Abstract: The invention provides flow batteries and methods of using flow batteries including long-lived redox-active molecules with low redox potential.

Abstract: A reaction system for carrying out a process for production of chemicals from liquid feedstocks includes a reactor containing one or more liquid reactants, an assembly with two or more electrodes within the reactor configured to generate a high voltage discharge within the one or more liquid reactants, an electrical power supply electrically coupled to the electrodes, inlets and outlets to the reactor for delivering reactants and removing products, and a pressure controller configured to control a pressure of the liquid reactants.

Abstract: A system for sorting dunnage of an article array having a programmable robot including an arm for transferring a dunnage from a stack of dunnage of different types to a collection area. The programmable robot includes a head having a first griper assembly for engaging with a first type of dunnage, a second clamping griper for engaging with a second type of dunnage; and a third gripper assembly for engaging with a third type of dunnage. The first griper assembly, the second griper assembly and the third gripper assembly are independently operated and configured to engage the respective dunnage based on the type of dunnage.

Abstract: A boat includes a propulsion device and a surf device. The propulsion device is configured to move the boat in a forward direction through a body of water to generate a wake having a port-side wave and a starboard-side wave. The surf device includes an inlet, an impeller, and an outlet. The surf device is configured to draw water from the body of water through the inlet, accelerate the water by rotating the impeller, and discharge the accelerated water through the outlet to create a surfable wake.

Abstract: A coring tool for a coaxial cable has a tool holder and cutter bit mounted to the tool holder. The cutter bit is constructed from a conductive metal or alloy which is durable for rotatably drilling out and removing a dielectric core surrounding a central conductor of the coaxial cable, as the central conductor is preserved by passing into a central bore formed in the cutter bit. The cutter bit also includes a non-conductive sleeve or coating which prevents the cutter bit from electrically interconnecting, e.g., shorting, the central conductor to an outer conductor of the coaxial cable.

Abstract: A header for an electrochemical cell includes a planar plate configured to cover an internal volume of the electrochemical cell, and a side wall extending from an upper surface of the planar plate in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface. The header also includes a recess defined by the upper surface of the planar plate and the side wall, and a first step and a second step on a lower surface of the planar plate, the first step and the second step configured to seal the internal volume. An aspect of an electrochemical cell includes an anode, a cathode, a cell casing and the header.

Abstract: An aqueous battery system includes an electrode assembly, a recombination device, and a controller. The recombination device has a catalyst that combines hydrogen and oxygen produced by the electrode assembly to form water and generate heat via exothermic reaction. The controller, responsive to a detected temperature or change in temperature associated with the recombination device due to the heat, changes power supplied to the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing electrodes includes, by an extruder that receives powder, mixing the powder to form a homogenous blend, injecting a lubricant into the homogenous blend to form a dough, and kneading the dough to form a fibrillated dough. The method further includes, by calender rollers, calendering chunks of the fibrillated dough to a target thickness to form a continuous plaque, by a laminating machine, laminating the plaque to opposite sides of a metal substrate to form a continuous electrode preform, by a dryer, drying the continuous electrode preform to form a dry continuous electrode preform, and by a cutting machine, sectioning the dry continuous electrode preform into electrodes.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing electrodes includes mixing a powder to form a homogenous blend, injecting a lubricant into the homogenous blend to form a dough, kneading the dough to form a fibrillated dough, and outputting segments of the fibrillated dough. The method also includes processing the segments into a continuous plaque, drying the continuous plaque to form an active material sheet, laminating portions of the active material sheet to a current collector substrate to form an electrode blank, and sectioning the electrode blank into electrodes.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing zinc negative electrodes includes mixing a powder including zinc with polytetrafluoroethylene to form a homogenous blend, injecting a lubricant into the homogenous blend to form a dough, kneading the dough to form a fibrillated dough, and extruding the fibrillated dough through a die to form a ribbon. The method also includes calendering the ribbon to a target thickness to form a plaque, drying the plaque to form an active material sheet, laminating portions of the active material sheet to a current collector substrate to form an electrode blank, and sectioning the electrode blank into zinc negative electrodes.

Abstract: An electrochemical component has a green secondary electrode including a conductive substrate, homogeneous pre-synthesized calcium zincate in direct contact with the conductive substrate, and a combination of styrene-butadiene rubber and sintered polytetrafluoroethylene binding the conductive substrate and calcium zincate together.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing zinc negative electrodes includes mixing a powder including zinc with polytetrafluoroethylene to form a homogenous blend, injecting a lubricant into the homogenous blend to form a dough, kneading the dough to form a fibrillated dough, and extruding the fibrillated dough through a die to form a ribbon. The method also includes calendering the ribbon to a target thickness to form a plaque, drying the plaque to form an active material sheet, laminating portions of the active material sheet to a current collector substrate such that the current collector substrate is sandwiched between the portions to form an electrode blank, and sectioning the electrode blank into zinc negative electrodes.

Abstract: Monobloc batteries include compartments containing cells. Terminals extend into the compartments and are electrically connected with the cells via tabs. The tabs are folded to form bent stacks and include openings in partial registration with each other. The terminals extend through the openings and are secured to the tabs. The terminals are off-center relative to the compartments to preserve space for the bent stacks.

Abstract: Monobloc batteries include compartments containing cells. Terminals extend into the compartments and are electrically connected with the cells via tabs. The tabs are folded to form bent stacks and include openings in partial registration with each other. The terminals extend through the openings and are secured to the tabs. The terminals are off-center relative to the compartments to preserve space for the bent stacks.

Abstract: Monobloc batteries include compartments containing cells. Terminals extend into the compartments and are electrically connected with the cells via tabs. The tabs are folded to form bent stacks and include openings in partial registration with each other. The terminals extend through the openings and are secured to the tabs. The terminals are off-center relative to the compartments to preserve space for the bent stacks.

Abstract: Monobloc batteries include compartments containing cells. Terminals extend into the compartments and are electrically connected with the cells via tabs. The tabs are folded to form bent stacks and include openings in partial registration with each other, The terminals extend through the openings and are secured to the tabs. The terminals are off-center relative to the compartments to preserve space for the bent stacks.

Abstract: Various embodiments for a hand-held device to determine a level of one or more cannabinoid compounds in exhaled human breath are provided; some embodiments may also determine a level of alcohol in the exhaled breath. The device may perform any of the following steps: capture, concentrate, separate, identify, and quantify the level of cannabinoids in the exhaled human breath. The device may use solvent extraction and liquid chromatography to concentrate and separate cannabinoids from breath contaminants, followed by selective chemical modification of the cannabinoids with a fluorescent indicator for quantification. The measurement methodology may also include real time calibration of the device and detection protocol using known cannabinoid standards, which are simultaneously analyzed along with an unknown, to quantify the level of cannabinoids captured from the breath sample.

Abstract: Various embodiments for a hand-held device to determine a level of one or more cannabinoid compounds in exhaled human breath are provided; some embodiments may also determine a level of alcohol in the exhaled breath. The device may perform any of the following steps: capture, concentrate, separate, identify, and quantify the level of cannabinoids in the exhaled human breath. The device may use solvent extraction and liquid chromatography to concentrate and separate cannabinoids from breath contaminants, followed by selective chemical modification of the cannabinoids with a fluorescent indicator for quantification. The measurement methodology may also include real time calibration of the device and detection protocol using known cannabinoid standards, which are simultaneously analyzed along with an unknown, to quantify the level of cannabinoids captured from the breath sample.

Abstract: Methods and systems for insurance investment product decision modeling are disclosed. The methods and systems provide means for determining an objectively appropriate insurance investment product or funding level for a customer including inputting a set of customer data including at least certain customer criteria such as age, gender and policy face amount, selecting insurance products for comparison, calculating an expected investment in each of the selected insurance products or funding levels, calculating an expected benefit from each of the selected insurance products or funding levels using at least an economic model, calculating a value for each of the types of insurance based on the expected investment and respective expected benefits and recommending an insurance product or funding level based at least in part on a comparison of the value or net gain for the selected insurance products or funding levels being compared.

Abstract: Various embodiments for a hand-held device to determine a level of one or more cannabinoid compounds in exhaled human breath are provided; some embodiments may also determine a level of alcohol in the exhaled breath. The device may perform any of the following steps: capture, concentrate, separate, identify, and quantify the level of cannabinoids in the exhaled human breath. The device may use solvent extraction and liquid chromatography to concentrate and separate cannabinoids from breath contaminants, followed by selective chemical modification of the cannabinoids with a fluorescent indicator for quantification. The measurement methodology may also include real time calibration of the device and detection protocol using known cannabinoid standards, which are simultaneously analyzed along with an unknown, to quantify the level of cannabinoids captured from the breath sample.