharge channel is a groove-like flow channel that is formed in a surface of the bipolar plate, and the other of the introduction channel and the discharge channel is a pipe-like flow channel that is formed in an inside of the bipolar plate. The bipolar plate includes a communication hole that communicates with the pipe-like flow channel from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Kanno
  • Patent number: 11721841
    Abstract: Provided herein are energy storage devices. In some cases, the energy storage devices are capable of being transported on a vehicle and storing a large amount of energy. An energy storage device is provided comprising at least one liquid metal electrode, an energy storage capacity of at least about 1 MWh and a response time less than or equal to about 100 milliseconds (ms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ambri Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Bradwell, Hari Nayar
  • Patent number: 11552351
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical cell comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a deposition layer separating the positive electrode and a gas phase that supplies at least one reactive gas; wherein the deposition layer and the positive electrode are in communication with each other via electrolyte(s). Also disclosed is a battery comprising the electrical cell described above and a battery comprising: a cell comprising a negative electrode in communication with an anolyte and a positive electrode in communication with a catholyte; and a gas-liquid reactor, which is fed with the catholyte from the cell and a gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Lu, Zhuojian Liang
  • Patent number: 11522173
    Abstract: In a battery casing a metal negative electrode that contains metal serving as a negative electrode active material and an air electrode are arranged so as to face each other in a state where at least a part of the metal negative electrode and the air electrode is immersed in an electrolytic solution inside a casing. The metal negative electrode is housed in a negative electrode housing in the casing. A separator separating the metal negative electrode and the air electrode is arranged at a side surface of the negative electrode housing. An opening through which inside of the negative electrode housing and outside of the negative electrode housing communicate with each other is provided on an upper surface of the negative electrode housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomo Kitagawa, Shinobu Takenaka, Hirotaka Mizuhata, Masaki Kaga, Toyoka Aimoto
  • Patent number: 11417900
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a redox flow battery comprising: a battery module including a battery cell, an electrolyte tank, an electrolyte flow path, and an electrolyte transfer part; and an electrolyte control unit for controlling electrolyte flow of the battery module, wherein the redox flow battery comprises one or more battery modules, and is charged or discharged by an electrolyte independently circulated through every battery module or every predetermined number of battery modules by the electrolyte control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Standard Energy Inc.
    Inventors: Bugi Kim, Kihyun Kim, Bumhee Cho, Damdam Choi
  • Patent number: 11387499
    Abstract: A method for regenerating a cell having an electrode assembly, in which electrodes and a separator are alternately combined with each other, an electrolyte, and a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly and the electrolyte according to the present invention includes performing a negative pressure processing process in which a negative pressure is applied to the cell to allow a gas disposed between the electrodes to move outside the electrode assembly and performing an ultrasonic wave processing process in which the cell is stimulated by ultrasonic waves to allow the electrolyte disposed outside the electrode assembly to move between the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Gi Hong, Jae Hyun Lee, Dong Kyu Kim, Dae Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11309566
    Abstract: An electrolyte solution tank has a tank body, an electrolyte solution supply part, and electrolyte solution drain part and a flow guide mechanism. The electrolyte solution supply part supplies the electrolyte solution into an interior chamber in the tank body. The electrolyte solution is drained from the tank body to the outside of the tank through the electrolyte solution drain part. The flow guide mechanism is arranged in the interior chamber of the tank body. The flow guide mechanism guides the flow of the electrolyte solution in the interior chamber to the electrolyte solution drain part along a vertically downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11264603
    Abstract: A battery includes a fluid negative electrode and a fluid positive electrode separated by a solid electrolyte at least when the electrodes and electrolyte are at an operating temperature. The solid electrolyte includes ions of the negative electrode material forming the fluid negative electrode and has a softness less than beta-alumina solid electrolyte (BASE) ceramics. In one example, the fluid negative electrode comprises lithium (Li), the fluid positive electrode comprises sulfur (S) and the solid electrolyte comprises lithium iodide (LiI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Vissers Battery Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel R. Vissers
  • Patent number: 11125776
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a short circuit inspection method for an all solid battery assembly is provided which includes: a step of preparing an all-solid-state battery assembly; a step of preparing a restraint jig including a pair of restraint plates sandwiching the all-solid-state battery assembly in the thickness direction, and a restraint member including a bolt and a nut, wherein where a smallest thermal expansion coefficient among the thermal expansion coefficient of the positive electrode current collector and the thermal expansion coefficient of the negative electrode current collector of the all-solid-state battery assembly is denoted by ?1, the thermal expansion coefficients of the bolt and the nut are each equal to or greater than ?1; a step of restraining the all-solid-state battery assembly; a step of increasing the resistance of the all-solid-state battery assembly by cooling; a step of applying a voltage to the all-solid-state battery assembly and measuring a current; an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takayuki Hojo
  • Patent number: 11038180
    Abstract: Provided is a redox flow battery stack comprising: an ion-exchange membrane (1000); two flow frames (2000A, 2000B) disposed on both sides of the ion-exchange membrane (1000), respectively; two bipolar plates (4000A, 4000B) disposed outside the flow frames (2000A, 2000B), respectively; and electrodes disposed in cavities inside outer frames of the flow frames (2000A, 2000B), respectively, in which at least two electrodes are disposed in the flow frames, respectively, and at least three furrows in which the electrolyte flows are formed between electrodes or between the electrode and the outer frame in the flow frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: H2, INC.
    Inventors: Shin Han, Chang Hoon Han, Jee Hyang Huh, Yujong Kim
  • Patent number: 10833347
    Abstract: Parasitic reactions, such as production of hydrogen and oxidation by oxygen, can occur under the operating conditions of flow batteries and other electrochemical systems. Such parasitic reactions can undesirably impact operating performance by altering the pH and/or state of charge of one or both electrolyte solutions in a flow battery. Electrochemical balancing cells can allow rebalancing of electrolyte solutions to take place. Electrochemical balancing cells suitable for placement in fluid communication with both electrolyte solutions of a flow battery can include: a first chamber containing a first electrode, a second chamber containing a second electrode, a third chamber disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber, an ion-selective membrane forming a first interface between the first chamber and the third chamber, and a bipolar membrane forming a second interface between the second chamber and the third chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Y. Reece, John Goeltz, Joseph Johannes Henricus Pijpers, Paravastu Badrinarayanan
  • Patent number: 10511019
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to liquid solutions which include particulates that can function as an electrode, thereby forming an electrode solution, useful in the fabrication of liquid flow electrochemical cells and liquid flow batteries. The electrode solutions of the present disclosure may include an electrolyte comprising a liquid medium and at least one redox active specie, wherein the electrolyte has a density, De; and a core-shell particulate (202, 204) having a core, a shell and a density Dp, wherein at least a portion of the shell of the core-shell particulate includes an electrically conductive first metal and wherein 0.8De?Dp?1.2De; and wherein a first redox active specie of the at least one redox active specie and the electrically conductive first metal are different elements. The present disclosure also provides electrochemical cells and liquid flow batteries comprising an electrode solution according to the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Brandon A. Bartling
  • Patent number: 10431802
    Abstract: An embodiment is directed to a battery module, including a plurality of battery cell groups that are connected in series with each other, each of the plurality of battery cell groups including a plurality of battery cells that are connected to each other in parallel, a first terminal component at a first terminal of the battery module, the first terminal corresponding to either a positive terminal of the battery module or a negative terminal of the battery module, and a first heat pipe positioned in proximity to the first terminal component and configured to transfer heat away from the first terminal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: InEVit LLC
    Inventors: Heiner Fees, Andreas Track, Alexander Eichhorn, Ralf Maisch, Jörg Damaske
  • Patent number: 10096816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a battery comprising liquid electrolyte, used in moving vehicles, wherein the battery includes a battery housing comprising side walls, a housing floor and a cover, a liquid electrolyte, the level of which is within predetermined tolerance limits, electrodes, a flow channel plate arranged at least on one side wall so as to form a flow channel, wherein the upper end of said flow channel serves as exhaust port, a mixing vessel comprising a mixing vessel floor and mixing vessel side walls being arranged above the electrodes wherein the mixing vessel side wall adjoining the exhaust port is formed as an overflow the mixing vessel floor being located below the minimum level for the liquid electrolyte, which minimum level is provided for operational reasons, and at least one floor opening being provided in the mixing vessel floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: IQ POWER LICENSING AG
    Inventors: Charles Robert Sullivan, Steffen Tschirch
  • Patent number: 9947944
    Abstract: There is provided a frame body used for a cell of a redox flow battery, that can improve heat dissipation of an electrolyte in a slit while reducing a shunt current loss through the electrolyte, and can also suppress strain caused at a slit formation portion. It is a frame body used for a cell of a redox flow battery, comprising: an opening formed inside the frame body; a manifold allowing an electrolyte to pass therethrough; and a slit which connects the manifold and the opening and forms a channel of the electrolyte between the manifold and the opening, the slit having at least one bent portion, the at least one bent portion having a radius of curvature of 2.0 mm or more and 200 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kanno, Takeshi Yamana, Kenji Motoi
  • Patent number: 9595740
    Abstract: A secondary battery system and a secondary battery failure detection system includes a monitoring unit, a main gas pipe, a plurality of auxiliary gas pipes, and a plurality of solenoid valves provided in correspondence with the respective auxiliary gas pipes. The monitoring unit includes a pump for sucking a gas supplied into the main gas pipe, an active material detection sensor for detecting active material contained in the gas, a failure module identification unit for identifying a module having a failure based on an output from the active material detection sensor, and a sequence controller for performing opening/closing operation of the solenoid valves in accordance with a predetermined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Motohiro Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 9276242
    Abstract: A battery cell arrangement having a battery cell which is in the form of a film cell and includes a flat cell body with two end faces, a flexible cell rim surrounding the cell body, and two contact sections arranged on a rim side of the battery cell. The battery cell arrangement further has a frame arrangement which includes a first frame element and a second frame element which frames the cell body on all sides on the rim. At least one vent opening is provided on a side of the frame arrangement which faces away from the end faces of the cell body, in order to allow fluid, in particular gas, to emerge from the battery cell arrangement in the event of damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Dämon, Stefan Roepke, Herbert Thanner, Ralph Wünsche
  • Patent number: 9219269
    Abstract: An electrolyte mixing apparatus mixes lower-specific-gravity electrolyte with higher-specific-gravity electrolyte using inertial force generated when a vehicle starts to move and stops. The electrolyte mixing apparatus thus prevents the electrolyte in the battery from being formed in lower- and higher-specific-gravity layers according to specific gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: GLOBAL BATTERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Hyeong Lee, Seung Bok Park, Hyun Ryung Kim
  • Patent number: 9129744
    Abstract: An electrical power source including at least one hollow fiber incorporated in a material structure, wherein the at least one hollow fiber forms part of an electric circuit capable of storing or generating electrical power. In this way power sources may be provided as an integral part of a fiber composite structure or fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Martyn John Hucker, Sajad Haq, Michael Dunleavy, Amy Elizabeth Dyke, Philip Lawrence Webberley
  • Patent number: 9123943
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to synthesizing metal ionic liquids with transition metal coordination cations, where such metal ionic liquids can be used in a flow battery. A cation of a metal ionic liquid includes a transition metal and a ligand coordinated to the transition metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Travis Mark Anderson, David Ingersoll, Chad Staiger, Harry Pratt
  • Patent number: 9076994
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making an electrolytic battery which is preferably used in movable facilities such as cars, boats and planes. The method comprises the following steps: inserting of intermixing plates 5a? into the battery case 1, one each at two sides thereof which are opposite to each other, inserting of the set of electrodes 2 between the two intermixing plates 5a? positioned in the battery case 1 and connecting of the two intermixing plates 5a? straightened out vertically with the bridging plate 5b? comprising a drain surface, which is slightly inclined towards the center thereof, and an opening provided approximately in the center thereof to enable electrolyte to flow back into the batter case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: IQ Power Licensing AG
    Inventor: Günther Bauer
  • Publication number: 20150030896
    Abstract: A sodium-halogen secondary cell that includes a negative electrode compartment housing a negative, sodium-based electrode and a positive electrode compartment housing a current collector disposed in a liquid positive electrode solution. The liquid positive electrode solution includes a halogen and/or a halide. The cell includes a sodium ion conductive electrolyte membrane that separates the negative electrode from the liquid positive electrode solution. Although in some cases, the negative sodium-based electrode is molten during cell operation, in other cases, the negative electrode includes a sodium electrode or a sodium intercalation carbon electrode that is solid during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Sai Bhavaraju, Mathew Robins, Alexis Eccleston
  • Publication number: 20140356663
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide for flow battery cells and systems containing a plurality of flow battery cells, and methods for improving metal plating within the flow battery cell, such as by flowing and exposing the catholyte to various types of cathodes. In one embodiment, a flow battery cell is provided which includes a cathodic half cell and an anodic half cell separated by an electrolyte membrane, wherein the cathodic half cell contains a plurality of cathodic wires extending perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to and within the catholyte pathway and in contact with the catholyte, and each of the cathodic wires extends parallel or substantially parallel to each other. In some examples, the plurality of cathodic wires may have at least two arrays of cathodic wires, each array contains at least one row of cathodic wires, and each row extends along the catholyte pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Gregory J. WILSON, Kyle M. HANSON
  • Publication number: 20140308551
    Abstract: An automotive battery module with numerous battery cells and a series-based cooling fin arrangement placed in thermal communication with at least two of the battery cells. Heat generated within the battery cells by, among other things, electric current that can be used to provide motive power for the automobile, may be removed by the cooling fin that includes different portions tailored to remove relatively lesser or greater amounts of heat, depending on a potential temperature difference among the cells. The construction of the cooling fin is such that multiple heat transfer paths are established, each configured to convey heat away from the battery cells, as well as to keep temperature differences between adjacent series-cooled battery cells to a minimum. In one form, the multiple heat transfer paths may include a relatively laminar portion and a relatively turbulent portion, where in one form the increased turbulence may be obtained through numerous turbulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth A. Schroeder, Chih-Cheng Hsu, John T. Guerin
  • Patent number: 8852768
    Abstract: An aqueous electrolyte battery is provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrolyte, an aqueous electrolyte, and a deposition portion that promotes deposition of discharge product and that is provided at a location that contacts the aqueous electrolyte and that is a location other than at a catalyst included in the positive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Suto
  • Publication number: 20140255734
    Abstract: A flow battery reservoir includes a reservoir housing, an electrolyte inlet configured to provide an electrolyte mixture containing a liquid metal-halide electrolyte solution and a complexed halogen phase at or toward a stagnant zone in a lower portion of the reservoir, and an electrolyte outlet configured to outlet the liquid metal-halide solution from the reservoir. The electrolyte outlet is positioned such that in use the liquid metal-halide solution flows upward against the force of gravity to reach the electrolyte outlet while the complexed halogen phase settles in the stagnant zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Jonathan Hall, Russell Cole, Paul Kreiner
  • Patent number: 8778520
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid electrolyte battery having a mixing device (5), wherein the liquid electrolyte battery has a battery case (1), an electrode stack (2), an electrolyte having an electrolyte level (3), and a mixing device (5) and the mixing device (5) has the following characteristics: a channel plate (6) arranged vertically in the battery case (1) in the installed state, a drainage plate (7) arranged horizontally in the battery case in the installed state, and a hinge (8) connecting the channel plate (6) to the drainage plate (7), wherein the hinge (8) has a pivot angle that is dimensioned such that an electrode stack (2) can be inserted into the battery case (1) when the drainage plate (7) is pivoted upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: IQ Power Licensing AG
    Inventors: Charles Robert Sullivan, Steffen Tschirch
  • Publication number: 20140162096
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are formulation components for the manufacturing of a flow frame structure that can be integrated in flowing electrolyte batteries. These formulation components for manufacturing flow frames may include, but are not limited to, polypropylene, glass fiber, a coupling agent and an elastomer. A mixing and extrusion process may be employed to formulate the material and produce pre-formulated pellets for the manufacturing of flow frames. As flow frames may be integrated with electrodes (or membranes), the disclosed flow frame formulation may achieve a desired Melt Flow Index (MFI) range and may allow an improved bonding between electrodes (or membranes) and flow frame, therefore, simplifying manufacturing process and achieving higher performance and longer lifetime of flowing electrolyte batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicants: Lotte Chemical Corporation, ZBB Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Lex, Nathan Coad
  • Publication number: 20140162095
    Abstract: The present disclosure details header flow divider designs and methods of electrolyte distribution. Internal header flow dividers may include multiple flow channels and may be built into flow frames. Flow channels within internal header flow dividers may divide evenly multiple times in order to form multiple flow channel paths and provide a uniform distribution of electrolytes throughout electrode sheets within electrochemical cells. Furthermore, uniform electrolyte distribution across electrode sheets may not only enhance battery performance, but also prevent zinc dendrites that may be formed in electrode sheets. The prevention of zinc dendrite growth in electrode sheets may increase operating lifetime of flow batteries. The disclosed internal header flow dividers may also be included within end caps of electrochemical cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ZBB Energy Corporation
    Inventor: Nathan Coad
  • Publication number: 20140139228
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one electrochemical cell having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, a reservoir configured to store an electrolyte and a mass distribution measuring device. The mass distribution measuring device includes at least one of a scale, a first pressure sensor located in a lower portion of the reservoir and a second pressure sensor located in an upper portion of the reservoir, or at least one strain gauge or load cell configured to measure a change a weight of the at least one electrochemical cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: PRIMUS POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Tennessen, Alissa Peterson, Paul Kreiner, Lauren Wessel Hart, Ryan Larsen, Jonathan Hall
  • Publication number: 20140141291
    Abstract: RFBs having solid hybrid electrodes can address at least the problems of active material consumption, electrode passivation, and metal electrode dendrite growth that can be characteristic of traditional batteries, especially those operating at high current densities. The RFBs each have a first half cell containing a first redox couple dissolved in a solution or contained in a suspension. The solution or suspension can flow from a reservoir to the first half cell. A second half cell contains the solid hybrid electrode, which has a first electrode connected to a second electrode, thereby resulting in an equipotential between the first and second electrodes. The first and second half cells are separated by a separator or membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Jie Xiao, Xiaoliang Wei, Jun Liu, Vincent L. Sprenkle
  • Patent number: 8722226
    Abstract: Redox flow devices are described including a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode current collector, and an ion-permeable membrane separating said positive and negative current collectors, positioned and arranged to define a positive electroactive zone and a negative electroactive zone; wherein at least one of said positive and negative electroactive zone comprises a flowable semi-solid composition comprising ion storage compound particles capable of taking up or releasing said ions during operation of the cell, and wherein the ion storage compound particles have a polydisperse size distribution in which the finest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume, is at least a factor of 5 smaller than the largest particles present in at least 5 vol % of the total volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: 24M Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yet-Ming Chiang, William Craig Carter, Mihai Duduta, Pimpa Limthongkul
  • Patent number: 8697267
    Abstract: The invention provides in various embodiments methods and systems relating to controlling energy storage units in flowing electrolyte batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Premium Power Corporation
    Inventors: Gary M. Colello, Dennis M. Darcy
  • Publication number: 20140065456
    Abstract: A sodium-halogen secondary cell that includes a negative electrode compartment housing a negative, sodium-based electrode and a positive electrode compartment housing a current collector disposed in a liquid positive electrode solution. The liquid positive electrode solution includes a halogen and/or a halide. The cell includes a sodium ion conductive electrolyte membrane that separates the negative electrode from the liquid positive electrode solution. Although in some cases, the negative sodium-based electrode is molten during cell operation, in other cases, the negative electrode includes a sodium electrode or a sodium intercalation carbon electrode that is solid during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Ceramates, Inc.
    Inventors: Sai Bhavaraju, Mathew Robins, Alexis Eccelston
  • Publication number: 20140038000
    Abstract: A metal flow-through battery is provided, with ion exchange membrane. The flow-through battery is primarily made up of an anode slurry, a cathode slurry, and a hydroxide (OH?) anion exchange membrane interposed between the anode slurry and the cathode slurry, The anode and cathode slurries are both aqueous slurries. The anode slurry includes a metal, and associated oxides, such as magnesium (Mg), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), or zinc (Zn). The cathode slurry includes a chemical agent such as nickel oxyhydroxide (NiOOH), nickel (II) hydroxide (Ni(OH)2), manganese oxide (MnO2), manganese (II) oxide (Mn2O3), iron (III) oxide (Fe2O3), iron (III) oxide (FeO), iron (III) hydroxide (Fe(OH)), or combinations of the above-referenced materials. A method is also provided for forming a voltage potential across a flow-through battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhao Lu, Jong-Jan Lee, Hidayat Kisdarjono
  • Publication number: 20130288090
    Abstract: An electrolyte mixing apparatus mixes lower-specific-gravity electrolyte with higher-specific-gravity electrolyte using inertial force generated when a vehicle starts to move and stops. The electrolyte mixing apparatus thus prevents the electrolyte in the battery from being formed in lower- and higher-specific-gravity layers according to specific gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GLOBAL BATTERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyu Hyeong LEE, Seung Bok PARK, Hyun Ryung KIM
  • Publication number: 20130273400
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a system for providing electric power during use. The battery pack system includes at least one cell carrier assembly configured to provide electric current during use. The cell carrier assembly has a substantially planar configuration. The battery pack system further includes a battery pack enclosure for housing the at least one cell carrier assembly. The battery pack enclosure has at least one wall with at least one channel sized to receive an edge of the cell carrier assembly to locate the cell carrier assembly at a location within the battery pack enclosure and provide a thermal pathway during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Louis Jack Musetti
  • Publication number: 20130260187
    Abstract: A battery for downhole use configured for fluid-based replenishment. The battery may include separate anode and cathode fluid tanks which may be refilled at various times throughout the life of the well. Upon coupling of a replenishment tool to the battery, it may be fully replenished in a matter of minutes. Further, the nature of the fluid tanks allows for decreased battery bulk in even as increase power and life are afforded due to overall tank volume. Thus, with minimal total intervention time, extended life and replenishable character may be achieved for a battery well suited for use in downhole environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kuo-Chiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20130202925
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid electrolyte battery having a mixing device (5), wherein the liquid electrolyte battery has a battery case (1), an electrode stack (2), an electrolyte having an electrolyte level (3), and a mixing device (5) and the mixing device (5) has the following characteristics: a channel plate (6) arranged vertically in the battery case (1) in the installed state, a drainage plate (7) arranged horizontally in the battery case in the installed state, and a hinge (8) connecting the channel plate (6) to the drainage plate (7), wherein the hinge (8) has a pivot angle that is dimensioned such that an electrode stack (2) can be inserted into the battery case (1) when the drainage plate (7) is pivoted upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: IQ Power Licensing AG
    Inventors: Charles Robert Sullivan, Steffen Tschirch
  • Publication number: 20130202924
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radiant heat plate and a battery cell module having the same. The radiant heat plate is interposed between battery cells. The radiant heat plate includes a high-thermal conductivity plate with excellent thermal conductivity and a composite sheet fixedly laminated on both surfaces of the high-thermal conductivity plate. Here, the composite sheet is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer composite filled with a high-thermal conductivity filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jin Woo Kwak, Kyong Hwa Song, Han Saem Lee, Byung Sam Choi
  • Patent number: 8450001
    Abstract: An electrochemical flow cell includes a permeable electrode, an impermeable electrode located adjacent to and spaced apart from the permeable electrode and a reaction zone electrolyte flow channel located between a first side of the permeable electrode and a first side of the impermeable electrode. The electrochemical flow cell also includes at least one electrolyte flow channel located adjacent to a second side of the permeable electrode, at least one central electrolyte flow conduit extending through a central portion of the permeable electrode and through a central portion of the impermeable electrode and at least one peripheral electrolyte flow inlet/outlet located in a peripheral portion of the electrochemical cell above or below the permeable electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Brad Kell, Rick Winter, Jonathan Hall
  • Publication number: 20130022846
    Abstract: An electrode structure of a vanadium redox flow battery is disclosed, which includes a proton-exchange membrane, two graphite papers, two graphite felt units, two pads, two graphite polar plates, two metal plates and a lock-fixing device which are symmetrically stacked in sequence from center to outside. wherein each graphite polar plate has the flow channels with a grooved structure, and each graphite felt unit is embedded in the flow channels of one of the graphite polar plates, and then the graphite felt units are covered by the graphite papers such that the different electrolytes flow in their corresponding flow channels. The storage tanks of vanadium electrolyte are connected through the connection pipelines, and the redox reaction is performed through the flows of the vanadium electrolyte. The electrode structure of the vanadium redox flow battery can be stacked for forming a large-scale electrode structure to increase the electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Mao-huang LIU, Kuan-yi Lee
  • Publication number: 20120328910
    Abstract: A flow battery and method of operating a flow battery. The flow battery includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a reaction zone located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The flow battery is configured with a first electrolyte flow configuration in charge mode and a second flow configuration in discharge mode. The first electrolyte flow configuration is at least partially different from the second electrolyte flow configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Primus Power Corporation
    Inventors: Gerardo Jose la O', Rick Winter, Jonathan L. Hall, Pallavi Pharkya, Paul Kreiner, Russell Cole
  • Patent number: 8293390
    Abstract: A cell stack (700) as provided enables a flowing electrolyte battery to have a reduced size and weight. The cell stack (700) includes a casing having a positive polarity end and a negative polarity end. A plurality of half cells (805) are inside the casing, and each half cell (805) includes an electrode plate (705), an adjacent separator plate (715), and at least one capillary tube (727) positioned between the electrode plate (705) and the adjacent separator plate (715). The capillary tube (727) has a first end extending outside of the half cell (805) and a second end located inside the half cell (805). At least one manifold (530) is in hydraulic communication with a plurality of capillary tube ends including the first end of the capillary tube (727) in each half cell (805). The capillary tube (727) in each half cell (805) enables electrolyte to circulate through the plurality of half cells (805) via the at least one manifold (530).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Redflow Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Alexander Rudolf Winter
  • Publication number: 20120208265
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a channel structure for a bioreactor, biochemical reactor, chemical reactor or a reformer comprising a plurality of individual layers stacked on one another and having a respective plurality of openings which pass completely through the respective individual layer and which are characterized in that at least two directly adjacent individual layers each have at least one layer section whose openings are arranged in the form of a pattern respectively regular in two dimensions and in that at least two of the layer sections provided with such a pattern in this manner of directly adjacent individual layers overlap at least in part, wherein the openings of the two at least partly overlapping layer sections are rotated and/or offset with respect to one another in the overlap region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Uwe Partsch, Marelke Schneider, Dorothea Maennel, Robert Jurk, Adrian Goldberg
  • Patent number: 8231993
    Abstract: A multi-walled tubing assembly includes an outer corrugated tube and an inner tube received in the outer tube, and may receive an insert. The inner tube is made from a resilient material. The outer tube is structurally rigid. The insert may be plain and used in conjunction with one or more adhesives. The insert may include a section with barbs or teeth which, once inserted into the inner tube, engage with the corrugations of the outer tube. Some embodiments result in a good seal and mechanically fix the tubing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Deeya Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Saroj Kumar Sahu, Suresh Kumar Natarajan, Bruce Conway