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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Atsuo Ikeuchi, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A redox flow battery includes a battery cell; a positive electrolyte tank and a negative electrolyte tank configured to store therein a positive electrolyte and a negative electrolyte, respectively; a positive electrolyte circulation path and a negative electrolyte circulation path each configured to allow a corresponding one of the electrolytes to circulate between a corresponding one of the tanks and the battery cell; and a communicating tube including a tube immersed at one open end thereof in the positive electrolyte, stretched at an intermediate portion thereof above levels of both the electrolytes, and immersed at the other open end thereof in the negative electrolyte.