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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:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Tsali Cross, Bothell, WA (US);
Derek Reiman, Bothell, WA (US);
Corina Margineanu, Bothell, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEAH POWER SYSTEMS, INC., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/18 (2006.01); H01M 8/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/18 (2013.01); H01M 8/04858 (2013.01); H01M 8/222 (2013.01); H01M 8/04313 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for regenerating a fuel cell are disclosed, comprising sparging a catholyte liquid with a gaseous oxygen-containing flow stream. In addition, the gaseous byproducts in the catholyte can be collected and then converted to liquid forms for easy disposal. In some embodiments, the regeneration process comprises intermittently regenerating an oxidant flow stream, for example, based on detected conditions. In some embodiments, the regeneration process comprises switching between different modes of oxidant regeneration, for example, based on detected conditions.