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US 2026/0290861 A1Published application
Electrochemical cell
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsAqil Jamal, Alexey Izgorodin
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Abstract
An inlet stream is flowed to an electrical cell assembly disposed within a housing. The electrochemical cell assembly includes electrochemical cells. An incompressible adhesive hermetically seals the electrochemical cells within the housing to prevent the electrochemical cells from being exposed to pressure that is external to the incompressible adhesive. The inlet stream interacts with an electrolyte of at least one of the electrochemical cells in a reduction-oxidation reaction to produce an outlet stream. The outlet stream is discharged from the housing.
Claims17
An electrochemical cell assembly comprising:
- a first separator;
- a second separator, wherein the first separator and the second separator define a fluid compartment of an electrochemical cell between the first separator and the second separator, wherein the fluid compartment has a positive compartment and a negative compartment;
- a positive electrode within the positive compartment;
- a negative electrode within the negative compartment;
- a housing defining a fluid port, a first electrical port, and a second electrical port;
- a flow manifold in fluid communication with the fluid compartment;
- a coupler comprising:
- a fluid conduit for fluid communication between the fluid port and the flow manifold;
- a first electrical conduit electrically connecting the first electrical port to the positive electrode;
- and
- a second electrical conduit electrically connecting the second electrical port to the negative electrode;
- and
- an incompressible adhesive disposed between the electrochemical cell and the housing.
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A method comprising:
- flowing an inlet stream to an electrochemical cell assembly comprising a plurality of electrochemical cells disposed within a housing defining a fluid port, a first electrical port, and a second electrical port, wherein the inlet stream is flowed into the fluid port of the housing;
- hermetically sealing, by an incompressible adhesive, the plurality of electrochemical cells within the housing to prevent the plurality of electrochemical cells from being exposed to pressure that is external to the incompressible adhesive;
- flowing the inlet stream from the fluid port through a fluid conduit disposed within a coupler disposed within the housing;
- distributing, by a flow manifold in fluid communication with the fluid conduit, the inlet stream to at least one of the plurality of electrochemical cells, wherein the inlet stream interacts with an electrolyte of the at least one of the plurality of electrochemical cells in a reduction-oxidation reaction to produce an outlet stream;
- and
- discharging the outlet stream from the housing.
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A method comprising:
- placing an electrochemical cell assembly within a housing, wherein the electrochemical cell assembly comprises a plurality of electrochemical cells, a flow manifold, and a coupler comprising a fluid conduit, a first electrical conduit, and a second electrical conduit, wherein the housing defines a fluid port, a first electrical port, and a second electrical port, wherein the fluid conduit of the coupler is configured to be fluidically coupled to the fluid port of the housing, wherein the first electrical conduit of the coupler is configured to be electrically coupled to the first electrical port of the housing, wherein the second electrical conduit of the coupler is configured to be electrically coupled to the second electrical port of the housing;
- placing an incompressible adhesive within the housing, such that an annular space defined between the plurality of electrochemical cells and the housing is at least partially filled with the incompressible adhesive, and the plurality of electrochemical cells are surrounded by the incompressible adhesive;
- and
- hermetically sealing, by the incompressible adhesive, the plurality of electrochemical cells to prevent the plurality of electrochemical cells from being exposed to pressure that is external to the incompressible adhesive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.