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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2000
Patrick John Morrissey, New Denham, GB;
Philip John Mitchell, Loughborough, GB;
Stewart Ernest Male, East Grindstead, GB;
Patrick John Morrissey, New Denham, GB;
Philip John Mitchell, Loughborough, GB;
Stewart Ernest Male, East Grindstead, GB;
Regenesys Technologies Limited, Wiltshire, GB;
Abstract
A process for rebalancing the electrolyte system in a regenerative fuel cell using a sulfide/polysulfide reaction in one half of the cell and a bromine/bromide reaction in the other half of the cell comprises passing the electrolyte containing sulfide/polysulfide or bromine/bromide through the +chamber of an auxiliary cell and passing an electrolyte containing water and being free from polysulfide or bromine through the −chamber of the auxiliary cell the auxiliary cell operating so as to oxidize sulfide ions to sulfur or bromide ions to bromine in the +chamber and to reduce water to hydrogen and hydroxide ions in the −chamber.