US 11,309,589 B1 · Motion-generating pumps for desulfation of lead-acid batteries

Abstract

The present disclosure pertains to motion-generating pumps, energy storage devices including such motion-generating pumps, and methods of making and using the same for the desulfation of lead-acid batteries. The energy storage device includes a battery casing defining a plurality of chambers, each of the plurality of chambers may include one or more electroactive plates disposed therein and an electrolyte disposed so as to surround the one or more electroactive plates. The energy storage device further includes one or more circulating systems configured to agitate the electrolyte in each of the plurality of chambers. A method for desulfation in a lead-acid battery may include using one or more circulating systems to circulate an electrolyte so as to prevent precipitation.

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Dependent claims

A method for desulfation in a lead-acid battery, the method comprising:

circulating an electrolyte using one or more circulating systems that are in communication with the electrolyte,
wherein the lead-acid battery comprises one or more electroactive plates disposed within a casing and the electrolyte is disposed within the casing and surrounds the electroactive plates, and
wherein the lead-acid battery comprises a control module, the control module being configured to actuate the one or more circulating systems for a predetermined number of circulation cycles or a first predetermined time period, and following the actuation and elapse of the first predetermined number of circulation cycles or the first predetermined time period, the control module is configured to maintain the one or more circulating systems in a non-motion state for a second predetermined time period.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Motion-generating pumps for desulfation of lead-acid batteries

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