Patents Assigned to China Energy Investment Corporation Limited
  • Patent number: 11813591
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an ethylene degradation catalyst and a preparation method and a use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: CHINA ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW-CARBON ENERGY
    Inventors: Ge Li, Baodong Wang, Ziran Ma, Jing Ma, Shengpan Peng, Hongyan Wang
  • Patent number: 11799140
    Abstract: An electrical energy storage system, a controller, and methods of using the same are provided. The system includes battery packs connected in parallel, one or more battery power management unit, one or more power converters, and a controller. The controller includes one or more processor and at least one tangible, non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with one or more programs configured to perform steps for discharging or charging. The steps include: reading data including state of health (SOH) and state of charge (SOC) from each battery pack, connecting a respective battery pack with a respective power converter; receiving a power command from an energy management system, calculating a respective power rate of each battery pack based on the data of SOH, SOC, and the power command, and discharging power from battery packs to a grid or charging power to battery packs based on the power rate of each battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Ratnesh Sharma, Surinder Singh, Peng Yu, You Zhou, Lulu Zhao, Brandon Ohara
  • Publication number: 20230279995
    Abstract: A system and a method for dispensing a liquefied fuel (e.g., hydrogen) are provided. The system includes a cryotank for storing a liquefied fuel, a first liquid pump and a second liquid pump. The first pump has a first maximum flow rate and pumps a first stream of the liquefied fuel having a first pressure. The second pump has a second and lower maximum flow rate, and pumps a second stream of the liquefied fuel has a second and higher pressure. Each pump is connected with a heat exchanger to vaporize a stream of the liquefied fuel to provide a respective vaporized substream. Each pump is also connected with a mixer, which combines the respective vaporized substream and a respective second substream of the liquefied fuel to provide a respective gaseous fuel stream. The gaseous fuel streams can be separately or jointly dispensed to one or more vehicles through a piping manifold and at least one dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Xianming Li, Anthony Ku, Edward Youn, Ashwin Ramteke
  • Publication number: 20230249163
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the catalytic field, and discloses a catalyst system and a light hydrocarbon aromatization method, a carbon dioxide hydrogenation process and a method for enhancing the catalytic activity and/or lifetime of the catalyst during a heterogeneous catalysis process, the catalyst system comprising a porous material layer containing an active metal component and a molecular sieve layer. The catalyst system provided by the present disclosure exhibits desirable catalytic activity, stability, renewability and selectivity, thus has significant benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Junjun Shan, Louis Guillen, Hui Wang, Aihua Zhang, Lisa Nguyen, Joshua Miles, Saydul Sardar, Hua Liu
  • Publication number: 20230246216
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of flow batteries, and in particular relates to a neutral zinc iron flow battery and the use thereof. The neutral zinc iron flow battery comprises a negative electrode electrolyte solution and a positive electrode electrolyte solution, wherein a negative electrode electrolyte in the negative electrode electrolyte solution comprises a first ferrous salt and a zinc salt, the molar ratio of the first ferrous salt to the zinc salt is 0.01 to 0.25:1, wherein the first ferrous salt is based on Fe2?, and the zinc salt is based on Zn2+.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: CHINA ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, National lnstitute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Rui Wang, Zhen Yao, Qinghua Liu
  • Patent number: 11686434
    Abstract: A system and a method for dispensing a liquefied fuel (e.g., hydrogen) are provided. The system includes a cryotank for storing a liquefied fuel, a pump insertable into the cryotank, and a switching valve. The pump has a piston, an intake port, and an isolation valve configured to supply the liquefied fuel to the intake port. The switching valve is controlled to flow the vapor from the pump and the liquefied fuel contacting a backside of the piston to the intake port of the pump. At least one block valve is also connected with the cryotank and the pump. At least one of the switching valve, the at least one block valve, and the isolation valve can be controlled to operate the system in one of three working modes including a pressure increase mode, a pressure maintaining mode, and a pressure decrease mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Xianming Li, Anthony Ku, Edward Youn, Ashwin Ramteke
  • Patent number: 11677069
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of carbonaceous composite materials, in particular to a silicon-carbon composite material and a preparation method and a use thereof. The silicon-carbon composite material comprises a composite carbon material and nanometer silicon dispersed therein, wherein the composite carbon material is consisting of a graphitic crystal phase and an amorphous carbon phase, wherein the ratio I002/Iamor of the peak intensity I002 of the graphite crystal phase (002) plane relative to the peak intensity Iamor of the amorphous carbon phase as measured by the X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) is within a range of 0.1-40, the graphite crystalline phase is uniformly dispersed in the composite material, the dispersion coefficient ? of the ratio Id/Ig of Id and Ig as measured by Raman data is less than 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-And-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Peng Liang, Wenbin Liang, Chang Wei, Junqing Liu, Dongfang Zheng, Guanghong Pan
  • Publication number: 20230155137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of energy storage. Disclosed in the invention are a composite electrode for a flow cell, a flow cell, and a stack. The composite electrode comprises: a distribution layer, used to distribute an electrolyte; a reaction layer used to receive the electrolyte of the distribution layer and provide an electrochemical reaction site for the electrolyte; and a contact layer, used to reduce the contact resistance of the distribution layer so as to reduce an internal resistance of the flow cell. In the present invention, by means of providing a distribution layer, a reaction layer and a contact layer, an electrochemical reaction site and an electrolyte distribution site of a composite electrode can be effectively separated, the distribution layer being able to greatly reduce dead zones and channeling caused by uneven flow distribution, and the contact layer being able to greatly reduce the internal resistance of the flow cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: CHINA ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW CARBON ENERGY
    Inventors: Yongsheng FAN, Qinghua LIU, Ping MIAO
  • Publication number: 20230149903
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an ethylene degradation catalyst and a preparation method and a use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Ge Li, Baodong Wang, Ziran Ma, Jing Ma, Shengpan Peng, Hongyan WANG
  • Patent number: 11649156
    Abstract: A system for dispensing a gaseous fuel from a liquefied fuel and a method for operating such a system are provided. The system includes a storage tank, a pressure sensor, a dispenser, a temperature sensor, and a vapor supply unit. The storage tank stores a liquefied fuel including phases of liquid and vapor. The pressure sensor is configured to measure a vapor pressure inside the storage tank. The dispenser is configured to receive the liquefied fuel and dispense the gaseous fuel to a receiving tank. The temperature sensor is configured to measure temperature of the dispenser. The system further includes a vapor supply unit fluidly coupled with the storage tank and configured to provide the vapor of the liquefied fuel from the storage tank into the dispenser or in thermally contact with at least one portion of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Jerad Allen Stager, Xianming Li, Anthony Ku
  • Patent number: 11652357
    Abstract: A controller, a system including such a controller, and a method for controlling discharging of a plurality of battery packs are provided. The controller includes one or more processor and at least one tangible, non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with one or more programs configured to perform steps to determine a respective discharge power or discharge share for each battery pack for maximizing objective function (J) of the plurality of battery packs defined in Equation (1). The controller provides signals with instructions to the plurality of battery packs and/or the one or more power converters for discharging power from the plurality of battery packs based on the respective discharging share and power of each battery pack and/or keeping a certain battery pack idle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Ratnesh Sharma, Surinder Singh, Brandon Ohara
  • Patent number: 11648540
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a modified catalyst, and preparation method and a method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons by aromatization of olefins using the modified catalyst. The modified catalyst comprises an acidic molecular sieve and an olefin aromatization active metal component, the total acid amount of the catalyst as measured by NH3-TPD method is not higher than 0.35 mmol/g, and ratio of the strong acid to weak acid is within a range of 0.8-1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Aihua Zhang, Hui Wang, Junjun Shan, Joshua Miles, Lisa Nguyen, Louis Guillen, Amin Sardar, Hua Liu
  • Publication number: 20230132229
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of alkylation catalysts, and disclosed are a composite ZSM-5 molecular sieve, a preparation method therefor, a catalyst and an application thereof. A single crystal of the composite ZSM-5 molecular sieve comprises a main crystal and a twin crystal; the main crystal and the twin crystal are both ZSM-5 crystals; a crystal plane [010] of the main crystal is covered by a crystal plane [100] of the twin crystal; and the ratio of the number of sinusoidal pore openings to the number of straight pore openings on the outer surface of the single crystal of the composite ZSM-5 molecular sieve is (0.7-10:1), and the molar ratio Y1 of an Si element to an Al element within 10 nm of the surface is (300-2000):1. The single crystal of the composite ZSM-5 molecular sieve of the present invention has a large ratio of the number of sinusoidal pore openings to the number of straight pore openings, and is aluminum-poor on the surface and aluminum-rich on the inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Xin HUANG, Yufei ZHU, Chuanfu WANG
  • Publication number: 20230126838
    Abstract: A controller, a system including such a controller, and a method for controlling discharging of a plurality of battery packs are provided. The controller includes one or more processor and at least one tangible, non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with one or more programs configured to perform steps to determine a respective discharge power or discharge share for each battery pack for maximizing objective function (J) of the plurality of battery packs defined in Equation (1). The controller provides signals with instructions to the plurality of battery packs and/or the one or more power converters for discharging power from the plurality of battery packs based on the respective discharging share and power of each battery pack and/or keeping a certain battery pack idle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Ratnesh Sharma, Surinder Singh, Brandon Ohara
  • Publication number: 20230119821
    Abstract: A controller, a system including such a controller, and a method for controlling or managing discharge or charge of a plurality of battery packs are provided. The controller includes one or more processor and at least one tangible, non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with one or more programs configured to perform steps to determining a voltage distribution parameter of each battery pack based on its maximum voltage, its minimum voltage for discharge, and a present voltage, assign ranks to the plurality of battery packs based on the voltage distribution parameters, and determine a respective power discharge or charge based on the rank of each battery pack and a total power demand. The controller provides signals with instructions to the plurality of battery packs and/or the one or more power converters for discharging power from or charging power to the plurality of battery packs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Ratnesh Sharma, Surinder Singh, Brandon Ohara, Motoko Furukawa, Roger Keyes
  • Publication number: 20230117104
    Abstract: A controller, a system including such a controller, and a method for controlling or managing discharge or charge of a plurality of battery packs are provided. The controller includes one or more processor and at least one tangible, non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with one or more programs configured to perform steps to determine a respective power discharge or charge for each battery packs based on characteristic data of each battery pack, a power demand, and the first weighting factor (a) and the second weighting factor (b) for power assignment based on voltage and state of charge of each battery pack. The controller provides signals with instructions to the plurality of battery packs and/or the one or more power converters for discharging power from or charging power to the plurality of battery packs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Ratnesh Sharma, Surinder Singh, Brandon Ohara, Motoko Furukawa, Roger Keyes
  • Patent number: 11608938
    Abstract: A system such as a hydrogen refueling station and a method are provided. The system includes a cryotank for storing a liquefied fuel having liquid and vapor phases, a pump for providing a first stream of the liquefied fuel in the liquid phase from the cryotank, a heat exchanger for converting at least a portion of the first stream to a gaseous fuel, a dispenser for dispensing at least a portion of the gaseous fuel to a receiving fuel tank, a refrigeration unit integrated with the heat exchanger, and a backup power unit. The refrigeration unit and the heat exchanger exchange heat with each other, and the refrigeration unit provides cooling capacity to a facility of environment where cooling is needed. The backup power unit generate electric power by using a second stream of the liquefied fuel in the vapor phase or in the liquid phase or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Anthony Ku, Xianming Li, Ashwin Ramteke, Jerad Allen Stager
  • Patent number: 11604087
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for calculating a volume of a compressed gas storage vessel, a computer, and a medium. According to the method, three test vessels with known volume and initial pressure are used to establish a pressure equilibrium with a compressed gas storage system, and pressure values in three equilibrium states are respectively detected. In this way, according to the three pressure values and the known volumes and initial pressures, a volume of the compressed gas storage system, a volume of a hose, and a pressure value of the compressed gas storage system in an initial state can be quickly and accurately calculated. By accurately obtaining the volume of the compressed gas storage system, the volume of the hose, and the pressure value of the compressed gas storage system in the initial state, a refueling rate can be increased as much as possible while ensuring safe refueling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Edward Youn, Xianming Li, Pingjiao Hao, Anthony Ku, Jerad Allen Stager
  • Publication number: 20230073960
    Abstract: A system and a method for liquefied fuel storage are provided. The system includes a first module including a first outer vessel wall and a cryotank, a second module including a second outer vessel wall and a submerged pump at partially inside the second outer vessel wall, and a third module including a third outer vessel wall. The first, the second, and the third outer vessel walls are connected to provide an enclosure as an outer vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Xianming Li, Anthony Ku
  • Publication number: 20230015757
    Abstract: A system and a method with boil-off management for liquefied fuel storage are provided. The system includes a cryotank for storing a liquefied fuel, a pump for providing and compressing a first stream of the liquefied fuel, a heat exchanger for provide cooling duty to the first stream of the liquefied fuel, and an expansion valve for expanding the first stream of the liquefied fuel after the heat exchanger into a multiphase stream comprising a liquid phase and a gas phase. The multiphase stream has a temperature lower than an initial temperature of the first stream from the cryotank. The system further comprises a liquid-vapor splitter for separating the liquid phase and gas phase in the multiphase stream. The liquid phase is returned into the cryotank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy
    Inventors: Xianming Li, Anthony Ku, Jerad Allen Stager, Ashwin Ramteke