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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph Zito, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
National Power PLC, Whiltshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 51 ; 429 61 ; 429 90 ; 429199 ; 429188 ;
Abstract
An electrochemical process for energy storage and power generation comprises a single cell or an array of unit cells (10), each cell comprising a positive electrode (12) and a negative electrode (14) with a membrane in each cell dividing it into positive and negative chambers (22C and 24C) for posilyte and anolyte solutions (22, 24) which are recirculated through separate pumps (26, 28) and storage tanks (32, 34) and back to the chambers. An iron-sulfur couple is employed, the overall reaction being: