Abstract: An apparatus and method for sorption and desorption of molecular gas contained by storage sites of graphite nano-filaments randomly disposed in three-dimensional reticulated aerogel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 7, 2004
Date of Patent:
May 27, 2008
Assignees:
EnerNext, LLC
Inventors:
Ralph C. Struthers, David B. Chang, Reza Toossi, Sion Ahdout, Lijuan Li, Robert G. Palomba
Abstract: A system and method for sorption and desorption of molecular gas contained by storage sites of graphite nano-filaments randomly disposed in three-dimensional reticulated aerogel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 18, 2003
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2005
Assignee:
Enernext, LLC
Inventors:
Ralph C. Struthers, David B. Chang, Reza Toossi, Sion Ahdout, Lijuan Li, Robert G. Palomba
Abstract: Apparatus including a gallium fuel generator configured to convert gallium hydroxide to gallium fuel, the generator comprising a combustor for receipt and combustion of hydrocarbon fuel and an oxidizing gas to form a pressurized hot gas mixture including reducing gases, a dehydrator for dehydrating gallium hydroxide to gallium sesquioxide, a reducer configured to receive the gallium sesquioxide and hot gas mixture to form by reduction an intermixture including spent gases and gallium fuel, and a gallium fuel separator configured to receive and separate the gallium fuel from the intermixture.
Abstract: A liquid gallium-air fuel cell including an anode of liquid gallium fuel, an oxygen breathing cathode to provide hydroxyl ions into an aqueous alkaline electrolytic solution, the solution being positioned between the fuel and the cathode, and providing electrochemically reactive contact between the fuel and the hydroxyl ions of the solution to form gallium hydroxide and provide free electrons, the electrons to be harvested for the conduct of useful electrical work.