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US 4,063,006 AGranted
High power battery with liquid depolarizer
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorFrancis G. Murphy
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Abstract
Liquid oxychlorides are fed to a cathode chamber in an aqueous electrolyte attery. The oxychlorides flow through a porous carbon electrode. At the electrode the oxychlorides are reduced and the reaction products dissolve in an aqueous electrolyte flowing by the face of the carbon electrode opposite to that in which the oxychlorides are introduced. Metal standoffs connect to the porous electrode for use as conductors while maintaining spacing in the cathode chamber.
Claims6
A sea water battery comprising:
- a solid anode;
- a porous flow through cathode;
- an entrance chamber adjacent to one side of said cathode;
- an electrolyte chamber adjacent to the other side of said cathode and one side of said anode;
- first means adapted for supplying reactant through said entrance chamber and said porous flow through cathode to said electrolyte chamber;
- second means adapted for supplying an aqueous electrolyte to said electrolyte chamber;
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- third means adapted for removing spent reaction products from said chamber.
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