Liquid electrolyte fuel cell
AssigneeAquarius Technologies Inc.
InventorsMikhail Rudolfovich Predtechensky, Vladimir Eliferievich Nakoriakov, Igor Borisovich Kouznetsov, Lev Semyonovich Tchernoy, Andrey Nikolaevich Smal, Nikolay Vasilyevich Guelfond
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Abstract
The invention relates to fuel cells. Fuel cells are devices which transform chemical power in to electrical power. The subject fuel cells are of simpler structure and lower cost than those previously known. The subject fuel cells include a housing chamber containing molten carbonates and two electrodes at least partially immersed in said molten carbonates. The electrodes comprise an internal working space and have pores dimensioned so that gas is kept within the electrode by capillary forces.
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A fuel cell comprising:
- a housing chamber;
- molten carbonates being disposed within said housing chamber;
- a first electrode at least partially immersed in said molten carbonates, said first electrode having an internal working space and having pores dimensioned so that gas is kept within the internal working space of said first electrode and said molten carbonates are kept outside the internal working space of said first electrode by capillary forces;
- a second electrode at least partially immersed in said molten carbonates, said second electrode having an internal working space and having pores dimensioned so that gas is kept within the internal working space of said second electrode and said molten carbonates are kept outside the internal working space of said second electrode by capillary forces;
- a fuel gas supply connected to said first electrode;
- an oxidizing gas supply connected to said second electrode.
A fuel cell comprising:
- a housing chamber;
- molten carbonates being disposed within said housing chamber;
- a first electrode at least partially immersed in said molten carbonates, said first electrode having an internal working space and having pores dimensioned so that gas is kept within the internal working space of said first electrode and said molten carbonates are kept outside the internal working space of said first electrode by capillary forces, and said first electrode is an anode;
- a second electrode at least partially immersed in said molten carbonates, said second electrode having an internal working space and having pores dimensioned so that gas is kept within the internal working space of said second electrode and said molten carbonates are kept outside the internal working space of said second electrode by capillary forces;
- a fuel gas supply connected to said first electrode;
- an oxidizing gas supply connected to said second electrode.
A fuel cell comprising:
- a housing chamber;
- molten carbonates being disposed within said housing chamber;
- a first electrode at least partially immersed in said molten carbonates, said first electrode having an internal working space and having pores dimensioned so that gas is kept within the internal working space of said first electrode and said molten carbonates are kept outside the internal working space of said first electrode by capillary forces;
- a second electrode at least partially immersed in said molten carbonates, said second electrode having an internal working space and having pores dimensioned so that gas is kept within the internal working space of said second electrode and said molten carbonates are kept outside the internal working space of said second electrode by capillary forces, and said second electrode is a cathode;
- a fuel gas supply connected to said first electrode;
- an oxidizing gas supply connected to said second electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.