# US 10,374,230 B2 · Method of providing electricity to a vehicle

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- Number: US 10,374,230 B2
- Document ID: US10374230B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/476,103
- Filed: 2017-03-31
- Published: 2018-10-04
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-31
- Assignees: Arya Mangesh Bairat
- Applicants: Arya Mangesh Bairat
- Inventors: Arya Mangesh Bairat
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10374230B2

## CPC

- H01M 4/387: {Tin or alloys based on tin}
- B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
- H01M 4/583: Carbonaceous material, e.g. graphite-intercalation compounds or CFx
- H01M 10/36: Accumulators not provided for in groups H01M10/05-H01M10/34
- H01M 50/202: Casings or frames around the primary casing of a single cell or a single battery
- H01M 50/249: specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64)
- H01M 50/417: Polyolefins
- H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
- H01M 2300/0002: Aqueous electrolytes
- H01M 2300/0005: Acid electrolytes
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
- B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

Disclosed is a method of providing electricity to a vehicle comprising (1) providing an aqueous, ionic solution of carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, or a combination of the two, wherein the source of ions is an acid, an alkali metal salt, an alkaline earth metal salt, or a combination comprising one or more of the foregoing; (2) electrolyzing the aqueous, ionic solution to provide electricity, wherein the electrolysis process proceeds by the conversion of the carbon dioxide or carbonic acid to bicarbonate ions and carbonate ions; and (3) powering a vehicle with that electricity.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of providing electricity to a vehicle comprising (1) providing an aqueous, ionic solution of carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, or a combination of the two; (2) electrolyzing the aqueous, ionic solution to provide electricity, wherein the electrolysis process proceeds by the conversion of the carbon dioxide or carbonic acid to bicarbonate ions and carbonate ions; and (3) powering a vehicle with that electricity,
wherein energy used to run the electrolyzing step is from a solar cell,
wherein the source of the carbon dioxide or the carbonic acid in the aqueous, ionic solution is either by adding dry ice to water, or by adding carbon dioxide from a carbon capture unit to water,
wherein the source of ions is a combination of
citric acid, a graphite powder and cement glue electrode, and NaCl solution; or
citric acid, a graphite powder and cement glue electrode, and solid sodium chloride, and
wherein graphite is present in the aqueous, ionic solution during electrolysis.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An electrochemical cell for providing electricity according to the method of claim 1, wherein the electrochemical cell comprises a plurality of electrochemical structures present in a form of a voltaic pile system, each of the electrochemical structures comprising (a) at least one anode comprising a graphite rod or a graphite paint cement glue composite; (b) at least one cathode comprising tin-copper-silver solder; and (c) at least one electrolysis separator between each anode and the cathode, wherein the electrolysis separator is a combination of a low density polyethylene sheet acting as a dielectric and a metal mesh sieve, wherein the electrochemical cell initially contains the aqueous, acidic solution of carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, or a combination of the two, with the citric acid and the NaCl solution or solid sodium chloride present, wherein the electrolysis process proceeds by the conversion of the carbon dioxide or carbonic acid to bicarbonate ions and carbonate ions.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A vehicle equipped with one or more electrochemical cells of claim 2, wherein each electrochemical cell comprises twelve of the electrochemical structures.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

An electrical power station for vehicles equipped with one or more electrochemical cells of claim 2, wherein the electrical power station comprises two or more piles, each of the piles comprising six or more of the electrochemical structures connected in parallel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The electrochemical cell of claim 2, wherein the tin-copper-silver solder has dimensions 5.4 centimeters length ×1 millimeter diameter and the metal mesh sieve has dimensions 4 inches ×3 inches ×1 millimeter.

### Claim 6

An electrochemical cell for providing electricity to a vehicle, comprising a plurality of electrochemical structures present in a form of a voltaic pile system, each of the electrochemical structures comprising (a) at least one anode comprising a graphite rod or a graphite paint cement glue composite; (b) at least one cathode comprising tin-copper-silver solder; and (c) at least one electrolysis separator between each anode and the cathode, wherein the electrolysis separator is a combination of a low density polyethylene sheet acting as a dielectric and a metal mesh sieve, wherein the electrochemical cell initially contains an aqueous, acidic solution of carbon dioxide or carbonic acid, or a combination of the two, with citric acid and NaCl solution or solid sodium chloride present, wherein the electrolysis process proceeds by the conversion of the carbon dioxide or carbonic acid to bicarbonate ions and carbonate ions.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

A vehicle equipped with one or more electrochemical cells of claim 6, wherein each electrochemical cell comprises twelve of the electrochemical structures.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

An electrical power station for vehicles equipped with one or more electrochemical cells of claim 6, wherein the electrical power station comprises two or more piles, each of the piles comprising six or more of the electrochemical structures connected in parallel.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The electrochemical cell of claim 6, wherein the tin-copper-silver solder has dimensions 5.4 centimeters length ×1 millimeter diameter and the metal mesh sieve has dimensions 4 inches ×3 inches ×1 millimeter.