EP 1316125 A1 20030604 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR PRODUKTION VON ELEKTRISCHER ENERGIE
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT LA PRODUCTION D'ENERGIE ELECTRIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
DK 0000492 W 20000906
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO0223665A1] There is disclosed a method and an apparatus (2) for producing electric energy by utilising the semiconductor properties of silicon in a galvanic/chemical process, where naturally occurring silicon (SiO2) is crushed or granulated and laid out in a tray (10) on a membrane (9) consisting of a semipermeable non-conductive plastic film, and which is covered by a solution with a mixture proportion of e.g. 11 anhydrous phosphoric acid (H3PO4), 0.25 g iodine (J), 50 g anhydrous boric adid (B2O3), 15 g titanium oxide (TiO4) under the membrane (9) at the bottom of the tray (10) there is supplied with a weak aqueous solution of e.g. potassium phosphate together with an electrode consisting of carbon which constitutes and electric terminal (7), the tray (10) being covered by a perforated or net-like plate member of electrically conducting material constituting a second electric terminal (12), that a number of the tray-shaped cells (8) are placed with mutual spacing in a supporting stand (6) in such a way that the single cells (8) are electrically separated, that a cell battery is formed by connection in parallel of the single cells (8), that the upper side of the respective cells are illuminated by means of flash lamps (14) disposed above the respective cells (8) and triggered in an aperiodic way by means of rigger circuits (15) as the triggering of the flash is controlled by means of a comparison circuit and a reference circuit, so that the triggering of respective flash lamps (14) is determined by the output voltage supplied by respective cells (8), that ht eproduced electric energy is preferably transformed to heat energy in an electric water heater, the control thermostat of which preferably forming a part of a control circuit, and that the cells, or at least their content of prepared silicon granulate, are replaced according to need.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01G 9/20 (2006.01); H01M 4/48 (2010.01); H01M 14/00 (2006.01); H01M 4/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/58 (2010.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01M 4/48 (2013.01); H01M 14/00 (2013.01); H01M 4/02 (2013.01); H01M 4/583 (2013.01); Y02E 60/10 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 0223665A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 0223665 A1 20020321; AU 6984200 A 20020326; CA 2422444 A1 20020321; EA 005607 B1 20050428; EA 200300299 A1 20031030; EP 1316125 A1 20030604
DOCDB simple family (application)
DK 0000492 W 20000906; AU 6984200 A 20000906; CA 2422444 A 20000906; EA 200300299 A 20000906; EP 00958266 A 20000906