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Electrochemical storage battery
Assignee: BBC Brown Boveri AG Germany
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Filing: 1979-04-27
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Granted: 1980-11-25
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Expires: 1999-04-27
Abstract
Abstract Electrochemical storage battery normally operating at an elevated temperature, surrounded by heat insulation to retard heat loss. The surrounding heat insulation is an enclosed gastight cavity under subatmospheric pressure to impede heat flow by convection, and a radiation shield in the interior of the cavity in the path of heat flow to reduce heat loss by radiation.
Inventors
- 👤 Franz Gross
- 👤 Hermann Birnbreier
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 04:17
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M10/00; H01M10/36; H01M10/39; H01M10/3909; H01M10/60; H01M10/61; H01M10/613; H01M10/615; H01M10/65; H01M10/657; H01M10/6571; H01M10/658; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
An electrochemical storage battery having a normal operating temperature at an elevated temperature above ambient temperature with at least one storage cell and with heat insulation surrounding the storage cell to retard heat flow from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment, wherein the heat insulation is an enclosed gastight cavity under subatmospheric pressure surrounding said storage cell to impede heat flow by convection from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment and a radiation shield disposed in the interior of the cavity in the path of heat flow from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment to reduce heat losses due to radiation, wherein the heat insulation is composed of at least two insulation sections connected to each other via interposed electrical insulation, wherein the boundary walls of one insulation section are electrically conducting with one electrical pole of the storage cell electrically connected to said one insulation section, and wherein the boundary walls of another insulation section are electrically conducting with the other electrical pole of the storage cell electrically connected to said another insulation section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
181 words
An electrochemical storage battery having a normal operating temperature at an elevated temperature above ambient temperature with at least one storage cell and with heat insulation surrounding the storage cell to retard heat flow from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment, wherein the heat insulation is an enclosed gastight cavity under subatmospheric pressure surrounding said storage cell to impede heat flow by convection from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment and a radiation shield disposed in the interior of the cavity in the path of heat flow from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment to reduce heat losses due to radiation, wherein the heat insulation is composed of at least two insulation sections connected to each other via interposed electrical insulation, wherein the boundary walls of one insulation section are electrically conducting with one electrical pole of the storage cell electrically connected to said one insulation section, and wherein the boundary walls of another insulation section are electrically conducting with the other electrical pole of the storage cell electrically connected to said another insulation section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
Storage battery according to claim 1, wherein the storage cell has an anode chamber with an alkali metal anolyte, a cathode chamber with a sulfur containing catholyte, and the chambers separated from each other by a solid electrolyte.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
Storage battery according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of spaced apart radiation shields are disposed in the interior of the cavity.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
Storage battery according to claim 3, wherein ten to twenty radiation shields with a spacing of less than about 1 mm between two shields are disposed in the cavity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
Storage battery according to claim 1, wherein the cavity is formed between two boundary walls which surround the storage cell and between which the radiation shield is disposed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
Storage battery according to claim 1, wherein the heat insulation forming the surrounding cavity is composed of two, about equal, insulation sections.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
Storage battery according to claim 6, wherein the two insulation sections have the shape of cups in the form of a lower cup and an upper cup.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
Storage battery according to claim 7, wherein an electrically conducting block disposed between the inner boundary wall of the lower cup and the storage cell forms the electrical connection of one pole of the storage cell to the lower insulation section, and wherein the boundary wall of the upper cup is connected by an electric lead to the other electric pole of the storage cell.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
Storage battery according to claim 1, wherein gas can be admitted to the cavity.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
Storage battery according to claim 9, wherein the gas is stored at the operating temperature of the storage cell in a solid-material storage device, and wherein the gas can be driven out into cavity by increasing the temperature of the solid-material storage device, and wherein the gas is reabsorbed by the solid-material storage device if the temperature is lowered.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
31 words
Storage battery according to claim 10, wherein the solid-material storage device is equipped with a heater to increase the temperature of the solid-material storage device and drive out gas contained therein.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
Storage battery according to claim 1, wherein the enclosed gastight cavity has the profile of a circular cylinder with an outside diameter approximately equal to the height of the enclosure.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
Storage battery according to claim 1, wherein the enclosed gastight cavity has the approximate shape of a cube.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
Storage battery according to claim 1, wherein the battery has more than six and fewer than twelve storage cells.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
Storage battery according to claim 14, wherein a storage cell is arranged in the battery in the region of its vertical central axis.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
144 words
An electrochemical storage battery having a normal operating temperature at an elevated temperature above ambient temperature with at least one storage cell and with heat insulation surrounding the storage cell to retard heat flow from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment, wherein the heat insulation is an enclosed gastight cavity under subatmospheric pressure surrounding said storage cell to impede heat flow by convection from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment and a radiation shield disposed in the interior of the cavity in the path of heat flow from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment to reduce heat losses due to radiation, wherein the entire interior of the battery to be insulated is an evacuated cavity with at least one outer boundary wall and, wherein the radiation shield is disposed around the storage cell and conforms to its profile.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
144 words
An electrochemical storage battery having a normal operating temperature at an elevated temperature above ambient temperature with at least one storage cell and with heat insulation surrounding the storage cell to retard heat flow from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment, wherein the heat insulation is an enclosed gastight cavity under subatmospheric pressure surrounding said storage cell to impede heat flow by convection from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment and a radiation shield disposed in the interior of the cavity in the path of heat flow from the storage cell to the cooler surrounding environment to reduce heat losses due to radiation, wherein the entire interior of the battery to be insulated is an evacuated cavity with at least one outer boundary wall and, wherein the radiation shield is disposed around the storage cell and conforms to its profile.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
Storage battery according to claim 16, wherein the boundary wall consists of at least two parts assembled together to form a gastight wall.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
Storage battery according to claim 17, wherein the two parts are in the shape of cups and are connected to each other at their rims.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
39 words
Storage battery according to claims 1 or 16, wherein the inner space has a residual gas pressure in which the mean free path length of the atoms and molecules is approximately equal to the spacing of the radiation shields.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1987-11-25 | 1988-05-26 | 1988-11-25 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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