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7550224 Apparatus equipped with metallic manganese anode for generating power from voltage gradients at the sediment-water interface  
An apparatus having a metallic manganese anode; a cathode capable of reducing at least one species found in marine water; and a rig coupled to the anode and the cathode capable of maintaining the...
7514173 Water-activated cell and method of power generation  
A water-activated cell comprises an acidic medium including an acidic substance and having a first electrode disposed therein, a basic medium including a basic substance and having a second...
7205066 Structural element with rib-receiving member  
A structural element for use in aerospace applications such as a structural element suitable as an aircraft component is described. In one embodiment of the invention, the composite structure...
7195841 System and a method of solid storage and dissolution of a catholyte for use in electrochemical cell  
A system and a method of storage and dissolution of solid catholyte are provided. The system and the method employ a solid medium having a controlled surface from which solid catholyte particles...
6972119 Apparatus for forming hydrogen  
A hydrogen producing apparatus comprising: a reforming section having a reforming catalyst which causes a reaction between a carbon-containing organic compound as a feedstock and water; a feedstock...
6913854 Method and apparatus for generating power from voltage gradients at sediment-water interfaces  
A method and apparatus for generating power from voltage gradients at sediment-water interfaces or within stratified euxinic water-columns is provided. Natural voltage gradients typically exist at...
6869710 Metal air cell system  
A metal air cell system is provided. The system includes a cathode having a pair of oxidant sides and anode sides. An anode is provided in two parts, each part having a side complementary each...
6849356 Separated flow liquid catholyte aluminum hydrogen peroxide seawater semi fuel cell  
The present invention relates to an improved semi-fuel cell and an improved cathode used therein. The semi-fuel cell stack comprises a housing, an anode within the housing, a porous cathode within...
6684404 Multi-component stab and ballistic resistant garment and method  
A multi-component stab and ballistic resistant garment having a stab resistant sub-panel constructed of at least one layer of metallic cloth interposed between at least two layers of woven fabric....
6656628 Power generating method using seawater and power generating apparatus using the method  
A power generating method of generating power supply by: guiding seawater through a reaction tank having negative electrodes made of magnesium or aluminum alloy and a positive electrode made of...
6379835 Method of making a thin film battery  
A flexible thin film battery including a film layer and a porous cathode deposited on a portion of a film and a porous anode deposited on a portion of the film, with an electrolyte and separator...
6228527 Magnesium solution phase catholyte seawater electrochemical system  
In accordance with the present invention, an electrochemical system is provided which comprises a plurality of cells, the cells being formed by spaced apart bipolar electrodes. Each of the...
6168882 Seawater electric power system  
A seawater electric power system has a solar cell or wind generator for generating electromotive force, a battery including a plurality of electric double layer capacitors each having seawater...
6146787 Solid polymer battery electrolyte and reactive metal-water battery  
In one implementation, a reactive metal-water battery includes an anode comprising a metal in atomic or alloy form selected from the group consisting of periodic table Group 1A metals, periodic...
6033602 Cathode member including fluorinated ion exchange polymer for water-activated storage battery  
Disclosed is a water-activated battery comprising an anode member and a cathode member which comprises cuprous chloride, graphite, and a fluorinated ion exchange polymer having at least one pendant...
6013192 Sodium hydroxide compositions for use in battery systems  
The present invention relates to a dry composition of materials to be used n a battery system. The dry composition comprises a mixture consisting of sodium hydroxide and sodium oxide. In a first...
6010799 Cathode member for water-activated storage battery  
Disclosed is a water-activated battery, comprising an anode member and a cathode member which comprises a cuprous halide, graphite, and at least Group IV to Group VIII transition metal salt of a...
5963009 Salt water power source and lantern  
A lantern and power source includes a hollow housing with a hollow tubular power cell formed within the housing. The tubular power cell includes an anode rod formed of a magnesium alloy and...
5665487 Water-acivated storage battery  
The cathode of the water-activated battery is a chloride member with a silver coating on its surface or it is a silver-chloride cathode. The anode is a magnesium plate. The anode and cathode are...
5532079 Electrolyte-activated battery  
An electrolyte-activated battery, particularly for generating electric energy for the propulsion of underwater systems, and presenting a reservoir, an electrochemical cell, and a system for forming...
5480743 Bipolar compression cell for a water-activated battery  
A bipolar compression cell for a water-activated battery that can be used with a plurality of such cells stacked together in a side-by-side array to form the bipolar battery. Each cell includes an...
5427871 Galvanic seawater cell  
This invention relates to galvanic seawater cells and batteries and in particular to cathodes which are suitable for use in galvanic cells that use an oxidant dissolved in the electrolyte as...
5424147 Water-activated battery  
The invention provides a water-activated, deferred-action battery having a housing containing at least one cell, comprising at least one anode selected from the group consisting of magnesium,...
5405717 Seawater cell with increased efficiency  
This invention relates to a sea water cell which uses wave action to increase the flow of the water through the cathode. The cell has an anode and a cathode arranged in an open cell structure to...
5395707 Environmentally safe water-activated battery  
A water-activated, primary reserve battery for use in an environment, such as the ocean, that provides an environmentally safe battery, especially useful in sonobuoys. The battery includes the use...
5395491 Method for preventing sea water cells from being destroyed by biofouling  
This invention relates to a method and means for preventing or greatly reducing biological growth on the cathode (7, 11) of a sea water cell (1) which is based on electrolytic reaction between...
5288564 Compact, cylindrical, multi-cell seawater battery  
In a preferred embodiment, a battery including a plurality of series connected battery cells rolled into a cylindrical form. Each of the battery cells includes a thin flexible rectangular anode...
5256501 Sea water battery  
This invention relates to sea water cells or salt water galvanic cells or batteries which use oxygen dissolved in the sea water as the oxidant, and in particular to cathodes which are suitable for...
5225291 Deferred actuated battery assembly  
There is disclosed an improved deferred actuated battery assembly including a plurality of electrochemical cells comprised of a hybrid cathode member and an anode member formed of a material...
5188911 Tapered manifold for batteries requiring forced electrolyte flow  
In a preferred embodiment, inlet and outlet manifolds for a forced electrolyte flow battery, the manifolds having nonuniform cross-sections. The inlet manifold extends along the base of the battery...
5178972 Power cell with new configuration  
There is disclosed an electrochemical power cell comprised of an anode member and cathode member mounted via an intermediate non-porous dielectric layer having a volume resistivity of at least 1000...
5158838 Method for preventing formation of calcareous deposits on seawater battery cathodes  
The invention relates to a method for preventing or greatly reducing formation of calcareous deposits on an inert electron conducting cathode in a primary cell (1) which is based on reaction...
4822698 Seawater power cell  
Disclosed is a battery having an anode selected from the group consisting of magnesium, zinc, and mixtures and alloys thereof, an oxygen electrode as the cathode, and means for maintaining the...
4811481 Method of beading deformable electrodes  
An improved method of beading deformable electrodes is provided which method comprises forming a plurality of spaced depressions, preferably simultaneously, as through the use of a novel beading...
4803135 Pressure Activated reserve battery  
A pressure activated reserve battery, capable of being activated by increasing external or environmental seawater pressure as the device is lowered or sinks to depth, without benefit of an external...
4752542 Activatable battery  
In an activatable AgO/Al battery, the electrolyte tank is partitioned into two portions (31, 32) which are simultaneously filled on activation. During a first discharge stage electrolyte in one of...
4745529 Battery powered light source  
A battery powered light source comprising an electric light bulb; a plurality of air cathodes; a plurality of metal anodes, one for each cathode; a plurality of electrically nonconductive housings...
4735630 Electrode stacking structure in an activatable battery  
The electrode structure includes electrolyte injection and collector channels, and, on pairs of opposite sides of each battery cell (1), plates (2) for distributing electrolyte through said cells,...
4626481 Common electrolyte manifold battery  
A common electrolyte manifold battery that includes at least one module having a plurality of cells, at least one common electrolyte manifold traversing the cells for transporting a low...
4601961 Bilaminar seawater battery  
A seawater battery has been provided which includes an anode and a cathode, he anode being a flexible sheet of anode material and the cathode being a flexible foil of cathode material. An...
4522897 Rope batteries  
A flexible, water activated electrochemical cell and battery suitable generally for application in marine devices requiring low power levels for long periods of time without maintenance or...
4487821 Battery cell for a primary battery  
A battery cell for a primary battery, particularly a flat cell battery to be activated on being taken into use, e.g., when submerged into water. The battery cell comprises a positive current...
4421831 Battery flow restrictor  
An improved battery structure for a multicelled primary cell circulating electrolyte battery which provides for uniform distribution and rate of flow of the electrolyte to all of the cells....
4368167 Method of making an electrode  
An improved method of making a silver chloride and copper chloride-containing electrode comprises forming a minimum melting point mixture of about 47% by weight of silver chloride and about 53% by...
4338384 Battery activated by sea water  
Batteries activated by immersion in the sea comprise a case containing battery elements separated by tightly sealed partitions. These elements are electrically connected in series. Tubes leading to...
4332864 Primary electric cell having magnesium alloy anode  
A magnesium alloy contains the following additives: A1 1-9%, Zn 0-4%, Sn 0.1-5%, Mn 0-1%. It is useful as an anode in cells operating with a salt water electrolyte, especially in batteries powering...
4278743 Generation of electrical energy  
A marine installation for generating electrical energy, which installation operates as a giant battery using the sea as the electrolyte and comprises a plurality of electrodes (6, 8) connected...
4261853 Deferred action battery having an improved depolarizer  
A deferred action battery having a magnesium alloy anode and a cathode depolarizer and a method for making the depolarizer. The depolarizer material comprises cuprous thiocyanate, a form of carbon...
4198474 Seawater battery  
A high energy multicell seawater activated battery with provision for unimly distributing a desired concentration of the electrolyte for maximum power output. When the battery is submerged to a...
4185143 Water activated batteries  
In the cell of a water activated battery using a metal/organo-halogen couple wherein the anode and cathode are formed as planar members with a porous insulator sandwiched between there are provided...
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