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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2000
Wayne Thomas Bliesner, Snohomish, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of converting and storing energy in a repeatable cycle using a rechargeable electrolytic cell providing a thermal energy output during discharge, and which recharges electrically. The cell contains chemical reactants and reactant product. The reactant product is electrolyzed into the reactants by at least one electrode in operational communication with the reactant product. The electrode has a porous portion, and one of the reactants, the oxidizer, is conveyed through the porous portion of the electrode, without conveying the reactant product through it, into a hollow internal cavity in the electrode. The reactants are separated and stored in the cell. The stored reactants are controllably combined to produce the reactant product and the thermal energy output. The thermal energy is removed from the cell for useful purposes.