TWI731827B - Seawater battery reactant pumping device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a seawater battery reactant pumping device, comprising: an electrolyte containing tank, the bottom of the electrolyte containing tank is extended with a diversion tube, the bottom of the electrolyte containing tank is provided with a T-shaped movable plug, the electrolyte holding tank is used to store the discharging solution; and a reactant holding unit is a cylinder for accommodating a reactant. The outer surface of the cylinder is provided with a diversion tube guide, and the diversion tube a liquid injection hole is provided on the guide channel. When the guide tube is located the guide tube guide channel, the electrolyte is allowed flow from the electrolyte containing tank through the guide tube guide channel into the liquid injection hole to inject the reactant volume. In the unit, the electrolyte can interact with the reactant. When the reactant is replaced, the reactant accommodating unit is drawn out from below the electrolyte accommodating tank. At this time, the T-shaped movable plug sinks block the guide tube to prevent the electrolyte from flowing out.

Description

Sea water battery reactant pumping device

The present invention relates to a seawater battery reactant pumping device, and particularly relates to a seawater battery reactant pumping device that can facilitate the pumping of reactants.

With the continuous increase of the global population and the advancement of science and technology, people’s demand for energy continues to rise. Traditional fossil energy sources such as oil and coal have gradually been in short supply. As a result, renewable energy sources have gradually attracted attention. 70% of the area, therefore, the use of seawater to generate electricity has also become a development focus.

The main methods of using seawater to generate electricity are tidal power generation, seawater temperature difference power generation, and seawater batteries. Among them, seawater batteries use seawater as the electrolyte. As long as the electrodes are immersed in seawater, they can generate electricity, making them particularly attractive in application. In general, seawater batteries are bulky, so there are many inconveniences to replace the reactants. The conventional Taiwan patent I539651 proposes a non-fixed seawater battery, which includes a first battery and a second battery provided on the first battery. Two batteries and conductive components. The first battery includes a first tank, a first seawater electrolyte contained in the first tank, and a first electrode assembly. The first electrode assembly includes a first electrode assembly disposed at the bottom of the first tank. An anode and a first cathode suspended on the first seawater electrolyte. The second battery includes a second tank, a second seawater electrolyte contained in the second tank, and a second electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a second anode arranged at the bottom of the second tank and a second cathode suspended on the second seawater electrolyte. The conductive assembly is electrically connected to the first electrode assembly and the second electrode assembly. With the input of the first anode and the second anode, the electrodes can be easily replaced.

However, the method mentioned in the aforementioned patent still has its inconveniences and can only be applied to seawater batteries connected in series. For a seawater battery with a single set of cathode and anode, it still cannot solve the problem that the electrode reactants are not easy to replace. The problem.

The invention provides a seawater battery reactant pumping device, which aims to solve the problem that the electrode reactant is not easy to replace.

The present invention provides a seawater battery reactant pumping device, comprising: an electrolyte containing tank, the bottom of the electrolyte containing tank is provided with a T-shaped movable plug, the bottom of the electrolyte containing tank is extended with a diversion tube, the The electrolyte holding tank is used to store the discharging solution; and a reactant holding unit is a cylinder for accommodating a reactant. The outer surface of the cylinder is provided with a diversion tube guide, and the diversion tube A liquid injection hole is provided on the guide channel, and when the guide tube is located in the guide tube guide channel, the electrolyte is allowed to flow into the liquid injection hole from the electrolyte containing tank through the guide tube guide channel to inject the reactant volume. In the unit, the electrolyte can interact with the reactant. When the reactant is replaced, the reactant accommodating unit is drawn out from below the electrolyte accommodating tank. At this time, the T-shaped movable plug sinks to Block the draft tube so that the electrolyte does not flow out.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned guide duct is provided on the outer surface of the cylinder, wherein the guide duct is an L-shaped guide, and the L-shaped guide is from the bottom of the cylinder. to The upper part is a straight channel of constant depth, and a sloped channel extends vertically to the side of the cylinder to the middle section of the cylinder, and the liquid injection hole is provided at the lowest depression of the sloped channel.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned electric T-shaped movable plug is movably arranged in the diversion tube, and the vertical length of the T-shaped movable plug is greater than the length of the diversion tube. When a hole is formed, the T-shaped movable plug penetrates the guide tube to cover the liquid injection hole, so that the electrolyte does not flow into the reactant containing unit.

The present invention mainly adopts structures such as a piston, a draft tube, and a reactant containing cylinder. Through the above-mentioned structure, the outflow or blocking of the electrolyte is controlled, and the draft tube and the reactant containing cylinder are restrained and locked with each other, thereby , The rotating reactant container can be quickly drawn out or placed in a positioning mode to achieve the effect of quickly changing the reactant.

100: Seawater battery reaction tank

110: Electrolyte holding tank

111: Draft tube

100: Reactant container

130: reactant

131: Reactant body

132: fixed parts

140: Diversion tube approach

141: Isobaric linear channel

142: Slope Channel

143: Injection hole

150: T-shaped movable plug

Figure 1 is an exploded schematic view of the components of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention.

Fig. 3A is a schematic diagram of the first state of the relationship between the guide channel of the draft tube and the draft tube.

Fig. 3B is a schematic diagram of the second state of the relationship between the guide channel of the guide tube and the guide tube.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific examples are given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings to describe in detail as follows. Please refer to the related figures above and below for partly due to the ambiguity of the schema.

Figure 1 is an exploded schematic view of an element of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the seawater battery reaction tank 100 has an electrolyte containing tank 110 and a reactant containing barrel 120. The bottom of the electrolyte containing tank 110 is extended with a draft tube, and a T-shaped movable tube is arranged in the draft tube. The plug 150, the electrolyte containing tank 110 is used to store and discharge the solution, the reactant containing barrel 120 is a barrel structure, and the inside is used to contain a reactant 130. The outer surface of the barrel structure is provided with a diversion The guide channel 140 is provided with a liquid injection hole 143. When the guide tube is located in the guide tube 140, the electrolyte is allowed to pass through the guide channel from the electrolyte containing tank 110. The pipe introduction channel flows into the liquid injection hole 143 to inject the reactant containing barrel 120 to cause the electrolyte to interact with the reactant 130.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned guide duct 140 is provided on the outer surface of the cylinder, wherein the guide duct 140 is an L-shaped guide, and the L-shaped guide runs upward from the bottom of the cylinder. It is a linear channel 141 of constant depth, and a sloped channel 142 extends vertically to the side of the cylinder to the middle section of the cylinder. The lowest depression of the sloped channel is provided with the liquid injection hole 143.

In this embodiment, the reactant 130 has a plurality of reactant bodies 131, which are combined into one body by a fixing member 132.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment according to the present invention. The bottom of the electrolyte accommodating tank 110 in the seawater battery reaction tank 100 is extended with a diversion tube 111, and a T-shaped movable plug 150 is movably arranged in the diversion tube. The electrolyte accommodating tank 110 is used for storing and discharging the solution, and the reactant The accommodating cylinder 120 is a cylinder structure to accommodate a reactant 130, the guide duct 140 is an L-shaped approach, and from the bottom of the cylinder upwards is a linear channel with constant depth, which is mainly used in When the reactant accommodating cylinder 120 is to be drawn out or put in, the guide tube 111 is used to position the barrel structure of the reactant accommodating cylinder 120. When the linear channel of constant depth extends to the middle section of the cylinder, there will be a turning point , The turning point is to extend the guide duct to the side of the cylinder in a vertical direction with a sloped channel, with the lowest depression of the sloped channel Is a liquid injection hole, in which, when the guide tube 111 is located at the turning point of the guide tube 1 (the intersection of the constant-depth linear channel and the sloped channel), the electrolyte is allowed to pass from the electrolyte containing tank 110 through the A sloped channel flows into the liquid injection hole to inject into the reactant accommodating cylinder 120, so that the electrolyte and the reactant 130 can interact.

In this embodiment, the bottom of the electrolyte containing tank further includes a T-shaped movable plug, the T-shaped movable plug is movably arranged in the draft tube, and the vertical length of the T-shaped movable plug is greater than the length of the draft tube. When the diversion tube is facing the liquid injection hole, the T-shaped movable plug penetrates the diversion tube to cover the liquid injection hole, so that the electrolyte does not flow into the reactant accommodating cylinder.

Fig. 3A is a schematic diagram of the first state of the relationship between the guide channel of the draft tube and the draft tube. In the figure, if the reactant 130 is to be replaced, the reactant accommodating cylinder 120 must be rotated first, so that the sloped channel in the guide tube 140 is displaced by clamping the guide tube 111 until the guide tube 111 is displaced. When reaching the bottom of the sloped channel opposite to the injection hole 143, the T-shaped movable plug 150 sinks to cover the injection hole 143, and the T-shaped movable plug 150 also blocks the bottom of the electrolyte containing tank 110, preventing the electrolyte from passing through the diversion The tube 111 flows into the inside of the reactant containing barrel 120.

Fig. 3B is a schematic diagram of the second state of the relationship between the guide channel of the guide tube and the guide tube. Continuing to Fig. 3A, after the reactants are replaced, the reactant accommodating cylinder 120 is rotated in the reverse direction, so that the guide tube 111 returns to the intersection of the straight channel of the guide tube and the sloped channel. The normal state of the battery function can be restored, and the electrolyte can flow into the liquid injection hole 143 through the guide pipe and flow into the reactant containing cylinder 120 to contact the reactant 130 and produce an effect.

In summary, the present invention can appropriately limit the combined relationship between the guide tube and the reactant containing cylinder through the L-shaped guide tube on the reactant containing cylinder. By rotating the reactant containing cylinder, To control whether the electrolyte flows into the reactant containing cylinder, in addition, through the L-shaped reactant containing The guide channel of the guide tube can quickly and easily extract the reactant container during the process of reactant replacement. After replacing the reactant, it can also be quickly and clearly, and then put the reactant container into The purpose of electrolyte holding tank bottom and positioning.

Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing embodiments as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone who is familiar with similar skills, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, makes changes and modifications equivalent to replacements, still belongs to the present invention Patent protection scope

100: Seawater battery reaction tank

110: Electrolyte holding tank

120: Reactant container

130: reactant

131: Reactant body

132: fixed parts

140: Diversion tube approach

141: Isobaric linear channel

142: Slope Channel

143: Injection hole

150: T-shaped movable plug

Claims (10)

A seawater battery reactant pumping device, including: An electrolyte accommodating tank, the bottom of the electrolyte accommodating tank is extended with a diversion tube, the bottom of the electrolyte accommodating tank is provided with a T-shaped movable plug, and the electrolyte accommodating tank is used for storing and discharging the electrolytic solution; and A reactant accommodating unit is a cylinder for accommodating a reactant. The outer surface of the cylinder is provided with a diversion pipe guideway. The diversion pipe guideway is provided with a liquid injection hole. When the diversion pipe When located in the guide duct, the electrolyte is allowed to flow from the electrolyte containing tank through the guide duct into the injection hole to be injected into the reactant containing unit, so that the electrolyte and the reactant can interact, Wherein, when the reactant is replaced, the reactant accommodating unit is drawn out from below the electrolyte accommodating tank. At this time, the T-shaped movable plug sinks to block the guide tube and prevent the electrolyte from flowing out. In the seawater battery reactant pumping device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the guide duct is arranged on the outer surface of the cylinder. In the seawater battery reactant pumping device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the guide duct of the draft tube is an L-shaped guide duct. The seawater battery reactant pumping device described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the L-shaped approach path is a linear channel of constant depth from the bottom of the cylinder upwards to the middle section of the cylinder to the side of the cylinder in a vertical direction A sloped channel extends along the side, and the liquid injection hole is provided at the lowest depression of the sloped channel. In the seawater battery reactant pumping device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the T-shaped movable plug is movably arranged in the draft tube. In the seawater battery reactant pumping device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the vertical length of the T-shaped movable plug is greater than the length of the draft tube. For the seawater battery reactant pumping device described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the T-shaped movable plug penetrates the diversion tube to cover the liquid injection hole when the diversion tube is facing the liquid injection hole, Prevent the electrolyte from flowing into the reactant containing unit. A seawater battery reactant pumping device, including: An electrolyte accommodating tank, the bottom of the electrolyte accommodating tank is extended with a diversion tube and provided with a T-shaped movable plug, the T-shaped movable plug is movably arranged in the diversion tube, and the electrolyte accommodating tank is used for Storage and discharge solution; and A reactant accommodating unit is a cylinder for accommodating a reactant. The outer surface of the cylinder is provided with a diversion pipe guide, and the diversion pipe guide is a constant depth upward from the bottom of the cylinder. A straight channel extending to the middle section of the cylinder body in a vertical direction to the side of the cylinder body with a sloped channel, the lowest depression of the sloped channel is provided with a liquid injection hole, when the draft tube is located in the deep straight channels and the tool When the sloped channels meet, the electrolyte is allowed to flow from the electrolyte containing tank through the sloped channel into the liquid injection hole to be injected into the reactant containing unit, so that the electrolyte and the reactant can interact; Wherein, when the reactant is replaced, the reactant accommodating unit is withdrawn from below the electrolyte accommodating tank, at this time the T-shaped movable plug sinks to block the flow guide tube, so that the electrolyte does not flow out; Wherein, when the reactant accommodating unit rotates so that the flow guide tube is facing the liquid injection hole, the T-shaped movable plug penetrates the flow guide tube to cover the liquid injection hole, so that the electrolyte does not flow into the reactant. In the accommodating unit. In the seawater battery reactant pumping device described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, the guide duct is an L-shaped guide duct and is arranged on the outer surface of the cylinder. In the seawater battery reactant pumping device described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, the vertical length of the T-shaped movable plug is greater than the length of the draft tube.

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