METHOD FOR DETECTING LEAKAGE OF A REDUCING FLUID THROUGHOUT AN ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL

• Main Authors: CHAUDRON VALERY, RAKOTONDRAINIBE ANDRÉ
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.12.2015
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; TESTING; TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES; TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

A method for detecting leakage of a reducing fluid throughout an electrolyte membrane of an electrochemical cell is provided. The method includes the following consecutive steps: supplying the cell with anode and cathode streams; abrupt and controlled variation of at least one of the following param...