Process for disposing of sodium sulfur cells
AssigneeNGK Insulators, Ltd.
InventorsTomonori Tsuchimoto, Katsuichi Iwata, Yoshihiko Kurashima
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Abstract
A process for disposing of sodium sulfur cells, comprising the steps of: cross-cutting each of the cells to form an opening; setting a plurality of the cells, as one set, into a work-setting pipe unit such that the opening of each of the cells is downwardly directed; flowing down sodium from a set of the cells inside a heating oil through the opening by heating; inserting pawls of a chuck into an inner tube of each of a plurality of the cells through the opening and a bottom of the work-setting pipe unit; and extracting the inner tube from an outer tube in each of the cells.
Claims2
A process for disposing of sodium sulfur cells, said process comprising the steps of:
- (A) cross-cutting each of said sodium sulfur cells to form an opening;
- (B) setting a plurality of said sodium sulfur cells, as one set, into a work-setting pipe unit such that said opening of each of said sodium sulfur cells is downwardly directed;
- (C) flowing down sodium from each of the sodium sulfur cells inside a heating oil through said opening by heating;
- (D) inserting pawls of a chuck into an inner tube of each of a plurality of said sodium sulfur cells through said opening and a bottom of said work-setting pipe unit;
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- (E) extracting said inner tube from an outer tube in each of said sodium sulfur cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.