Electrochemical power generation apparatus and methods

Abstract

Abstract A POWER SOURCE COMPRISES AN ELECTROCHEMICAL BATTERY CELL INCLUDING AN ANODE AND AN OXYGEN OR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE DEPOLARIZED CATHODE, A LIQUID ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION, ELECTROLYTE CIRCULATION MEANS, AN ELECTROLYTE CONTINER, AND MEANS TO PRODUCE CHANGES IN THE VOLUMES OF ELECTROLYTE IN SAID CONTAINER AND IN SAID BATTERY CELL AND THEREBY CONTROL THE CURRENT DENSITY AT THE SURFACES OF SAID ANODE AND CATHODE. THE ANODE MAY BE OF A CONSUMABLE METAL TYPE, ESPECIALLY OF ALUMINUM. THEVOLUME CHANGES MAY BE EFFECTED BY EXPANDING OR COLLAPSING A REVERSIBLY EXPANSIBLE POCKET IN SAID ELECTROLYTE CONTAINER. WHEN SEVERAL BATTERY CELLS ARE CONNECTED IN SERIES, ELECTRICAL CURRENT LEAKAGE PATHS THROUGH THE ELECTROLYTE CIRCULATION MEANS ARE BLOCKED BY A SYSTEM OF VALVES WHICH SEQUENTIALLY AND INTERMITTENTLY CONNECT ONE OF SAID CELLS AT A TIME TO SAID CIRCULATION MEANS. HEAT EXCHANGE APPRATUS MAY BE INCLUDED COMPRISING A VACUUM DISTILLATION MEANS WHEREBY IMPURE WATER IS CONVERTED INTO DISTILLED WATER, PREFERABLY BY UTILIZING THE HEAT GENERATEDIN SAI POWER SOURCE.

Inventors

• 👤 S Zaromb

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