Patents Assigned to Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
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Patent number: 11799295Abstract: An example device includes a processor configured to receive a plurality of voltage values representing respective voltage magnitudes at voltage nodes in a first portion of a power system and determine, for each voltage node, a respective value of first and second voltage-constraint coefficients. The processor is also configured to receive a power value corresponding to a connection point of the first portion of the power system with a second portion of the power system and determine for the connection point, a respective value of first and second power-constraint coefficients. The processor is also configured to cause at least one energy resource connected to the first portion of the power system to modify an output power of the at least one energy resource based on the value of the first and second voltage-constraint coefficients for each voltage node and the value of the first and second power-constraint coefficients.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Universite Catholique de LouvainInventors: Emiliano Dall'Anese, Andrey Bernstein, Andrea Simonetto
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Patent number: 11787697Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a film having a network of randomly aligned carbon nanotubes, where the carbon nanotubes have an average diameter between about 0.6 nm and about 2.0 nm and the carbon nanotubes form bundles having an average diameter between about 3 nm and about 50 nm. In addition, the composition is characterized by a power factor ?2? between 1 ?W/mK2 and about 3500 ?W/mK2 and by ZT=?2?T/k between about 0.02 and about 2.0 over a temperature range between about 100 K and about 500 K.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, University of DenverInventors: Jeffrey Lee Blackburn, Andrew John Ferguson, Barry Lee Zink
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Patent number: 11786886Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), oxygen, and an element (M) that includes at least one of magnesium, cerium, and/or a transition metal, where the copper and the element are present at a first molar ratio relative to the aluminum between about 0.1:1 and about 30:1 ((Cu+M):Al), and the copper and the element are present at a second molar ratio between about 0.1:4 and about 20:1 (Cu:M).Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Derek Richard Vardon, Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen
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Patent number: 11781107Abstract: Disclosed herein are the genetically modified Pseudomonas with improved tolerance to hydroxycinnamic acids.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Gregg Tyler Beckham, Christopher W. Johnson, Allison Jean Zimont Werner, Davinia Salvachúa Rodríguez, Daniel A. Jacobson, Erica Teixeira Prates, Elsayed Tharwat Tolba Mohamed, Adam Michael Feist
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Patent number: 11777047Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photovoltaic (PV) device that includes a first junction constructed with a first alloy and having a bandgap between about 1.0 eV and about 1.5 eV, and a second junction constructed with a second alloy and having a bandgap between about 0.9 eV and about 1.3 eV, where the first alloy includes III-V elements, the second alloy includes III-V elements, and the PV device is configured to operate in a thermophotovoltaic system having an operating temperature between about 1500° C. and about 3000° C.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Myles Aaron Steiner, Daniel Joseph Friedman, Ryan Matthew France, Asegun Henry
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Patent number: 11778782Abstract: Provided is a condenser for use in an electronic assembly. The condenser includes a first vertical wall extending in a vertical direction, the first vertical wall defining a first plurality of vertical condensation channels within the first vertical wall, a second vertical wall extending in the vertical direction, the second vertical wall defining a second plurality of vertical condensation channels within the second vertical wall, and a first plurality of fins extending in the vertical direction, each of the first plurality of fins connected to the first vertical wall, the second vertical wall or both the first vertical wall and the second vertical wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: DEERE & COMPANY, ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, LLCInventors: Emily Cousineau, Gilberto Moreno, Kevin Scott Bennion, Thomas Roan, Brij N. Singh
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Patent number: 11766661Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a catalyst that includes a support that includes a metal oxide and a metal deposited on the support, where the metal oxide includes at least one of TiO2, Al2O3, SiO2, CeO2, and/or ZrO2, the metal includes at least one of Pt, Pd, Ru Rh, Ni, and/or Mo, the metal is in the form of a particle, and the metal is present on the support at a concentration between about 0.1 wt % and about 5.0 wt %.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Michael Brandon Griffin, Calvin Mukarakate, Maarit Kristiina Iisa, Abhijit Dutta, Joshua A. Schaidle, Andrew Nolan Wilson, Mark R. Nimlos, Matthew Maurice Yung
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Patent number: 11765964Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first layer that includes a perovskite defined by ABX3 and a second layer that includes a perovskite-like material defined by at least one of A?2B?X?4, A?3B?2X?9, A?B?X?4, A?2B?X?6, and/or A?2AB?2X?7, where the first layer is adjacent to the second layer, A is a first cation, B is a second cation, X is a first anion, A? is a third cation, B? is a fourth cation, X? is a second anion, and A? is different than A.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Axel Finn Palmstrom, Kai Zhu, Fei Zhang, Joseph Jonathan Berry
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Patent number: 11764326Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a device, where the device includes, in order, a metamorphic contact layer, a first metamorphic junction, a metamorphic tunnel junction, and a second metamorphic junction. To produce the device, the manufacturing includes, in order, a first depositing of a buffer layer onto a substrate, a second depositing of the metamorphic contact layer, a third depositing of the first metamorphic junction, a fourth depositing of the metamorphic tunnel junction, a fifth depositing of the second metamorphic junction, and the removing of the buffer layer and the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kevin Louis Schulte, Myles Aaron Steiner, Daniel Joseph Friedman, Ryan Matthew France, Asegun Henry
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Patent number: 11753422Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a material of at least one of a perovskite structure, a perovskite-like structure, and/or a perovskitoid structure, where the material includes an isotope of an element, the isotope has more neutrons than protons, and the isotope is incorporated into the perovskite structure, the perovskite-like structure, and/or the perovskitoid structure. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the isotope may make up between greater than 0% and 100% of the element.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois UniversityInventors: Kai Zhu, Jinhui Tong, Tao Xu, Xun Li
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Patent number: 11746264Abstract: Described herein are materials and methods useful in the field of insulation, including building materials, refrigeration, cryogenics, and shipping, amongst others. Advantageously, the provided materials and method provide low thermal conductivities and increased mechanical strength, allowing for efficient insulating in a diverse range of applications. The provided materials and methods include individual particles connected by a polymer network that links individual particles and may include hollow or evacuated capsules and various strengthening agents.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Lin Jay Simpson, Chaiwat Engtrakul
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Patent number: 11751365Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for cooling power electronics in automotive applications. The present disclosure utilizes a jet impingement of a dielectric fluid on electrical interconnections to cool power electronics.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Gilberto Moreno, Sreekant Venkat Jagannath Narumanchi, Kevin Scott Bennion, Ramchandra Mahendrabhai Kotecha, Paul Philip Paret, Xuhui Feng
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Patent number: 11740025Abstract: The present disclosure describes heat exchangers for converting thermal energy stored in solid particles to electricity. Electro-thermal energy storage converts off-peak electricity into heat for thermal energy storage, which may be converted back to electricity, for example during peak-hour power generation. The heat exchanger for converting thermal energy stored in solid particles to electricity enables the conversion of thermal energy into electrical energy for redistribution to the grid. In some embodiments, pressurized fluidized-bed heat exchangers may achieve efficient conversion of thermal energy to electricity by providing direct contact of the solid particles with a gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Colorado School of MinesInventors: Zhiwen Ma, Jeffrey Clayton Gifford, Patrick Gordon Davenport, Xingchao Wang
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Patent number: 11742440Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an all-back-contact photovoltaic device that includes, in order, a substrate, a first electrode having a first surface, an insulator, a second electrode having a second surface, and an active material, where the insulator and the second electrode form a cavity, the active material substantially fills the cavity and is in physical contact with the first surface and the second surface, the insulator includes a first layer and a second layer with the second layer positioned between the first layer and the second contact, and the first layer is constructed of a first material that is different than a second material used to construct the second layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Kevin Joseph Prince, Colin Andrew Wolden, Lance Michael Wheeler
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Patent number: 11732385Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes polymerizing a nitrile with an acrylate ester to form a copolymer, in a mixture that includes water and an alcohol (R2—OH), according to the following reaction where R1 includes at least one of a first aliphatic group or hydrogen, R2 comprises at least one of a second aliphatic group or hydrogen, 100?m?4000, and 1?n?4000. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mixture may be an emulsion.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, UT-Battelle, LLCInventors: Kelly Marie Meek, Todd R. Eaton, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Eric M. Karp, Amit Kumar Naskar
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Patent number: 11733190Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for determining impedance of an electrochemical device by electrically connecting a variable impedance in parallel with the electrochemical device; electrically connecting a power supply to the electrochemical device, the power supply generating a power supply current; modulating a current through the variable impedance; measuring a stack current flowing through the electrochemical device; measuring, at the electrochemical device, a voltage across at least a portion of the electrochemical device; and calculating, based on the measured stack current and the measured voltage, the impedance of the electrochemical device. Systems for performing such methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventor: Walter Ellis Klein, Jr.
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Patent number: 11737292Abstract: Systems and methods for organic semiconductor devices with sputtered contact layers are provided. In one embodiment, an organic semiconductor device comprises: a first contact layer comprising a first sputter-deposited transparent conducting oxide; an electron transport layer interfacing with the first contact layer; a second contact layer comprising a second sputter-deposited transparent conducting oxide; a hole transport layer interfacing with the second contact layer; and an organic semiconductor active layer having a first side facing the electron transport layer and an opposing second side facing the hole transport layer; wherein either the electron transport layer or the hole transport layer comprises a buffering transport layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: SolarWindow Technologies, Inc., Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Scott R. Hammond, Marinus Franciscus Antonius Maria van Hest
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Patent number: 11732908Abstract: Integrated systems comprising both i) heat and mass exchange systems and ii) electrolysis stacks are disclosed, together with related methods of use. The disclosed systems cool and/or dehumidify air using two streams of salt solutions as liquid desiccants.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Jason David Woods, Eric Kozubal
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Patent number: 11725093Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a lignin-derived mixture that includes at least one of a dimer, a trimer, and/or a tetramer, where the composition is characterized by a thermal stability up to a maximum temperature between about 260° C. and about 300° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Nicholas Earl Thornburg, Jacob S. Kruger
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Patent number: 11725625Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for utilizing distributed reinforcement learning and consensus control to most effectively generate and utilize energy. In some embodiments, individual turbines within a wind farm may communicate to reach a consensus as to the desired yaw angle based on the wind conditions.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLCInventors: Jennifer Rose King, Paul Aaron Fleming, Emiliano Dall'Anese, Christopher Joseph Bay, Peter Andrew Graf