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US 2022/0037683 A1Published application
Cavern battery bank
AssigneesWestenergie AG, RWE Gas Storage West GmbH
InventorGuido Neuhaus
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Abstract
A battery bank for a redox flow battery having a cavity in which electrolyte is stored, wherein the electrolyte is provided for supply to one or more redox flow cells, wherein the cavity is a cavern.
Claims22
A battery bank for a redox flow battery, comprising:
- a cavity in which electrolyte is stored, wherein the electrolyte is provided for supply to one or more redox flow cells, wherein the cavity is a salt dome cavern.
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A redox flow battery comprising:
- one or more redox flow cells;
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- at least two battery banks for supplying the one or more redox flow cells with electrolyte, wherein at least one of the at least two battery banks comprises a cavity in which the electrolyte is stored, wherein the cavity is a salt dome cavern.
A method for producing at least one battery bank for a redox flow battery, comprising:
- disposing a first electrolyte in a first cavity for storing electrolyte, wherein the first cavity is a first salt dome cavern.
Use of a cavern as a battery bank for accommodating electrolyte for a redox flow battery, wherein the cavern is a salt dome cavern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.