GB822086A - Improvements relating to electrical batteries - Google Patents

Improvements relating to electrical batteries

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GB822086A
GB822086A GB14220/57A GB1422057A GB822086A GB 822086 A GB822086 A GB 822086A GB 14220/57 A GB14220/57 A GB 14220/57A GB 1422057 A GB1422057 A GB 1422057A GB 822086 A GB822086 A GB 822086A
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hydrogen
pipe
battery
steam
electrolyte
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GB14220/57A
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Francis Thomas Bacon
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National Research Development Corp UK
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National Research Development Corp UK
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Priority to GB14220/57A priority Critical patent/GB822086A/en
Priority to FR1207447D priority patent/FR1207447A/en
Priority to CH5909358A priority patent/CH367538A/en
Priority to DEN15030A priority patent/DE1067490B/en
Publication of GB822086A publication Critical patent/GB822086A/en
Priority to US20691A priority patent/US3002039A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/04—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
    • H01M8/04082—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration
    • H01M8/04089—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
    • H01M8/04119—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants with simultaneous supply or evacuation of electrolyte; Humidifying or dehumidifying
    • H01M8/04156—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants with simultaneous supply or evacuation of electrolyte; Humidifying or dehumidifying with product water removal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/04—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
    • H01M8/04082—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration
    • H01M8/04089—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants
    • H01M8/04097—Arrangements for control of reactant parameters, e.g. pressure or concentration of gaseous reactants with recycling of the reactants
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
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  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
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  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Fuel Cell (AREA)
  • Hybrid Cells (AREA)

Abstract

822,086. Fuel batteries. NATIONAL RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. April 25, 1958 [May 3, 1957], No. 14220/57. Class 53. An hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell having porous electrodes in which the difference in pressure between the gases and the electrolyte is balanced by capillary attraction in the pores of the electrodes, is provided with a hydrogen circulation system including a condenser for the steam carried by the hydrogen, the condensed water being periodically released by a valve controlled by the difference in pressure between the electrolyte and the hydrogen. Fig. 1 shows a battery of fuel cells which may be of the kind described in Specification 667,298. The battery is divided by a distributer plate 2 containing openings for the ingress of the gases and electrolyte and removal of waste products. Hydrogen is supplied to the battery through a pipe 3 and is circulated by a pump 6 through a return pipe 5. Hydrogen leaving the battery emerges through a pipe 25 into a condenser 26 from which it leaves by a pipe 27 leading to the pump 6. The battery works at a temperature of about 200‹ C. and the circulating hydrogen carries steam which condenses in the condenser 26. When the condensate reaches the pipes 25, 27 it closes them and the circulation of hydrogen ceases. Oxygen is supplied through a pipe 10, and electrolyte is supplied through pipes 12, 15 and circulated through a pipe 14. The circuit for the electrolyte also includes a pipe 18 leading to the upper side of a diaphragm 30 in a control valve 19. The lower side of the diaphragm is subjected to the pressure of the hydrogen which is conveyed through the pipe 31. The difference in the pressures on the two sides of the diaphragm is balanced by an adjustable spring 32. A valve 41 is connected to the diaphragm and opens to allow water to flow from the condenser 26 to the atmosphere through a steam trap 45 when the pressure in the pipe 31 is reduced owing to the closing of the pipes 25, 27 by condensed steam. If steam is condensed at a greater rate than the formation of water in the battery, some of the condensate is released by the valve 19, the remainder being circulated round the exterior of the battery to act as cooling water and being returned as steam to the oxygen electrodes through pipes, (not shown). A circulating system may also be provided for the oxygen.
GB14220/57A 1957-05-03 1957-05-03 Improvements relating to electrical batteries Expired GB822086A (en)

Priority Applications (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB14220/57A GB822086A (en) 1957-05-03 1957-05-03 Improvements relating to electrical batteries
FR1207447D FR1207447A (en) 1957-05-03 1958-05-02 Improvements to electric batteries
CH5909358A CH367538A (en) 1957-05-03 1958-05-02 Hydrogen and oxygen cell
DEN15030A DE1067490B (en) 1957-05-03 1958-05-03 Hydrogen-oxygen fuel element
US20691A US3002039A (en) 1957-05-03 1960-04-07 Electrical batteries

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GB14220/57A GB822086A (en) 1957-05-03 1957-05-03 Improvements relating to electrical batteries

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GB822086A true GB822086A (en) 1959-10-21

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DE (1) DE1067490B (en)
FR (1) FR1207447A (en)
GB (1) GB822086A (en)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1163932B (en) * 1960-01-25 1964-02-27 Nat Res Dev Hydrogen circulation system for a hydrogen-oxygen fuel element operating at an elevated temperature
US3220937A (en) * 1960-01-08 1965-11-30 Varta Ag Process and apparatus for operating porous gas diffusion electrodes under variating pressure with back coupling of pressure
CN108899616A (en) * 2018-08-22 2018-11-27 上海钧旺汽车技术有限公司 A kind of start-up and shut-down control device of aluminum-air battery electric power generation reaction
CN111509268A (en) * 2020-04-23 2020-08-07 大连交通大学 Hydrogen zero-emission humidification-free fuel cell fuel processing system

Families Citing this family (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
BE609223A (en) * 1960-10-17
BE625440A (en) * 1961-11-30
BE625438A (en) * 1961-11-30
DE1596311C2 (en) * 1966-12-14 1971-05-27 Varta Ag Process for the condensation of water of reaction in the gas cycle and for the discharge of the inert gases in a fuel battery
DE1671988B1 (en) * 1967-07-26 1972-02-03 Varta Ag METHOD OF OPERATING POROESE OXYGEN DIFFUSION ELECTRODES IN FUEL ELEMENTS

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3220937A (en) * 1960-01-08 1965-11-30 Varta Ag Process and apparatus for operating porous gas diffusion electrodes under variating pressure with back coupling of pressure
DE1163932B (en) * 1960-01-25 1964-02-27 Nat Res Dev Hydrogen circulation system for a hydrogen-oxygen fuel element operating at an elevated temperature
CN108899616A (en) * 2018-08-22 2018-11-27 上海钧旺汽车技术有限公司 A kind of start-up and shut-down control device of aluminum-air battery electric power generation reaction
CN111509268A (en) * 2020-04-23 2020-08-07 大连交通大学 Hydrogen zero-emission humidification-free fuel cell fuel processing system

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CH367538A (en) 1963-02-28
FR1207447A (en) 1960-02-16
DE1067490B (en) 1959-10-22

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