Contamination mitigation system for use in an electrolysis system
AssigneeNew Hydrogen IP, LLC
InventorJean St-Pierre
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Abstract
An electrolysis system includes an electrolyzer stack and a contamination mitigation system. The electrolyzer stack includes an injection port fluidly connected with a cathode compartment of the electrolyzer stack. The contamination mitigation system is configured to remove ions from the electrolyzer stack to mitigate ion contamination in the electrolyzer stack. The contamination mitigation system includes a storage tank including formic acid therein and an injection line fluidly coupled between the storage tank and the injection port. The injection line is configured to direct the formic acid from the storage tank to the injection port for injection into the cathode compartment of the electrolyzer stack.
Claims20
An electrolysis system comprising:
- an electrolyzer stack including an injection port fluidly connected with a cathode compartment of the electrolyzer stack, and
- a contamination mitigation system configured to remove ions from the electrolyzer stack to mitigate ion contamination in the electrolyzer stack, the contamination mitigation system including a storage tank including formic acid therein, an injection line fluidly coupled between the storage tank and the injection port, and a pump coupled to the injection line and configured to direct the formic acid to the injection port from the storage tank for injection into the cathode compartment of the electrolyzer stack.
A method comprising:
- providing an electrolyzer stack including an injection port fluidly connected with a cathode compartment of the electrolyzer stack,
- injecting formic acid into the cathode compartment of the electrolyzer stack via the injection port, and
- removing ions from the electrolyzer stack via the formic acid to mitigate ion contamination in the electrolyzer stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.