Patents by Inventor Denis Noel BUCKLEY

Denis Noel BUCKLEY 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).

  • Method and system for improving the energy efficiency and for reconditioning of a vanadium flow battery
    Patent number: 11075396
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a method and system for improving the energy efficiency of a vanadium flow battery, VFB. This is achieved by simultaneously reconditioning the VFB through in-situ activation of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Patrick Lynch, Nathan Quill, Andrea Bourke, Denis Noel Buckley
  • Method and System for Improving the Energy Efficiency and for Reconditioning of a Vanadium Flow Battery
    Publication number: 20180331382
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a method and system for improving the energy efficiency of a vanadium flow battery, VFB. This is achieved by simultaneously reconditioning the VFB through in-situ activation of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
    Inventors: Robert Patrick Lynch, Nathan Quill, Andrea Bourke, Denis Noel Buckley
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF CHARGE OF A VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY
    Publication number: 20160372777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining VIV or VV concentration in mixtures of VIV and VV solutions, the method comprising the steps of determining the absorbance of the solution at at least one wavelength; and calculating the concentration of the VIV and VV solution based on the absorbance. In one embodiment the VIV, VV and/or total vanadium concentration in a solution is calculated based on the fact that the absorbance at a specific wavelength can be predicted by taking into account the formation of vanadium complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
    Inventors: Denis Noel BUCKLEY, Xin GAO, Robert Patrick LYNCH, Martin J. LEAHY, Andrea BOURKE, Grace FLYNN