ENERGY TRANSFER USING ELECTROCHEMICALLY ISOLATED FLUIDS
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1. A method of transferring energy in an energy storage device, comprising:
- transporting an electrochemically active fluid through an electrode compartment;
inhibiting the flow of the electrochemically active fluid;
during and/or after inhibiting the flow of the electrochemically active fluid, at least partially charging or discharging a first portion of the electrochemically active fluid while, at the same time, a second portion of the electrochemically active fluid fluidically connected to the first portion via an open flow path is not substantially charged or discharged.
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Abstract
The present invention is related to energy generation using electrochemically isolated fluids, and articles, systems, and methods for achieving the same. The embodiments described herein can be used in electrochemical cells in which at least one electrode comprises an electrochemically active fluid (i.e., the electrochemical cell comprises at least one fluid comprising electrode active material that is flowable into and/or out of the electrode compartment in which the electrode active material is charged and/or discharged).
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21 Claims
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1. A method of transferring energy in an energy storage device, comprising:
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transporting an electrochemically active fluid through an electrode compartment; inhibiting the flow of the electrochemically active fluid; during and/or after inhibiting the flow of the electrochemically active fluid, at least partially charging or discharging a first portion of the electrochemically active fluid while, at the same time, a second portion of the electrochemically active fluid fluidically connected to the first portion via an open flow path is not substantially charged or discharged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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11. A method of transferring energy in an energy storage device, comprising:
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at least partially discharging a first portion of an electrochemically active fluid within a first volume; urging the first portion of the electrochemically active fluid from the first volume to a second volume; and at least partially charging the first portion of the electrochemically active fluid within the second volume, wherein the first and second volumes remain fluidically connected by a continuous, open conduit during the charging and discharging of the first portion of the electrochemically active fluid. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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