Patents Examined by Matthew J Merkling
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Patent number: 11967702Abstract: Disclosed is a sulfur-carbon composite, and a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same. More specifically, since the carbon contained in the sulfur-carbon composite includes carbon of various shapes and in particular, includes sheet-type carbon in a certain content, when the sulfur-carbon composite is applied as a positive electrode active material of a lithium secondary battery, the performance of the lithium secondary battery may be improved by preventing the leaching of sulfur and improving the reaction rate at the positive electrode.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Bong Soo Kim, Seungbo Yang
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Patent number: 11967703Abstract: Positive electrode layer 20 is used for an all-solid-state battery. Positive electrode layer 20 includes positive electrode active material 2 and solid electrolyte 1. A filling rate of positive electrode layer 20 is 85% or more. A porosity of positive electrode active material 2 is 5% or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kojima, Akihiro Horikawa
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Patent number: 11967745Abstract: A hydrocarbon feed stream is exposed to heat in an absence of oxygen (pyrolysis) to convert the hydrocarbon feed stream into a solids stream and a gas stream. The solids stream includes carbon. The gas stream includes hydrogen. The gas stream is separated into an exhaust gas stream and a first hydrogen stream. The first hydrogen stream includes at least a portion of the hydrogen from the gas stream. The carbon is separated from the solids stream to produce a carbon stream. Electrolysis is performed on a water stream to produce an oxygen stream and a second hydrogen stream. At least a portion of the oxygen of the oxygen stream and at least a portion of the carbon of the carbon stream are combined to generate power and a carbon dioxide stream. At least a portion of the generated power is used to perform the electrolysis on the water stream.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Thang Pham, Omar David Hurtado Perez, Sai P. Katikaneni
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Patent number: 11967740Abstract: An electrochemical element including a plate-like support provided with an internal passage therein. The plate-like support includes a gas-permeable portion through which gas is permeable between the internal passage and the outside of the plate-like support and an electrochemical reaction portion that is formed by stacking at least a film-like electrode layer, a film-like electrolyte layer, and a film-like counter electrode layer in the stated order in a predetermined stacking direction on an outer face of the plate-like support so as to entirely or partially cover the gas-permeable portion. A first gas, that is one of reducing component gas and oxidative component gas, flows through the internal passage, and the internal passage is provided with a turbulence forming body that forms a turbulence state of the first gas.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuaki Echigo, Hisao Ohnishi, Norihisa Shinke, Tadayuki Sogi, Kazuyuki Minami
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Patent number: 11955674Abstract: Processes and systems that utilize a fuel cell for carbon capture from a petrochemical stream that contains hydrogen and methane. The petrochemical stream can be the tail gas of a hydrocarbon cracking system, or any other petrochemical stream containing hydrogen and methane. The petrochemical stream can be separated into a hydrogen product stream and a methane product stream, before sending the methane product stream to the fuel cell. The fuel cell converts methane to carbon dioxide and hydrogen to water, while generating electricity that can be used to power equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventor: James Hillier
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Patent number: 11955648Abstract: A pouch-type battery case includes a cup portion, which accommodates therein an electrode assembly formed by stacking an electrode and a separator, and a plurality of die edges connecting an outer wall of the cup portion to a side extending from the outer wall. The die edges include a first region, which is rounded at a first radius (r1) of curvature and at which an electrode tab extending from the electrode is positioned, and a second region which is other than the first region and rounded at one or more second radii (r2, r3, r4) of curvature less than or equal to the first radius (r1) of curvature. The second region is divided into an inner region and an outer region with respect to the first region, and the radius (r2) of curvature in the inner region differs from the radii (r3, r4) of curvature in the outer region.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Se Young Oh, Jeong Min Ha, Sang Hun Kim, Sin Woong Kim, Geun Hee Kim, Hyun Beom Kim, Hyung Ho Kwon
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Patent number: 11955663Abstract: This application provides a battery module and an assembling method thereof. The battery module includes batteries and busbar components. The batteries are arranged consecutively along a longitudinal direction of the battery module. Each battery includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal. The busbar components are connected to the batteries. The batteries include a first battery and a second battery. The first electrode terminal of the first battery and the first electrode terminal of the second battery are arranged along the longitudinal direction. The busbar components include a first busbar component, and the first busbar component includes a first part, a second part, and a third part.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Changjin Wen, Ye Xu, Anwei Wu, Guofeng Liu, Xiaorong Liu, Bin Zhao
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Patent number: 11946813Abstract: A battery module is composed of a plurality of battery cells according to an embodiment of the present invention and includes one positive output terminal formed by connecting the plurality of battery cells, one negative output terminal formed by connecting the plurality of battery cells, a field effect transistor (FET) provided on a current path between the positive output terminal and an external device, a temperature information measurer for measuring temperature information of the plurality of battery cells, and a protection integrated circuit (IC) chip for controlling the FET.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyung Jik Kim, Jin Hyun Lee, Young Su Son
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Patent number: 11939249Abstract: A method and system for converting an aqueous salt containing sludge into gases and a solid residue is described. The sludge is pyrolyzed and gasified with the assistance of microwave radiation.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Prototech ASInventors: Arild Vik, Crina Silvia Ilea
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Patent number: 11939547Abstract: Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock stream can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock stream stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The subsequent syngas produced from this material can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
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Patent number: 11939546Abstract: Pre-ground plastics of small particle size not more than 2 mm are co-fed into a solid fossil fuel fed entrained flow partial oxidation gasifier. High solids concentrations in the feedstock stream can be obtained without significant impact on the feedstock stream stability and pumpability. A consistent quality of syngas can be continuously produced, including generation of carbon dioxide and a carbon monoxide/hydrogen ratio while stably operating the gasifier and avoiding the high tar generation of fluidized bed or fixed bed waste gasifiers and without impacting the operations of the gasifier. The subsequent syngas produced from this material can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: William Lewis Trapp, Justin William Murphy, Nathan Mitchell West
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Patent number: 11932538Abstract: The invention relates to a process for reforming a hydrocarbon feed stream comprising a hydrocarbon gas and steam, said process comprising the steps of: a) in a synthesis gas generation reactor carrying out a reforming reaction of the hydrocarbon feed stream over a first catalyst, thereby forming a first synthesis gas; b) providing a heated CO2 rich stream to a post converter comprising a second catalyst; and c) in said post converter carrying out a methanation, steam reforming and reverse water gas shift reactions of the first synthesis gas and the heated CO2 rich stream to produce a product synthesis gas, wherein said second catalyst is heated electrically by means of an electrical power source. The invention moreover relates to a system arranged to carry out the process of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Haldor Topsøe A/SInventors: Peter Mølgaard Mortensen, Martin Østberg
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Patent number: 11929526Abstract: A method for bonding two plates together for a fuel cell, wherein the method comprises applying an adhesive to the surface of at least one of the plates and pressing the two plates together with the adhesive in between. The adhesive contains a mixture in the range of 0.01% to 30% PVDF and a solvent, and optionally a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FISCHER ECO SOLUTIONS GMBHInventors: Denys Gromadskyi, Søren Andreasen, Morten Sørensen, Jakob Bork
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Patent number: 11923576Abstract: Fuel cell batteries are provided, and in particular hydrogen fuel cell batteries composed of at least one stack of cells. The battery is divided into at least two groups of cells able to be supplied with hydrogen separately. In a first phase, only the first group of cells and not the second is supplied; unconsumed hydrogen may however flow between the two groups via at least one evacuation manifold connected to the cells of the two groups. In a second phase, the supply to the two groups is reversed, unconsumed hydrogen still being able to flow between the two groups via the evacuation manifold. In a third phase, after a series of alternations of the two first phases, the two groups are first simultaneously supplied, then a purge valve of the evacuation manifold is opened then closed.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventor: Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier
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Patent number: 11923578Abstract: A method of maintaining a thermal balance in a solid oxide reversible fuel cell system comprising a solid oxide reversible fuel cell, an air intake for providing air to the solid oxide reversible fuel cell, and a steam reformer fluidly coupled to the solid oxide fuel cell for providing fuel to the solid oxide reversible fuel cell. The method comprising operating the solid oxide reversible fuel cell system in a forward mode in which the steam former receives natural gas and produces hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide to be provided to the solid oxide reversible fuel cell, and operating the solid oxide reversible fuel cell system in a reverse mode in which the steam reformer receives hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide from the solid oxide reversible fuel cell and produces natural gas and water.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventor: Darren B. Hickey
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Patent number: 11923501Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte for a multilayer solid-state electrochemical cell is described herein. The electrolyte comprises a lithium electrolyte salt and nanofibers of a cubic phase lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (c-LLZO), and a polymer interspersed with the nanofibers and electrolyte salt. Electrochemical cells comprising the solid-state electrolyte, and solid-state cathodes comprising the nanofibers of c-LLZO are also described herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLCInventors: Yuepeng Zhang, Sanja Tepavcevic, Devon J. Powers, Peter Zapol, John N. Hryn, Gregory K. Krumdick, Ozgenur Kahvecioglu, Krzystof Z. Pupek, Michael John Counihan
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Patent number: 11920098Abstract: The method includes cooling and liquefying a feed gas stream, separating a stream obtained from the feed gas stream, and recovering a treated gas stream and a natural gas liquid stream. The method further includes compressing the treated gas stream in order to form a compressed treated gas stream, and fractionating the natural gas liquid stream into a plurality of hydrocarbon fractions (28, 30, 32, 33). The method additionally includes withdrawing from the compressed treated gas stream, of a recycle stream, and reintroducing the recycle stream without cooling into the feed gas stream, into the cooled feed gas stream, or into a stream obtained from the cooled feed gas stream upstream of an expander.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCEInventors: Guillaume Le Ridant, Benoit Laflotte
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Patent number: 11916203Abstract: A battery pack and a method of assembling a battery pack. The battery pack may include an outer housing; a cell module supportable by the outer housing, the cell module including a module housing, a plurality of battery cells supported by the module housing, the battery cells having an energy of at least about 60 Watt-hours, a controller operable to control an operation of the battery pack, a conductive strap electrically connected to at least one of the battery cells, a weld strap connected between the controller and the conductive strap, and a terminal electrically connected to the battery cells and operable to connect the battery cells to an electrical device for power transfer; and a vapor-deposited, hydrophobic nano coating applied to at least a portion of the cell module.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: James P. Elfering, Cameron R. Schulz, Ryan B. Jipp, Samuel Sheeks, Kyle J. Radovich, Michael Kolden
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Patent number: 11916266Abstract: An operation method is provided for a hydrogen production apparatus that is disposed in a hydrogen station and produces hydrogen gas to be supplied to a fuel cell vehicle (FCV) arriving at the hydrogen station. The operation method includes starting up a hydrogen production apparatus up to a first operation load ratio preset for a rated operation. The operation method includes increasing an operation load of the hydrogen production apparatus to a second operation load ratio, which is larger than the first operation load ratio, at first timing associated with an arrival of the FCV, and decreasing the operation load of the hydrogen production apparatus to a third operation load ratio, which is smaller than the second operation load ratio, at second timing associated with a completion of hydrogen filling into the FCV.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiko Fukunaga, Toshio Tezuka, Tadashi Seike, Hirofumi Nishio, Daisaku Tateishi
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Patent number: 11901538Abstract: A sodium secondary battery module, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: unit stacks in which a plurality of unit cells are laminated, the plurality of unit cells each having an upper cap and a lower cap which seal up a plate-shaped solid electrolyte and a positive electrode component and a negative electrode component which are plate-shaped and respectively disposed on two sides of the solid electrolyte; separators which are interposed between the unit stacks while the plurality of unit stacks are arranged in columns and rows, so as to separate spaces between the unit stacks; and a case for accommodating the plurality of unit stacks and the separators.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYInventors: Keeyoung Jung, Choong-Mo Yang, Hyeon-Woo Kim, Yoon-Cheol Park, Sori Son