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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franklin H Cocks, Durham, NC (US);
Henry LaViers, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 13 ; 429 33 ; 429102 ;
Abstract
Carbon-ion electrolytes, combined into a fuel cell containing an electrode of liquid metal into which carbon or coal has been dissolved, can be used for producing electric power by the flameless combustion of coal via an electrochemical process. The resulting device is an electrochemical cell consisting of a cathodic electrode in contact with oxygen, an anodic electrode of liquid metal solvent containing dissolved carbon, and a carbon-ion electrolyte separating the anode and cathode electrodes.