Patents by Inventor Changfei GAO

Changfei GAO 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).

  • Patent number: 11873241
    Abstract: A suspended bed electro-membrane bioreactor system is provided, including a cathode chamber with a tubular structure with a sealed bottom; an anode chamber with a tubular structure located in the cathode chamber, where there is a gap between an outer wall of the anode chamber and an inner wall of the cathode chamber, and the anode chamber is provided with a proton channel region in a middle, is fixedly connected with an anode cover plate in a top and is filled with an anode assembly; a stainless steel membrane module located in the gap and electrically connected with the anode assembly; a polymethyl methacrylate partition plate located in the gap, forming a closed cylindrical space with the stainless steel membrane module and communicating the cathode chamber and the anode chamber; and a suspended bed filled between the closed cylindrical space and the anode chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: YANTAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shaoying Lin, Changfei Gao, Jianhua Wang
  • Publication number: 20230406747
    Abstract: A suspended bed electro-membrane bioreactor system is provided, including a cathode chamber with a tubular structure with a sealed bottom; an anode chamber with a tubular structure located in the cathode chamber, where there is a gap between an outer wall of the anode chamber and an inner wall of the cathode chamber, and the anode chamber is provided with a proton channel region in a middle, is fixedly connected with an anode cover plate in a top and is filled with an anode assembly; a stainless steel membrane module located in the gap and electrically connected with the anode assembly; a polymethyl methacrylate partition plate located in the gap, forming a closed cylindrical space with the stainless steel membrane module and communicating the cathode chamber and the anode chamber; and a suspended bed filled between the closed cylindrical space and the anode chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shaoying LIN, Changfei GAO, Jianhua WANG
  • Patent number: 10991967
    Abstract: A preparation method for a novel composite anode based on nitrogen-doped charcoal of sludge and porous volcanic, and a microbial fuel cell, relating to the technical field of resource utilization of new materials, new energy and wastewater. Active sludge is prepared into porous nitrogen-doped charcoal by using a nitrogen high-temperature pyrolysis baking method; and then, surface minerals are removed by using an acidification method to improve the electrical conductivity of the charcoal; finally, surface charcoal loading is performed by taking volcanic granules as a carrier to prepare and form nitrogen-doped charcoal granules on a volcanic surface. The novel granules have high porosity, high electrical conductivity and large specific surface area, and fully meet the performance requirement of the anode material of the microbial fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Lifen Liu, Changfei Gao, Jingwen He, Yihua Li, Liang Li
  • Publication number: 20200062624
    Abstract: Treatment of wastewater containing heavy metal ions, and providing an efficient bio-electrochemical copper ion removal system. Based on the technology of microbial fuel cell and membrane bioreactor, using sacrificial aluminum anode and externally supplied power from microbial fuel cell, aluminum micro-electrolysis is realized. Aluminum hydrate ion, produced by micro-electrolysis of aluminum under the action of water molecules, is naturally efficient flocculating agent. The flocculating agent of this system is self-generated without any external reagent addition. The process of flocculation is mild, and the flocculation removal efficiency of copper ion is high. Under the filtration and screening effect of bifunctional conductive membrane, the copper ion in the cathode chamber can be completely removed. The concentration of the copper ion in the effluent of the system can fully meet the national first-level discharge standard, and the effluent can be recycled and reused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Lifen LIU, Changfei GAO
  • Publication number: 20190319288
    Abstract: A preparation method for a novel composite anode based on nitrogen-doped charcoal of sludge and porous volcanic, and a microbial fuel cell, relating to the technical field of resource utilization of new materials, new energy and wastewater. Active sludge is prepared into porous nitrogen-doped charcoal by using a nitrogen high-temperature pyrolysis baking method; and then, surface minerals are removed by using an acidification method to improve the electrical conductivity of the charcoal; finally, surface charcoal loading is performed by taking volcanic granules as a carrier to prepare and form nitrogen-doped charcoal granules on a volcanic surface. The novel granules have high porosity, high electrical conductivity and large specific surface area, and fully meet the performance requirement of the anode material of the microbial fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Lifen LIU, Changfei GAO, Jingwen HE, Yihua LI, Liang LI