US 12,011,389 B2
Heating using electrochemical power source
Thomas Bradford Milnes, Beverly, MA (US); Ian Salmon McKay, Seattle, WA (US); Jeffrey Michael Smith, Pembroke, MA (US); and David Harvie Porter, Somerville, MA (US)
Assigned to L3Harris Open Water Power, Inc., Somerville, MA (US)
Appl. No. 16/484,752
Filed by L3 Open Water Power, Inc., Somerville, MA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 7, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/021413
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 8, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/165342, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,344, filed on Mar. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0365563 A1, Dec. 5, 2019
Int. Cl. A61F 7/03 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01)
CPC A61F 7/03 (2013.01) [H01M 8/04007 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0001 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal management system, the system comprising:
an electrochemical power source configured to simultaneously generate electrical power and generate heat as a byproduct or coproduct, wherein the electrochemical power source contains an electrolyte; and
the electrolyte configured to transport the heat that is generated by the electrochemical power source to at least one water-surface load or sub-water load; and
a heat exchanger in communication with the electrochemical power source and the water-surface load or sub-water load, wherein the heat exchanger comprises:
a first channel configured to receive the electrolyte and return it to the electrochemical power source after circulating the electrolyte past a second channel, and
the second channel is proximate to the first channel, wherein the second channel contains a fluid, such that the heat from the electrolyte can transfer to the fluid in the second channel.