Method for producing electron flow in carbonate electrolyte fuel cell
Abstract
Abstract A FUEL CELL WHICH UTILIZED HYDROGEN AS FUEL TO PRODUCE ELECTRICAL ENERGY HAVING AN ANODE ONLYL PERMEABLE BY HYDROGEN, A CATHODE PERMEABLE BY AN OXYGEN CONTAINING OXIDANT, AND AN ALKALINE CARBONATE ELECTROLYTE. THE INTERNAL ELECTRIL CIRCUIT UTILIZES ONLY THE CARBONATE IONS FROM THE ALKALINE CARBONATE FOR TRANSPORTING ELECTRONS, INTERNAL OF THE CELL, FROM THE CATHODE TO THE ANODE WHERE THEY ARE RELEASED AS ELECTRICAL ENERGY. THE METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRICITY USING THE APPARATUS DESCRIBED COMPRISES (1) HEATING THE FUEL CELL APPARATUS TO ABOVE THE MELTING POINT OF THE ALKALINE CARBONATE, (2) ALLOWING HYDROGEN FUEL TO PERMEATE THE ANODE AND REACT WITH CARBONATE IONS IN THE ELECTROLYTE THEREBY RELEASING ELECTRONS AS ELECTRICAL ENERGY, AND (2) PROVIDING AN OXYGEN CONTAINING OXIDANT AT THE CATHODE IN SUFFICIENT EXCESS TO PROVIDE OXYGEN ATOMS WHICH COMBINE WITH THE CARBON DIOXIDE CREATED AT THE ANODE AND THEREBY PRODUCE CARBONATE IONS AT THE CATHODE. THE RESULTANT REACTIONS PROVIDE A CARBON DIOXIDE-CARBONATE ION BALANCE INTERNAL OF THE FUEL CELL.
Inventors
- 👤 Eugene B Shultz Jr
- 👤 Leonard G Marianowski
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