Patent ID: 11916216
Assignee: ALUMAPOWER CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for halting operation of a metal air battery, the method comprising:
withdrawing an anode from a battery cell chamber such that less than 20% of a length of the anode remains within the battery cell chamber, wherein
the anode is a rectangular block with a first flat surface and a second flat surface, the first flat surface and the second flat surface being opposite;
the battery cell chamber comprises
a slot for removably receiving the anode;
a first cathode plate that is parallel and proximate to the first flat surface of the anode, thereby forming a first electrolyte chamber;
a second cathode plate that is parallel and proximate to the second flat surface of the anode, thereby forming a second electrolyte chamber;
a first air gun plenum and a second air gun plenum, each disposed at the top of the battery cell chamber and on opposing sides of the anode, each configured to provide an even sheet of high-pressure air to the anode such that liquid electrolyte is removed from the anode by the sheet of high-pressure air when the anode is removed from the slot;

supplying pressurized air to the first air gun plenum and the second air gun plenum, thereby supplying air flow to the first flat surface and the second flat surface, respectively;
wherein the step of withdrawing and the step of supplying occur simultaneously such that electrolyte is removed from the first flat surface and the second flat surface and pushed into the first electrolyte chamber and the second electrolyte chamber, respectively, and thereby halting operation of the metal air battery.