ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FLOW BATTERY WITH IMPROVED ELECTROLYTE DISTRIBUTION

A flow battery is disclosed which comprises a stack of flow cells separated by bipolar plates, each flow cell comprising a positive electrode assembly and a negative electrode assembly separated by a separator, each electrode assembly having a porous electrode material surrounded by a frame, wherein...

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Hauptverfasser:	BLACKER, Ricky, KLASSEN, Andrew
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRICITY PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
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Zusammenfassung:	A flow battery is disclosed which comprises a stack of flow cells separated by bipolar plates, each flow cell comprising a positive electrode assembly and a negative electrode assembly separated by a separator, each electrode assembly having a porous electrode material surrounded by a frame, wherein the stack of flow cells is enclosed in a cylindrical plastic shell provided with two end plates, the stack of flow cells being connected to the inside wall of the cylindrical plastic shell and wherein the cylindrical plastic shell and the two end plates are made of an electrically nonconductive material and the cylindrical plastic shell compresses the flow cells in a radial direction and the two end plates compress the flow cells in an axial direction. The invention also pertains to a method of making the flow battery.