Patents by Inventor Chokkalingam Karuppaiah

Chokkalingam Karuppaiah 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: 20240158591
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides composite ion exchange membranes and methods of making the same. The composite ion exchange membranes of the present disclosure include a first layer comprising a first ion-conducting membrane; a second layer comprising a gas-blocking membrane; and a third layer comprising a second ion-conducting membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Chokkalingam Karuppaiah, Gokul Venugopalan, Arne Ballatine, Jason Hixson
  • Publication number: 20240158937
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides composite ion exchange membranes and methods of making the same. The composite ion exchange membranes of the present disclosure include a first layer comprising a first ion-conducting membrane; a second layer comprising a gas-blocking membrane; and a third layer comprising a second ion-conducting membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Chokkalingam Karuppaiah, Gokul Venugopalan, Arne Ballatine, Jason Hixson
  • Publication number: 20240150909
    Abstract: A modular system for hydrogen generation includes a plurality of cores electrically connected in series to a power supply, wherein each core includes an electrolyzer and a bypass circuit configured to electrically isolate the core from the power supply. The modular system also includes a hub including a water source and a controller, wherein the water source is in fluid communication with the electrolyzer of each of the plurality of cores, and the controller includes a switch activatable, in response to a triggering condition, to electrically isolate one or more of the plurality of cores from the power supply via a respective bypass circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Arne Ballantine, Chokkalingam Karuppaiah, Ankit Shah, Sivakumar Shanmugham, Anil Kumar Adapa
  • Publication number: 20240072285
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating and storing hydrogen and electricity. The systems generally include an electrolyzer stack, a fuel cell stack operably connected to the electrolyzer stack, and a hydrogen recirculation stack operably connected to the electrolyzer stack and to the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Arne Ballantine, Chokkalingam Karuppaiah, Valeta Massey
  • Publication number: 20230383422
    Abstract: A method includes providing raw water into a first filter assembly to remove solids from the raw water to form a filtrate, providing the filtrate from the first filter assembly into a second filter assembly to electrochemically remove ionics from the filtrate to form purified water, and providing the purified water to an electrolyzer to generate hydrogen by electrolyzing the purified water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Arne Ballantine, Chokkalingam Karuppaiah, Ramesh Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20230315054
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for monitoring, assessing, and/or controlling hydrogen production are described. For instance, a system for monitoring, assessing, and/or controlling hydrogen production may include: a plurality of electrolyzers; and a controller configured to: obtain raw data indicative of respective operations of respective electrolyzers of the plurality of electrolyzers over a period of time; obtain command data indicative of one or more commands provided to the plurality of electrolyzers over the period of time; obtain event data indicative of one or more events related to the plurality electrolyzers that occurred during the period of time; generate state data based on the raw data, the command data, and the event data, the state data comprising a respective state of each electrolyzer of the plurality of electrolyzers for each of a number of discrete time periods of the period of time; and perform one or more operations responsive to the state data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Rasool Aghatehrani, Bruce Zahedivach, Arne Ballantine, Chokkalingam Karuppaiah