MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517025531 A) filed by Sojitz Institute Of Innovative Technologies, Ltd.; and Public University Corporation Suwa University Of Science Foundation, Tokyo, on March 20, for 'regeneration device for regenerating used fuel of fuel cell that uses metal as fuel, regeneration method, and fuel cell comprising regeneration device.'
Inventor(s) include Ogawa, Satoshi; and Ajiki, Yoshiharu.
The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention provides a regeneration device for a fuel, wherein a short circuit due to an increase in the volume of a metal can be prevented. The present invention relates to a regeneration device for regenerating a fuel, which contains a metal oxide, of a fuel cell that uses a metal as the fuel, the regeneration device comprising a container that is configured such that the fuel, which contains a metal oxide, can be contained therein. The container comprises: electrodes that are configured to apply an electric current to the fuel so that the metal oxide can be reduced to a metal; and a fracturing unit that is configured such that at least some of the reduced metal, which is generated at the surface of a negative electrode among the electrodes, can be mechanically fractured."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 05, 2024, under International application No.PCT/JP2024/008335.
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