CN106611863A - Structure for preventing bipolar plate from being corroded in electric stack of redox flow battery - Google Patents

Structure for preventing bipolar plate from being corroded in electric stack of redox flow battery Download PDF

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CN106611863A
CN106611863A CN201510676675.2A CN201510676675A CN106611863A CN 106611863 A CN106611863 A CN 106611863A CN 201510676675 A CN201510676675 A CN 201510676675A CN 106611863 A CN106611863 A CN 106611863A
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Abstract

The invention relates to a corrosion prevention structure of a redox flow battery, in particular to a corrosion prevention structure of a bipolar plate in a redox flow battery. An electrolyte inlet/outlet is arranged on an electrode frame and communicates with a public pipeline, meanwhile, through holes are also arranged and communicate with the another pole electrolyte, an annular boss is arranged on the through hole, near to one side of the bipolar plate, of the electrode frame, the height of the annular boss is the same as the thickness of the bipolar plate, the through hole of the bipolar plate is placed on an edge of the annular boss and then is pressed on the other pole electrode frame, a negative electrolyte passes through a through hole of a positive electrode frame and the annular boss and then flows into the electrolyte inlet or the electrolyte outlet of a negative electrode frame, and a positive electrolyte passes through a through hole of the negative electrode frame and the annular boss and then flows into the electrolyte inlet or the electrolyte outlet of the positive electrode frame. By the corrosion prevention structure, an electrolyte in the public pipeline is prevented from being in contact with the bipolar plate, a corrosion phenomenon is fundamentally prevented, and the reliability of the electric stack is prevented.

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A kind of structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding in flow cell pile
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of anti-corrosion structure of flow battery, more particularly to bipolar in flow battery The anti-corrosion structure of plate.
Background technology
At present, the whole world is faced with shortage of resources, and the nervous situation of energy supply significantly limit complete Ball expanding economy.Develop the climax that efficient regenerative resource has welcome development in this context. But the intrinsic discontinuity of regenerative resource and anti-peak-shaving capability cause its extensive when accessing electrical network pairs Electrical network causes huge impact, thus it is a kind of regenerative resource it is grid-connected with intelligent grid in the middle of buffering Technology has been mentioned the forward position of electric power network technique transition.Energy storage technology obtains more next as the buffer technology More concerns, wherein flow battery as electrochemical energy storage device welcome technological innovation in recent years with And the great development of industrialization, various flow battery technologies are had at present by commercialization, including all-vanadium flow Battery, zinc-bromine flow battery etc..Flow battery is because of its innate advantage:Power and energy decoupling, it is special Not Shi He extensive energy storage application.
One distinguishing feature of flow battery is that reactant is decoupled with power apparatus, carries the electricity of reactant Solution liquid is flowed into by circulating pump and participate in the middle of battery reaction, and product is being flowed out by battery, returns to liquid storage In tank, so move in circles.The monocell of flow battery is by cell end plate, collector plate, anode electrode Frame, anode electrode, ion exchange membrane, negative electrode, negative electrode frame, collector plate and cell end plate Order assembles, and the leakage of electrolyte is then prevented by the bolt presses on end plate.In practical application In, often constitute flow cell pile to meet the demand of high-power discharge and recharge.Pile is in monocell On the basis of be connected with bipolar plates between multiple monocells, then be cascaded by the way of pressure filter Composition pile.In flow cell pile, electrolyte evenly distributing between each battery becomes difference In the key factor of other battery piles, thus electrolysis is all devised in most flow cell pile The branch line of liquid common line and electrolyte.Common line by every batteries positive and negative electrode electrode frame, Through hole even in bipolar plates and ion exchange membrane combines to be formed.The axis of its pipeline often parallel to The thickness direction of above-mentioned pile component;Branch line is mostly designed in positive and negative electrode electrode frame, mainly Responsible electrolyte evenly distributing in the electrodes.
Due to the cell voltage difference between the conducting solution in common line and each monocell, public pipe Often formed in road in sectional area, length and the pile of leakage current, its size and common line The joint number of monocell is relevant.The electricity in the through hole section and common line of common line is constituted in bipolar plates Solution liquid phase contact.The material for constituting bipolar plates is often that graphite, carbon composite or acid and alkali-resistance are rotten The metal of erosion, leakage current can lure that the through hole section on bipolar plate thickness occurs oxidation reaction into, make Soften into bipolar plates burn into, in turn result in pile leakage.
The content of the invention
In order to solve the etching problem of bipolar plates in above-mentioned flow battery, the invention provides a kind of liquid stream The structure of battery, by arranging annular boss in the electrode frame of bipolar plates through hole side, by bipolar plates Through hole be placed in the outer rim of annular boss, then press and upper another pole electrode frame.Electrolyte is through electricity The inlet or liquid outlet of pole frame flows into or out electrode frame, by the common line stream in pile Cross the through hole that the annular boss arranged in electrode frame flows directly into another pole, it is to avoid in common line Contact of the electrolyte with bipolar plates, fundamentally prevents the generation of corrosion phenomenon, improves pile Reliability.
To reach above-mentioned purpose, the technical solution used in the present invention is:
The structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding in the flow cell pile:Flow cell pile part includes Anode electrode frame, negative electrode frame and bipolar plates therein are sandwiched in, anode electrode frame is provided with negative pole Electrolyte common line through hole, anode electrode frame are provided with what is be connected with anode electrolyte common line Anode electrolyte inlet and liquid outlet, negative electrode frame are provided with anode electrolyte common line through hole, Negative electrode frame is provided with the electrolyte liquid inlet that is connected with electrolyte liquid common line and is gone out Liquid mouth, bipolar plates are provided with anode electrolyte common line and electrolyte liquid common line through hole.
Ring-type convex is provided with the edge of anode electrode frame through hole, ring-type convex is located at positive electrical , on the surface of bipolar plates side, through hole is in the anode electrode frame surface near bipolar plates side for pole frame Projection positioned at ring-type convex hollow region, ring-type convex is along perpendicular to anode electrode frame surface direction Height be equal to bipolar plate thickness;Ring-type convex is provided with the edge of negative electrode frame through hole, Ring-type convex is located at negative electrode frame on the surface of bipolar plates side, and through hole is near bipolar plates one The negative electrode frame surface of side projection positioned at ring-type convex hollow region, ring-type convex along perpendicular to The height of negative electrode frame surface direction is equal to bipolar plate thickness;
Bipolar plates are clipped between anode electrode frame and negative electrode frame, and in bipolar plates the shape of through hole and Four the week side of boss of the corresponding anode electrode frame upper annular convex of size and negative electrode frame upper annular convex The shape and size of wall are mutually surely closed.
In the described structure for preventing bipolar plates corrosion, the through hole of electrolyte liquid Jing anode electrode frames and The electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of negative electrode frame are flowed to after ring-type convex;Anode electrolyte Jing bears The electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of anode electrode frame are flowed to after the through hole and ring-type convex of pole electrode frame, Electrolyte is not contacted with the through hole edge of bipolar plates.
In the described structure for preventing bipolar plates corrosion, bipolar plates are positioned over into the positive electrical with platform On pole frame or negative electrode frame, the through hole in bipolar plates is placed on ring-type convex outer rim, places another afterwards One negative electrode frame or anode electrode frame, make another negative electrode frame of bipolar plates correspondence or positive electrical Electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet on the frame of pole, is completed.
In the described structure for preventing bipolar plates corrosion, anode electrode frame, negative electrode frame and bipolar Between plate can it is gluing connect or hot pressing connects by way of be brought into close contact together.Bipolar plates are stone The poor metal material of black plate, carbon composite plate or anti-corrosion capability.Positive pole or negative electrode frame Receptacle material be polyethylene, polypropylene or polrvinyl chloride.
The invention has the advantages that:
1. the present invention has completely cut off electrolyte contact with bipolar plates through hole section in common line, effectively anti- Stop the generation of electrochemical corrosion, improve the reliability of pile.
2. present configuration is simple, low cost, it is easy to machining control, throws without the equipment of complex and expensive Money.
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Fig. 1 is the electrode frame structure in the flow cell pile of the present invention.
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Embodiment:
Anode electrode frame, the structure of negative electrode frame and bipolar plates and the cooperation for being adopted is as follows:It is bipolar Plate is located between positive and negative electrode electrode frame.Anode electrode frame is provided with electrolyte liquid common line through hole, And it is provided with the anode electrolyte inlet and liquid outlet being connected with anode electrolyte common line;Relatively Answer, negative electrode frame is provided with anode electrolyte common line through hole, and is provided with and electrolyte liquid Electrolyte liquid inlet and liquid outlet that common line is connected, bipolar plates are provided with anode electrolyte Common line and electrolyte liquid common line through hole.In anode electrode frame towards the logical of bipolar plates side The edge in hole is provided with ring-type convex;Negative electrode frame towards bipolar plates side through hole four Ring-type convex is provided with circumferential edges.The ring-type convex arranged in positive and negative electrode electrode frame is along perpendicular to negative pole The height of electrode frame surface direction is equal to bipolar plate thickness.Bipolar plates are clipped in anode electrode frame and negative pole Between electrode frame, and in bipolar plates through hole the corresponding anode electrode frame upper annular of shape and size The shape and size of four the week side of boss walls of convex and negative electrode frame upper annular convex are mutually surely closed.
Bipolar plates are positioned on the anode electrode frame with platform or negative electrode frame, in bipolar plates Through hole be placed on ring-type convex outer rim, place another negative electrode frame or anode electrode frame afterwards, make Electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet on another negative electrode frame of bipolar plates correspondence or anode electrode frame, It is completed.In pile running, the through hole and ring-type convex of electrolyte liquid Jing anode electrode frames The electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of negative electrode frame are flowed to afterwards;Anode electrolyte Jing negative electrode frames Through hole and ring-type convex after flow to the electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet of anode electrode frame, electrolyte Do not contact with the through hole edge of bipolar plates.
The all-vanadium flow battery pile of 1kW is assembled using the structure, pile is made up of 10 batteries, Ion exchange membrane is Nafion115, and its performance data is:Pile coulombic efficiency 94.1%, voltage efficiency 85.6%, energy efficiency 80.5%.Discovery bipolar plates through hole edge is disassembled after 1500 circulations Corrosion is had no, is illustrated that the structure can prevent the generation of electrochemical corrosion well, is improved pile reliability.

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1. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding in a kind of flow cell pile, flow cell pile part bag Include anode electrode frame, negative electrode frame and be sandwiched in bipolar plates therein, anode electrode frame is provided with negative Pole electrolyte common line through hole, anode electrode frame are provided with and are connected with anode electrolyte common line Anode electrolyte inlet and liquid outlet, negative electrode frame be provided with anode electrolyte common line lead to Hole, negative electrode frame are provided with the electrolyte liquid inlet being connected with electrolyte liquid common line And liquid outlet, bipolar plates are provided with anode electrolyte common line and electrolyte liquid common line through hole; It is characterized in that:
Ring-type convex is provided with the edge of anode electrode frame through hole, ring-type convex is located at positive electrical , on the surface of bipolar plates side, through hole is in the anode electrode frame surface near bipolar plates side for pole frame Projection positioned at ring-type convex hollow region, ring-type convex is along perpendicular to anode electrode frame surface direction Height be equal to bipolar plate thickness;
Ring-type convex is provided with the edge of negative electrode frame through hole, ring-type convex is located at negative electricity , on the surface of bipolar plates side, through hole is in the negative electrode frame surface near bipolar plates side for pole frame Projection positioned at ring-type convex hollow region, ring-type convex is along perpendicular to negative electrode frame surface direction Height be equal to bipolar plate thickness;
Bipolar plates are clipped between anode electrode frame and negative electrode frame, and in bipolar plates the shape of through hole and Four the week side of boss of the corresponding anode electrode frame upper annular convex of size and negative electrode frame upper annular convex The shape and size of wall are mutually surely closed.
2. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that:
Electrolyte liquid flows to the electrolysis of negative electrode frame Jing after the through hole and ring-type convex of anode electrode frame Liquid inlet or liquid outlet;Anode electrolyte is flowed to Jing after the through hole and ring-type convex of negative electrode frame The electrolyte inlet of anode electrode frame or liquid outlet, electrolyte through hole edge not with bipolar plates Contact.
3. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that:Will be bipolar Plate is positioned on the anode electrode frame with platform or negative electrode frame, and the through hole in bipolar plates is placed on Ring-type convex outer rim, places another negative electrode frame or anode electrode frame afterwards, makes bipolar plates correspondence Electrolyte inlet or liquid outlet on another negative electrode frame or anode electrode frame, is completed.
4. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that:Positive electrical Between pole frame, negative electrode frame and bipolar plates can it is gluing connect or hot pressing connects by way of it is tight It is closely connected to be combined.
5. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that:Bipolar plates For the metal material that graphite cake, carbon composite plate or anti-corrosion capability are poor.
6. the structure for preventing bipolar plates from corroding as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that:Positive pole or The receptacle material of person's negative electrode frame is polyethylene, polypropylene or polrvinyl chloride.
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