Abstract: Waste management in electrochemical systems, such as electrochemical systems in which an electrochemically active material comprising aluminum is employed, is generally described.

Abstract: A method for collecting aluminate waste. The method includes transporting a super-saturated aqueous aluminate stream through a non-electrode open cell foam such that aluminum hydroxide that is the product of an electricity-generating electrochemical reaction between aluminum and water is precipitated on the non-electrode open cell foam, wherein at least 50% wt of the precipitation occurs within the non-electrode open cell foam instead of on an electrode.

Abstract: Waste management in electrochemical systems, such as electrochemical systems in which an electrochemically active material comprising aluminum is employed, is generally described.

Abstract: Waste management in electrochemical systems, such as electrochemical systems in which an electrochemically active material comprising aluminum is employed, is generally described.

Abstract: Waste management in electrochemical systems, such as electrochemical systems in which an electrochemically active material comprising aluminum is employed, is generally described.

Abstract: Compact ceiling fans having fan blades with a longitudinal axis extending substantially vertically and ceiling fans having one or more fan blades are extend under the housing of the fan across the span of the fan and are suspended only at the distal ends of radially extending arms.

Abstract: Waste management in electrochemical systems, such as electrochemical systems in which an electrochemically active material comprising aluminum is employed, is generally described.

Abstract: A fixture assembly having a self-aligning chain and a fixture suspended by the chain are disclosed. The chain has a top link connected to a point of attachment and a bottom link connected to the fixture. The chain has at least one juncture between the top and bottom links. The juncture has first and second link-ends. The first link-end is configured in the shape of a vee with diverging legs and spaced-apart edges extending longitudinally along the legs. The second link-end has a portion nestled into the vee of the first link-end contacting the vee of the first link-end at four contact points, each edge of the first link-end having a contact point. All links of the chain are connected by said juncture thereby restraining the fixture from turning with respect to its at-rest vertical axis or attitude. The present invention also resides in a ceiling fan assembly having a ceiling fan and a chain suspending the fan.