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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
Rachid Zaffou, West Hartford, CT (US);
Arun Pandy, Manchester, CT (US);
Michael L. Perry, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Rachid Zaffou, West Hartford, CT (US);
Arun Pandy, Manchester, CT (US);
Michael L. Perry, Glastonbury, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for mitigating hydrogen evolution within a flow battery system that includes a plurality of flow battery cells, a power converter and an electrochemical cell. The method includes providing hydrogen generated by the hydrogen evolution within the flow battery system to the electrochemical cell. A first electrical current generated by an electrochemical reaction between the hydrogen and a reactant is sensed, and the sensed current is used to control an exchange of electrical power between the flow battery cells and the power converter.