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US 2019/0355965 A1Published application
Molten fluid electrode apparatus
AssigneeVissers Battery Corporation
InventorDaniel R. Vissers
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Abstract
A battery includes negative electrode material and positive electrode material where the materials are in a solid phase except for selected portions that are heated to transform the selected portions into a fluid. The fluid portion of negative electrode material is directed to a negative electrode region of a reaction chamber and the fluid portion of positive electrode material is directed to a positive electrode region of the reaction chamber where a solid electrolyte containing ions of the negative electrode separates the positive electrode region from the negative electrode region.
Claims27
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of negative electrode reservoirs configured to contain a negative electrode material;
- a plurality of positive electrode reservoirs configured to contain a positive electrode material;
- a heating system configured to heat negative electrode material within a selected negative electrode reservoir of the plurality of negative electrode reservoirs to maintain the negative electrode material contained in the selected negative electrode reservoir in a fluid state and configured to heat positive electrode material in a selected positive electrode reservoir to maintain the positive electrode material contained in the selected positive electrode reservoir in the fluid state while maintaining, in a non-fluid state, negative electrode material in a non-selected negative electrode reservoir and positive electrode material in a non-selected positive electrode reservoir;
- a reaction chamber comprising a solid electrolyte positioned in the reaction chamber to form a positive electrode region on a first side of the solid electrolyte and to form a negative electrode region on a second side of the solid electrolyte, the reaction chamber configured to receive fluid negative electrode material in the negative electrode region from the selected negative electrode reservoir and to receive fluid positive electrode material in the positive electrode region from the selected positive electrode reservoir.
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A method comprising:
- selectively heating a portion of a negative electrode material to maintain the portion of negative electrode material into a fluid state while at least one other portion of the negative electrode remains in a non-fluid state;
- selectively heating a portion of a positive electrode material to maintain the portion of positive electrode material into a fluid state while at least one other portion of the positive electrode remains in a non-fluid state;
- directing the portion of fluid negative electrode material to a negative electrode region of a reaction chamber;
- directing the portion of fluid positive electrode material to a positive electrode region of the reaction chamber, the negative electrode region separated from the positive electrode region by a solid electrolyte.
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A thermal battery comprising:
- a negative electrode material comprising a portion of negative electrode material in a fluid state and a portion of negative electrode material in a non-fluid state;
- a positive electrode material comprising a portion of positive electrode material in the fluid state and a portion of positive electrode material in the non-fluid state;
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- a reaction chamber comprising a solid electrolyte positioned in the reaction chamber to form a positive electrode region on a first side of the solid electrolyte and to form a negative electrode region on a second side of the solid electrolyte, the positive electrode region containing at least some of the portion of positive electrode material in the fluid state, the negative electrode region containing at least some of the portion of negative electrode material in the fluid state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.