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.