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.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for CO2 capture. The system includes a fleet of CO2 producing assets comprising a fleet of assets having at least two individual assets that produce CO2 containing gas streams, and a set of modular CO2 capture units to capture the CO2 from the CO2 containing gas streams produced by the fleet of assets, wherein at least one of the individual assets is equipped with not less than two modular CO2 capture units, and at least one of the modular CO2 capture units is operated at more than one of the assets during the service life of the modular CO2 capture unit. The method for CO2 capture includes providing the fleet of assets and equipping them with a set of modular CO2 capture units. Advantage over current approaches is performance is optimized across a fleet of assets rather than at an individual site.

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.

Abstract: A battery power management unit (BPMU), an electrical energy storage system comprising one or more such BPMUs, and method of using the same are provided. Such a BPMU includes a microcontroller and one or more processors having at least one tangible, non-transitory machine readable medium encoded with one or more programs. The BPMU is configured to perform steps of: reading data from the internal BMU of a respective battery pack to establish capacity, an energy baseline, state of health (SOH), and an initial value of state of charge (SOC) of the respective battery pack, checking voltage and current at a time interval, calculating power of the respective battery pack, determining and updating battery date such as SOH and SOC, and transmitting updated battery data to a system controller for controlling discharging power from or charging power to the respective battery pack.

Abstract: A hydrogen fueling control device and method comprising step S100, obtaining initial parameters of a vehicle-mounted hydrogen reservoir, wherein the initial parameters comprise volume, initial hydrogen pressure, and initial ambient temperature of the vehicle-mounted hydrogen reservoir; step S200, computing a fueling rate and a target pressure for hydrogen fueling according to the initial parameters, wherein the computed fueling rate and target pressure cause the temperature of hydrogen during a hydrogen fueling process to be within a preset safe range; and step S300, controlling a hydrogen fueling station to fuel hydrogen to the vehicle-mounted hydrogen reservoir at the computed fueling rate to the computed target pressure.

Abstract: A system and a method are provided for producing electricity and/or chemicals. The system includes a gasifier, a controller, a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power unit, and a chemical synthesis unit. The gasifier converts a fossil fuel, oxygen, and water into a syngas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The controller is used to control distribution of the hydrogen into a first portion and a second portion. The solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power unit receives the first portion of hydrogen and compressed air or oxygen, and generates electricity using the first portion of hydrogen. The chemical synthesis unit receives the second portion of hydrogen. The second portion of hydrogen is used for chemical synthesis.

Abstract: A catalyst that includes heterogeneous metal carbide nanomaterials and a novel preparation method to synthesize the metal carbide nanomaterials under relatively mild conditions to form an encapsulated transition metal and/or transition metal carbide nanoclusters in a support and/or binder. The catalyst may include confined platinum carbide nanoclusters. The preparation may include the treatment of encapsulated platinum nanoclusters with ethane at elevated temperatures. The catalysts may be used for catalytic hydrocarbon conversions, which include but are not limited to, ethane aromatization, and for selective hydrogenation, with negligible green oil production.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of carbon materials, and discloses a graphite negative electrode material, and a preparation method and application thereof. A crystal size Lc in a c-axis direction and a crystal size La in an a-axis direction, which are obtained by XRD, of the graphite negative electrode material, satisfy the following conditions: 30 nm?Lc?70 nm formula (I); and 50 nm?La?120 nm formula (II); and a graphitization degree of the graphite negative electrode material satisfies the following condition: 85?graphitization degree?93 formula (III). The graphite negative electrode material has high charge-discharge capacity, a high initial coulombic efficiency and excellent rate capability, and the preparation method thereof is simple in process and low in cost.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of carbon materials, and discloses a negative electrode material, a preparation method and application thereof, and a negative electrode plate and application thereof. The negative electrode material has the following features: (1) a total pore volume of the negative electrode material is less than or equal to 0.02 cm3/g, and a volume of mesopores having a pore diameter of 2 nm to 50 nm is 0.0001 cm3/g to 0.02 cm3/g; and (2) a height ratio of a D peak to a G peak, obtained by Raman spectroscopy, of the negative electrode material meets the following condition: 0.20?ID/IG?1. The negative electrode material has high structural compactness and small crystal particle size, so that a battery containing the negative electrode material not only has high charge-discharge capacity, high initial coulombic efficiency and excellent rate capability, but also has excellent continuous high-rate cycle performance, and the preparation method is simple in process and low in cost.

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.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of carbon materials, in particular to an amorphous carbon material and a preparation method and an use thereof. The amorphous carbon material has the following characteristics: (1) the true density ? of the amorphous carbon material and the interlayer spacing d002 obtained by powder XRD spectrum analysis satisfy the relational formula: 100×?×d002?70; (2) the interlayer spacing d002, La and Lc satisfy the following relational formula: Lc?d002?0.58; and 100×(Lc/La2)×d0023?0.425; (3) the amorphous carbon material contains 0.001-2% of a silicon component and 0.001-2% of an aluminum component, based on the total mass of the amorphous carbon material. The amorphous carbon material prepared by the present disclosure has desirable heat transfer performance and can provide high battery capacity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of fuel cell stacks and stack tower or module, in particular to a sealing structure for stack tower and a stack tower. The sealing structure comprises a first component, a second component and a mica spacer, the first component and the second component are opposite to each other, the mica spacer is disposed between the first component and the second component, sealing part is arranged between the mica spacer and at least one of the first component and the second component, and the sealing part comprises a glass ceramic layer and an outer circumferential ceramic cement ring surrounding the glass cement layer; the sealing structure for stack tower has excellent sealing performance and service durability for a fuel cell system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of carbon materials, in particular to an amorphous carbon material and a preparation method and an application thereof. The amorphous carbon material has the following characteristics: (1) a true density ? of the amorphous carbon material and a interlayer spacing d002 obtained by powder X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) spectrum analysis satisfy the following relational formula: 100×?×d002?70; (2) the interlayer spacing d002, La and Lc of the amorphous carbon material obtained by powder XRD spectrum analysis satisfy the following relational formula: Lc×d002?0.58, and 100×(Lc/La2)×d0023?0.425 wherein ? is denoted by the unit of g/cm3, each of d002, Lc and La is denoted by the unit of nm. The amorphous carbon material prepared by the present disclosure has desirable heat transfer performance and can provide high battery capacity.

Abstract: A method for removing ash from a solid carbon material: Reaction conditions are mild, and ash may be removed more effectively. The ash removing method comprises: S1) mixing an alkaline sub-molten salt medium and a solid carbonaceous material to be treated, heating so that alkali and ash in the solid carbonaceous material to be treated react in the alkaline sub-molten salt medium, and performing solid-liquid separation on a mixed slurry resulting from the reaction to obtain a first solid product and an alkali treatment solution, wherein in the alkaline sub-molten salt medium, the mass fraction of the alkali is greater than or equal to 50%; S2) using an acid solution to perform acid cleaning treatment on the first solid product, and performing solid-liquid separation again to obtain a second solid product and an acid cleaning solution.

Abstract: Provided a heat storage graphite having a low degree of orientation, a composition for preparing heat storage graphite having a low degree of orientation, and a method for preparing heat storage graphite having a low degree of orientation. The heat storage graphite comprises, in terms of the total mass of the heat storage graphite, 65-85 wt % of dispersed-phase graphite and 15-35 wt % of continuous-phase graphite, wherein the dispersed-phase graphite is spherical graphite, and the sphericity of the spherical graphite is 0.5-1; the ratio of the vertical thermal conductivity/plane-oriented thermal conductivity of the heat storage graphite is 0.4-0.8; and the plane-oriented thermal conductivity of the heat storage graphite is 50-150 W/mK. The heat storage graphite has the advantages of a low degree of orientation and high plane-oriented thermal conductivity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of heat storage materials. Disclosed are a coal-based heat storage carbon material and a preparation method therefor and the application thereof, and a composition for preparing a coal-based heat storage carbon material and the application of the composition. The coal-based heat storage material comprises component A and component B. The ID/IG of component A is 0-0.6, and the ID/IG of component B is greater than 1, wherein ID is the height of a D peak obtained by means of a Raman spectrum, and IG is the height of a G peak obtained by means of the Raman spectrum. In the coal-based heat storage material, the crystallite size Lc in a c-axis direction obtained by means of XRD is 15-70 nm; the crystallite size La in an a-axis direction is 15-150 nm; and the interlayer spacing d002 of a (002) crystal plane is 3.345-3.370 nm.

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.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the fields of heat storage and thermally conductive materials, and discloses a highly thermally conductive heat storage material, a preparation method therefor, and the application thereof, and a composition for preparing a highly thermally conductive heat storage material and the application thereof. The highly thermally conductive heat storage material comprises 11-41 wt % of a carbonaceous part and 59-89 wt % of a graphitic part; for the carbonaceous part, Lc>18 nm, La>35 nm, d002<0.3388 nm, and the degree of graphitization is 60% to 95%; for the graphitic part, Lc>50 nm; La>80 nm; d002<0.3358 nm, and the degree of graphitization is 95% to 100%. The highly thermally conductive heat storage material comprises a carbonaceous part with a specific structure and a graphitic part with a specific structure, and the heat storage material obtained thereby possesses high thermal conductivity and high compressive strength.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an ethylene degradation catalyst and a preparation method and a use thereof.

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.