Patents by Inventor Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130259740
    Abstract: A system for treating a selenium-containing liquid, a wet flue gas desulfurization device, and a method for treating a selenium-containing liquid treat a selenium-containing liquid by adding bivalent manganese to the selenium-containing liquid, thereby suppressing oxidation of tetravalent selenium to hexavalent selenium. The system includes: a potential measurement unit for measuring an oxidation-reduction potential of the selenium-containing liquid, and a pH measurement unit for measuring a pH value of the selenium-containing liquid; a detection unit for detecting whether or not the selenium-containing liquid is in a state where selenium stabilizes at a valence of 4 or higher, based on the measured oxidation-reduction potential and the measured pH value; and an addition unit for adding bivalent manganese into the selenium-containing liquid when the selenium-containing liquid is in a state where selenium stabilizes at a valence of 4 or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
    Inventor: CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
  • Publication number: 20130224621
    Abstract: A molten carbonate fuel cell, which makes a separator unnecessary, cuts down the number of components, and markedly reduces the costs, is provided. In the cell, a cathode, an electrolyte plate holding an electrolyte, and an anode are provided concentrically with a tube body, the electrolyte plate is held by the anode, and the electrolyte plate is sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, so that the cell is constructed without the use of a separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
    Inventor: CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
  • Publication number: 20130152853
    Abstract: A film-forming apparatus 100 supplies a plurality of gases toward a substrate 101 in a chamber 103 using a shower plate 124. The shower plate 124 has a plurality of gas flow paths 121 extending within the shower plate along a first face of the substrate 101 side and connected to gas pipes 131 supplying a plurality of gases, and a plurality of gas jetting holes 129 bored such that the plurality of gas flow paths 121 and the chamber 103 communicate with each other on the first face side. In the film-forming apparatus 100, the plurality of gases supplied from the gas pipes 131 to the plurality of gas flow paths 121 of the shower plate 124 are supplied from the gas jetting holes 129 to the substrate 101 without being mixed inside of and vicinity of the shower plate 124.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: Denso Corporation, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: NuFlare Technology, Inc., Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Denso Corporation, Ayumu ADACHI, Koichi NISHIKAWA