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US 2010/0136455 A1Published application
Common Module Stack Component Design
OwnerRick Winterinventor
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Abstract
A stack for use in a flow battery, the stack comprising an odd number of interior elements positioned between two end elements, the two end elements each including an electrode, and the odd number of interior elements including membrane elements alternating with electrode elements, wherein the membrane elements include an interior frame and a membrane, the electrode elements include the interior frame and an electrode, wherein the interior frame is rotated by 180° from the frame of the membrane elements.
Claims16
A stack in a flow battery, the stack comprising:
- interior elements positioned between two end elements, the two end elements each including an electrode, and the interior elements including membrane elements alternating with electrode elements,
- wherein the membrane elements include a membrane bonded to a membrane frame, and the electrode elements include an electrode bonded to an electrode frame, the membrane frame and the electrode frame both being identical interior frames, and
- wherein the membrane frame and the electrode frame are positioned such that the membrane frame is rotated by 180° from the electrode frame.
A method for assembling a stack for use in a flow battery, the method comprising:
- assembling two end elements, the two end elements each including an electrode;
- assembling membrane elements, the membrane elements each including a membrane bonded to a membrane frame,
- assembling electrode elements, the electrode elements each including an electrode bonded to an electrode frame, both the membrane frame and the electrode frame being identical interior frames;
- positioning the interior elements between the two end elements with membrane elements alternating with electrode elements and with membrane frames positioned opposite by a rotation of 180° from electrode frames;
- and
- coupling the stack together.
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