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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Applicants:
On Kok Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Ai Quoc Pham, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
On Kok Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Ai Quoc Pham, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Enervault Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/36 (2006.01); H01M 4/48 (2010.01); H01M 6/20 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 8/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/4242 (2013.01); H01M 8/188 (2013.01); Y02E 60/528 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of redox flow battery rebalancing systems include a system for reacting an unbalanced flow battery electrolyte with a rebalance electrolyte in a first reaction cell. In some embodiments, the rebalance electrolyte may contain ferrous iron (Fe) which may be oxidized to ferric iron (Fe) in the first reaction cell. The reducing ability of the rebalance reactant may be restored in a second rebalance cell that is configured to reduce the ferric iron in the rebalance electrolyte back into ferrous iron through a reaction with metallic iron.