The invention relates to the technical field of flow batteries, in particular to a
flow battery flow channel with a bifurcated finger-type structure on a bipolar plate.
Electrolyte is evenly distributed to the liquid
inlet flow channels of all the subunits of the flow channel step by step from an inlet in a step-by-step two-way mode, and the
electrolyte of the liquid outlet flow channels is collected to an outlet step by step in the step-by-step two-way mode. The liquid inlet
branch flow channels and the liquid outlet
branch flow channels are alternately arranged and distributed in an interdigital manner and are not communicated with one another, so that
electrolyte is forced to enter the
porous electrode from the liquid inlet
branch flow channels and then flow into the liquid outlet branch flow channels to be discharged. According to the two-branch finger-type flow channel, the
electrolyte is uniformly distributed in each branch flow channel, so that on one hand, the uniformity of active substance supply is ensured, on the other hand, the pressure drop and the pump work loss are reduced, the sealing performance of a
system is ensured, the flow of the electrolyte can be further improved, the
mass transfer loss is further reduced, and the service life of the
system is prolonged. And the
battery voltage efficiency and the
system efficiency are improved. The invention is suitable for flow batteries with different sizes, and the larger the size of the battery is, the more obvious the effect is.