Recharging of zinc batteries
    1.
    发明授权
    Recharging of zinc batteries 失效
    锌电池充电

    公开(公告)号:US5569555A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-29

    申请号:US321788

    申请日:1994-10-12

    摘要: The invention provides a process for removing discharged active zinc-containing material from a mechanically rechargeable zinc battery anode, containing the same, the anode being of the type comprising a skeletal frame, including conductive metal and having a portion of a surface area thereof formed as open spaces, and an active zinc anode component compacted into a rigid static bed of active anode material encompassing the skeletal frame, and having two opposite major surfaces, the process comprising introducing the anode between a pair of spaced-apart first and second crusher plates, each of the crusher plates being provided with a plurality of pointed projections of varying heights and a plurality of recesses of varying depths, the crusher plates being aligned with each other to the effect that tips of projections of the first crusher plate substantially mutually occlude with recesses provided on the second crusher plate and tips of projections of the second crusher plate substantially mutually occlude with recesses provided on the first surface; abruptly reducing the space between adjacent crusher plates said anode bed; moving said crusher plates away from said deformed anode bed and then displacing said deformed bed, along at least a first axis, by at least half the distance between adjacent projection tips of at least one of said crusher plates; again abruptly reducing the space between adjacent crusher plates; and repeating the last two steps until the fragmentation of the bed and the dislodgement of the resulting fragmented particles from the skeletal frame are achieved.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种从含有它的机械可再充电锌电池阳极去除排出的活性含锌材料的方法,阳极是包括骨架的类型,包括导电金属,其表面积的一部分形成为 开放空间和活性锌阳极组件,其压实成包围骨架框架的活性阳极材料的刚性静态床,并且具有两个相对的主表面,该方法包括将阳极引入在一对间隔开的第一和第二破碎板之间, 每个破碎机板设置有多个具有不同高度的尖锐突起和多个不同深度的凹槽,该破碎机板彼此对准,使得第一破碎机板的突起的顶端基本上相互阻塞凹陷 设置在第二破碎机板和第二破碎机板的突起的尖端 与设在第一表面上的凹槽相互堵塞; 突然减少相邻的破碎机板之间的所述阳极床的空间; 将所述破碎机板移离所述变形的阳极床,然后沿着至少第一轴线将所述变形床移位至少一个所述破碎机板的相邻突出尖端之间的距离的至少一半; 再次突然减少相邻的破碎机板之间的空间; 并重复最后两个步骤,直到达到床的分裂,并且得到所得到的碎片颗粒从骨骼框架上的脱落。

    Zinc-oxygen battery
    2.
    发明授权
    Zinc-oxygen battery 失效
    锌氧电池

    公开(公告)号:US5445901A

    公开(公告)日:1995-08-29

    申请号:US286539

    申请日:1994-08-05

    IPC分类号: H01M2/20 H01M10/50 H01M12/06

    CPC分类号: H01M2/20 H01M12/065

    摘要: The invention provides a multi-cell, sealed, zinc-oxygen battery, comprising a container containing (a) a plurality of bi-cells, each cell having a housing provided with two major surfaces and accommodating a pair of oppositely-disposed, spaced-apart, air-permeable, liquid-impermeable cathodes in the form of oxygen-reduction electrodes, and defining between themselves a cavity configured to accommodate an anode of the battery and electrolyte, substantial portions of the major surfaces of the housing being removed, thus exposing major portions of the oxygen electrodes, and wherein the two major surfaces are partly recessed in such a way as to form, in conjunction with a similarly-recessed outer surface of a major wall of an adjacent cell housing, an inter-cathode gas space between adjacent cells with a plurality of oxygen access openings leading thereto; (b) a dead space volume between inner surfaces of the housing and the plurality of bi-cells; and (c) pressurized oxygen supply means for feeding oxygen to the dead space volume, for consumption in the inter-cathode gas spaces.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种多池密封的锌氧电池,其包括容纳(a)多个双电池的容器,每个电池单元具有设置有两个主表面的壳体,并且容纳一对相对设置的间隔开的电池, 分开的,具有氧还原电极形式的透气的液体不可渗透的阴极,并且在它们之间限定被配置为容纳电池和电解质的阳极的空腔,壳体的主要表面的大部分被去除,从而暴露 氧电极的主要部分,并且其中两个主表面部分地凹入,以便与相邻电池壳体的主壁的类似凹陷的外表面一起形成阴极间气体空间 相邻的电池具有通向其的多个氧气进入开口; (b)壳体的内表面与多个双电池之间的死空间体积; 和(c)用于将氧气输送到死空间体积的加压氧供给装置,用于在阴极间气体空间中消耗。

    Process for the preparation of gas diffusion electrodes
    3.
    发明授权
    Process for the preparation of gas diffusion electrodes 失效
    气体扩散电极的制备方法

    公开(公告)号:US5441823A

    公开(公告)日:1995-08-15

    申请号:US269845

    申请日:1994-07-01

    摘要: The invention provides a process for preparing a gas-diffusion electrode for metal-air batteries and fuel cells of the type having a blocking layer formed from a precursor containing carbon black and particulate hydrophobic polymeric binders, comprising heating the carbon black at a temperature of about 400.degree.-1,200.degree. C. for a period of about 1-10 hours in a reducing environment, prior to the formation of the precursor, whereby hydrophilic centers in the pre-treated carbon black are minimized without increasing its corrosivity/surface area and thereby increasing the stability in concentrated KOH at high-cell operating temperatures of a blocking layer formed from the pre-treated carbon black.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种制备用于金属 - 空气电池和燃料电池的气体扩散电极的方法,所述燃料电池具有由含有炭黑和颗粒状疏水性聚合物粘合剂的前体形成的阻挡层,包括在约 在还原环境中,在形成前体之前,在400°-1200℃下进行约1-10小时的时间,由此预处理炭黑中的亲水中心最小化,而不增加其腐蚀性/表面积 在由预处理的炭黑形成的阻挡层的高电池工作温度下提高浓缩KOH的稳定性。

    Process for the preparation of an alkaline-zinc slurry for use in
batteries
    5.
    发明授权
    Process for the preparation of an alkaline-zinc slurry for use in batteries 失效
    用于制备用于电池的碱 - 锌浆料的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5378329A

    公开(公告)日:1995-01-03

    申请号:US88543

    申请日:1993-07-06

    摘要: A process for the preparation of an alkaline-zinc slurry for use in batteries, the slurry comprising an admixture of (a) at least partly oxidized zinc; (b) an aqueous solution of at least one Group Ia metal; and (c) an inorganic or organic inhibitor. The process includes the steps of electrolyzing the admixture in a cell with a corrosion-resistant anode and a non-zinc-adherent cathode such that the zinc deposits on the cathode self-detach or are removed until no more than a preselected amount of zinc remains in the solution, provided that the current density at the cathode is preselected so that the electrowon zinc will have, after homogenizing into particles, a density within the range 0.2-2.0 g/cc and a surface area within the range 0.5-6.0 m.sup.2 /g; removing zinc from the cathode and homogenizing it into particles; and combining the homogenized zinc particles with additional aqueous Group Ia metal hydroxide and optionally with other makeup components selected from the group consisting of water and inhibitor to form a charged slurry.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于制备用于电池的碱 - 锌浆料的方法,所述浆料包含(a)至少部分氧化的锌的混合物; (b)至少一种Ia族金属的水溶液; 和(c)无机或有机抑制剂。 该方法包括以下步骤:在具有耐腐蚀阳极和非锌粘附阴极的电池中电解混合物,使得阴极上的锌沉积物自身分离或去除,直到不超过预选量的锌保留 在该溶液中,预先选择阴极处的电流密度,使得电解锌在均匀化成颗粒后将具有在0.2-2.0g / cc范围内的密度和0.5-6.0m 2 /℃范围内的表面积, G; 从阴极去除锌并将其均质化成颗粒; 并且将均匀化的锌颗粒与另外的Ia族金属氢氧化物组合,并且任选地与选自水和抑制剂的其它补充组分组合以形成带电浆料。

    Cell for a metal-air battery
    6.
    发明授权
    Cell for a metal-air battery 失效
    电池用于金属空气电池

    公开(公告)号:US5366822A

    公开(公告)日:1994-11-22

    申请号:US213674

    申请日:1994-03-15

    IPC分类号: H01M2/20 H01M10/50 H01M12/06

    CPC分类号: H01M12/065 H01M2/20

    摘要: A modular cell for a multi-cell metal-air battery system, comprises a relatively flat cell housing having two major surfaces and accommodating a pair of oppositely disposed, spaced-apart, air-permeable, liquid-impermeable cathodes in the form of air electrodes defining between themselves a space open towards the upper edges of the cell housing and closed at the lateral edges and the bottom of the cell housing, the space being configured to accommodate an anode of said battery, substantial portions of the major surfaces of the housing being removed, thus exposing major portions of the air electrodes. The two major surfaces of the housing are partly recessed in such a way as to form, in conjunction with a similarly recessed outer surface of a major wall of an adjacent cell housing, an air space with air access and exits, and the exposed portions of the air electrodes are supported and reinforced by ribbing constituted at least by a plurality of slender rails, which rails define ducts for guiding a flow of air across the portions of the air electrodes from the air access toward the exits.

    摘要翻译: 用于多电池金属 - 空气电池系统的模块化电池包括具有两个主表面并且以空气电极形式容纳一对相对设置的间隔开的透气性液体不可渗透的阴极的相对扁平的电池壳体 在它们之间限定朝向电池壳体的上边缘敞开并且在电池壳体的侧边缘和底部处封闭的空间,该空间被配置为容纳所述电池的阳极,壳体的主要表面的大部分是 从而暴露空气电极的主要部分。 壳体的两个主表面部分地凹入,以便与相邻电池壳体的主壁的类似凹陷的外表面一起形成具有空气进入和离开的空气空间,并且暴露部分 空气电极由至少由多个细长的轨道构成的肋条支撑和加强,该轨道限定用于引导空气流穿过空气电极部分的空气从空气进入到出口的导管。

    Blast resistant partitions
    7.
    发明授权
    Blast resistant partitions 失效
    防爆隔板

    公开(公告)号:US06964219B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-15

    申请号:US10697341

    申请日:2003-10-30

    申请人: Joel Gilon

    发明人: Joel Gilon

    摘要: The invention provides an array of blast-resistant partitions arranged to subdivide a predetermined space into a multiplicity of interconnected subspaces and thereby to substantially confine an explosive blast to one or more of the subspaces while protecting the remaining subspaces in the predetermined space.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供一种防爆隔板阵列,其布置成将预定空间细分成多个相互连接的子空间,从而基本上将一爆炸爆炸物限制在一个或多个子空间中,同时保护预定空间中的剩余子空间。

    Cell for a metal-air battery
    8.
    发明授权
    Cell for a metal-air battery 失效
    电池用于金属空气电池

    公开(公告)号:US6057052A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-02

    申请号:US33725

    申请日:1998-03-03

    摘要: The invention provides a modular zinc air cell for use in an electrochemical zinc-air multi-cell battery, each cell being of the type provided with a housing having, two outer major surfaces, and two spaced-apart inner walls, the inner walls defining a first inner chamber for containing therein a zinc electrode, and in conjunction with the outer major surfaces defining two outer chambers for receiving reaction air; two generally planar, gas-permeable, but liquid-impermeable air electrodes, each of the electrodes being installed in a window-like opening provided in each of the inner walls, an electrolyte in contact with the zinc electrode and the air electrodes, and means for directing a flow of the reaction air into a first inlet provided in a first outer side surface of the housing through both of the outer chambers substantially in a uniform flow distribution across the outer faces of both of the air electrodes, and out of a second outlet provided in an opposite outer side surface of the housing.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于电化学锌 - 空气多池电池的模块化锌空气电池,每个电池的类型设置有具有两个外主表面和两个间隔开的内壁的壳体,所述内壁限定 第一内室,用于容纳锌电极,并且与限定两个用于接收反应空气的外室的外主表面结合; 两个通常为平面的,透气的但不透液体的空气电极,每个电极安装在设置在每个内壁中的窗口状开口中,与锌电极和空气电极接触的电解质,以及装置 用于将反应空气的流动通过两个外室引导设置在壳体的第一外侧表面中的第一入口,基本上在两个空气电极的外表面上以均匀的流量分布,并且在第二入口 出口设置在壳体的相对的外侧表面中。

    Scrubber system for removing carbon dioxide from a metal-air or fuel
cell battery
    9.
    发明授权
    Scrubber system for removing carbon dioxide from a metal-air or fuel cell battery 失效
    用于从金属空气或燃料电池中去除二氧化碳的洗涤器系统

    公开(公告)号:US5595949A

    公开(公告)日:1997-01-21

    申请号:US210333

    申请日:1994-03-18

    摘要: A method for maximizing the effective life and utilization of CO.sub.2 -absorbent material in a scrubber system for removing carbon dioxide from an air inflow to a metal-air battery or fuel cell comprises providing, in such a battery, a housing including a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and at least one removable, gas-permeable container containing a CO.sub.2 -absorbent material, the container being positioned across the flow path of gas entering said inlet and exiting said outlet. After a predetermined utilization of the system, the at least one removable, gas-permeable container is removed therefrom and spent CO.sub.2 -absorbent material from the container is regenerated for reuse in the scrubber system, the regeneration including at least periodically removing accumulated Group 1a metal carbonate deposits.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于使用于从金属 - 空气电池或燃料电池的空气流入中除去二氧化碳的洗涤器系统中的CO 2吸收材料的有效寿命和利用最大化的方法包括在这种电池中提供包括气体入口的壳体, 气体出口和至少一个包含CO 2吸收材料的可移除气体可渗透的容器,所述容器位于进入所述入口并离开所述出口的气体的流动路径上。 在系统的预定利用之后,从其中去除至少一个可移除的透气性容器,并从容器中再次使用废弃的二氧化碳吸收材料以在洗涤器系统中重新使用,再生至少周期性地除去累积的第1a组金属 碳酸盐矿床。

    Means for storage and transportation of electric fuel
    10.
    发明授权
    Means for storage and transportation of electric fuel 失效
    储存和运输电动燃料的手段

    公开(公告)号:US5516599A

    公开(公告)日:1996-05-14

    申请号:US353828

    申请日:1994-12-12

    摘要: The invention provides a rigid reusable transport and storage vessel for retaining a plurality of anode cassettes of pressed zinc particles saturated with aqueous alkaline solution, and utilizable as an electric fuel in a zinc-air battery, the vessel having a sealably covered aperture and being provided with a hydrogen recombination device, the device being provided with an external surface at least part of which projects into the air surrounding the vessel for venting any hydrogen produced by the anode cassettes into the air surrounding the vessel, and the vessel being internally compartmentalized to contain a plurality of sealable internal compartments for retaining the plurality of anode cassettes, each of the internal compartments being provided with a gas non-return valve venting from the internal compartment to an interior space of the vessel for venting generated hydrogen from the cassettes via the gas non-return valve to the vessel for elimination via the hydrogen recombination device while preventing ingress of air to the internal compartments, whereby hydrogen internally generated and emitted from the vessel is safely combined with the oxygen in the air surrounding the vessel, thus eliminating potentially explosive hydrogen.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种刚性可重复使用的输送和储存容器,用于保持饱和碱性水溶液的压制锌颗粒的多个阳极盒,并且可用作锌 - 空气电池中的电动燃料,该容器具有可密封地覆盖的孔并被提供 具有氢复合装置,该装置设置有外表面,其至少一部分突出到容器周围的空气中,用于将由阳极盒产生的任何氢气排放到围绕容器的空气中,并且该容器在内部被分隔以包含 多个可密封的内部隔室,用于保持多个阳极盒,每个内部隔室都设有从内部隔室排放到容器的内部空间的气体止回阀,用于通过气体从盒中排出产生的氢气 通过氢复合将止回阀保持在容器中以进行消除 装置,同时防止空气进入内部隔室,由此从容器内部产生和排出的氢气与围绕容器的空气中的氧气安全地组合,从而消除潜在的爆炸性氢气。