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Electrolyte circulation type secondary battery operating method

US5061578A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1986
Grant dateOct 29, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S136/291
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of operating a secondary battery including a stack of secondary cells operable, in the presence of electrolytes, in a charge mode charging electrical power from a source of electrical power and in a discharge mode discharging the charge electrical power from the secondary cell. A part of the electrical power from the electrical power source is used intermittently in the charge mode to provide intermittent circulation of the electrolytes through the secondary cell. The secondary cell continues to operate in the charge mode with the electrolytes residual in the secondary cell after each interruption of circulation of the electrolytes. A part of the electrical power charged in the secondary cell is used intermittently in the discharge mode to provide intermittent circulation of the electrolytes through the secondary cell. The secondary cell continues to operate in the discharge mode with the electrolyes residual in the secondary cell after each interruption of circulation of the electrolytes.

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