US 12,424,641 B2
Magnetic flow battery
William Charles Nunnally, Galveston, TX (US); Bret Alan Raymis, Yuma, AZ (US); and Dwaine Kenton Coates, Joplin, MO (US)
Assigned to PwrJoule LLC, Galveston, TX (US)
Filed by PwrJoule LLC, Galveston, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,660.
Application 18/080,660 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/397,974, filed on Aug. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,769,896.
Application 17/397,974 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2020/028545, filed on Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/062,693, filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/882,513, filed on Aug. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/882,502, filed on Aug. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,669, filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115089 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04186 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); H01M 8/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 8/04186 (2013.01) [H01M 8/04753 (2013.01); H01M 8/188 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An ion transfer cell comprising:
a first side and a second side separated by an ion-permeable membrane, wherein one of the first side and the second side is an anode, and wherein the other one of the first side and the second side is a cathode;
a first flow channel on the first side, wherein the first flow channel comprises a first liquid electrolyte slurry, wherein the first liquid electrolyte slurry comprises first particles, wherein the first particles are configured to accept or deploy at least one electron-ion pair;
a first electrode in the first flow channel, wherein the first electrode is in contact with the ion-permeable membrane, wherein the first electrode is configured to be coupled to an electrical load or to an electrical power source,
wherein the first liquid electrolyte slurry is configured to flow through the first flow channel in one of two opposite directions in contact with the first electrode,
wherein the first particles are configured to be magnetically susceptible,
wherein the first particles are configured to contact the first electrode based at least in part on the first electrode being configured to generate an attractive magnetic field, wherein the attractive magnetic field is being generated based at least in part on a current flowing through the first electrode,
wherein the first particles are configured to, based at least in part on the first particles contacting the first electrode:
accept or deploy at least one electron that is configured to be conducted by the first electrode, and
accept or deploy at least one ion that is configured to flow through the first electrode and the ion permeable membrane.