Tubular flow battery design having solid anode body
AssigneeThe Sun Company Americas, Inc.
InventorsJoley Dale Michaelson, Kevin Philip Meagher, David Brian Jackson
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Abstract
A cylindrical reactor for a flow battery includes a solid anode body with through-holes through which hollow membrane tubes extend. The hollow membrane tubes surround cathodic wires. A first electrolyte is pumped in from a first electrolyte tank between the cathodic wires and the hollow membrane tubes, while a second electrolyte is pumped in from a second electrolyte tank between the hollow membrane tubes and the surrounding portion of the solid anode body. Redox half reactions between the first electrolyte and the second electrolyte are thereby able to happen across the hollow membrane tubes.
Claims20
A flow battery reactor, comprising:
- a solid anode body including a plurality of through-holes;
- a plurality of hollow membrane tubes extending through the plurality of through-holes;
- a plurality of cathode wires extending through the plurality of hollow membrane tubes;
- a first electrolyte intake configured to receive a first electrolyte, wherein the first electrolyte flows between interior surfaces of the plurality of through-holes and the plurality of hollow membrane tubes;
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- a second electrolyte intake configured to receive a second electrolyte, wherein the second electrolyte flows between the plurality of hollow membrane tubes and the plurality of cathode wires.
A flow battery reactor, comprising:
- an outer shell surrounding a solid anode body, wherein the solid anode body includes a plurality of through-holes;
- a plurality of hollow membrane tubes extending through the plurality of through-holes;
- a plurality of cathode wires extending through the plurality of hollow membrane tubes connected to a cathode contact extending from a first end of the reactor;
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- an anode contact connected to the solid anode body extending from a second end of the reactor.
A flow battery reactor, comprising:
- a solid anode body, wherein the solid anode body includes a plurality of through-holes;
- a plurality of hollow membrane tubes extending through the plurality of through-holes;
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- a plurality of cathode wires extending through the plurality of hollow membrane tubes;
- wherein the solid anode body comprises zinc;
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- wherein the plurality of cathode wires includes carbon fiber and/or carbon nanotube wires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.