Patents by Inventor Song Hu

Song Hu 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: 11493202
    Abstract: A supercritical CO2 boiler capable of realizing uniform combustion, corrosion resistance and coking resistance, and a boiler system are provided. The supercritical CO2 boiler includes a main combustion chamber, an upper furnace, a furnace arch and a flue, wherein a cross section of the main combustion chamber is circular or oval, or is of an N-sided shape, where N>4; at least four burner groups are disposed on the main combustion chamber, each group of burner nozzles corresponding to each burner group includes a recirculating air nozzle, a primary air nozzle and a secondary air nozzle; lateral recirculating air nozzles symmetrically distributed are respectively disposed at two sides of the primary air nozzle, the recirculating air nozzle and the lateral recirculating air nozzle are configured to feed recirculating flue gas or a mixed gas of the recirculating flue gas and secondary air into the main combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Xiang, Meng Zhu, Jing Zhou, Lei Chen, Sheng Su, Jun Xu, Aishu Li, Song Hu, Yi Wang, Long Jiang, Hengda Han
  • Patent number: 11341300
    Abstract: A boiler design method and system for a supercritical carbon dioxide unit, and a storage medium are provided. The boiler design method includes the following steps: step 1, determining a boiler type, known design parameters and unknown design parameters of boilers to be designed; step 2, acquiring operating parameters of each selected supercritical carbon dioxide unit respectively, and establishing a relational expression among a plurality of operating parameters in the operating parameters of each supercritical carbon dioxide unit respectively; and step 3, substituting the known design parameters in step 1 into the relational expression determined in step 2, and calculating the unknown design parameters. The operating parameters of the boilers, with the optimal performance, of the supercritical carbon dioxide unit are selected to establish the relational expression, and the determined operating parameters are substituted into the relational expression to calculate design parameters to be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Xiang, Meng Zhu, Jing Zhou, Lei Chen, Haoran Qing, Sheng Su, Song Hu, Aishu Li, Jun Xu, Yi Wang, Long Jiang
  • Publication number: 20220090782
    Abstract: A supercritical CO2 boiler capable of realizing uniform combustion, corrosion resistance and coking resistance, and a boiler system are provided. The supercritical CO2 boiler includes a main combustion chamber, an upper furnace, a furnace arch and a flue, wherein a cross section of the main combustion chamber is circular or oval, or is of an N-sided shape, where N>4; at least four burner groups are disposed on the main combustion chamber, each group of burner nozzles corresponding to each burner group includes a recirculating air nozzle, a primary air nozzle and a secondary air nozzle; lateral recirculating air nozzles symmetrically distributed are respectively disposed at two sides of the primary air nozzle, the recirculating air nozzle and the lateral recirculating air nozzle are configured to feed recirculating flue gas or a mixed gas of the recirculating flue gas and secondary air into the main combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun XIANG, Meng ZHU, Jing ZHOU, Lei CHEN, Sheng SU, Jun XU, Aishu LI, Song HU, Yi WANG, Long JIANG, Hengda HAN
  • Publication number: 20220077574
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a transceiver, first and second antennas, and a passive radio-frequency power distribution circuit. The distribution circuit may have a first port coupled to the transceiver, a second port coupled to the first antenna, and a third port coupled to the third antenna. The distribution circuit may include a transformer coupled between the ports. The transformer may have at least two intertwined inductors formed from conductive traces on a dielectric substrate. The intertwined inductors may be concentric about a common point. The intertwined inductors may extend from the common point to the second and third ports. The intertwined inductors may have a coil or spiral shape and may wind around the common point at least once. Intertwining the inductors may serve to minimize the lateral footprint of the distribution circuit in the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Song Hu, Sohrab Emami-Neyestanak
  • Patent number: 11152905
    Abstract: An amplifier includes a first coil coupled to at least one input node. The amplifier further includes second and third coils. A first terminal of the second coil is coupled to a source terminal of a first transistor, while a second terminal of the second coil is coupled to a source terminal of a second transistor. A third coil includes first and second terminals coupled to gate terminals of the first and second transistors, respectively. Responsive to receiving an input signal, the first coil electromagnetically conveys the signal to the second and third coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Song Hu, Sohrab Emami-Neyestanak
  • Publication number: 20210226117
    Abstract: Provided are a flexible body and a method for controlling the flexible body to deform. The flexible body comprises one or more flexible units, wherein each of the flexible units comprises: a first electrode, a second electrode, an electroactive polymer layer, and a thin film transistor, wherein a source electrode or a drain electrode of the thin film transistor is electrically connected to the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to provide an electric field acting on the electroactive polymer layer, and the electroactive polymer layer is configured to deform in response to the electric field provided by the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaowu Sun, Junxiang Lu, Jie Huang, Jianshu Wang, Peitao Zhu, Yajiao Zhang, Ting Chen, Song Hu
  • Publication number: 20210171484
    Abstract: A method for producing an epoxyalkane includes the step of separating a stream containing an epoxyalkane and an extracting agent in a separation column having a column kettle reboiler. A part of a stream in the column kettle of the separation column enters an extracting agent purifier and is treated to obtain a gas phase light fraction that returns to the separation column and a liquid phase heavy fraction that is subjected to a post-treatment. The method can be used in the industrial production of an epoxyalkane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Song HU, Shuai HU, Weisheng YANG
  • Publication number: 20210163433
    Abstract: A method for producing epoxyalkane includes the step of separating, in a separation column, a stream containing epoxyalkane, extractant, and diol. The separation column operates under conditions so as to enable the extractant and the diol to form an azeotrope, and a stream containing extractant and binary azeotrope is extracted from the side-draw of the separation column to liquid-liquid separation. The method can be used for the industrial production of epoxyalkane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Song HU, Shuai HU, Weisheng YANG
  • Publication number: 20210067117
    Abstract: An amplifier includes a first coil coupled to at least one input node. The amplifier further includes second and third coils. A first terminal of the second coil is coupled to a source terminal of a first transistor, while a second terminal of the second coil is coupled to a source terminal of a second transistor. A third coil includes first and second terminals coupled to gate terminals of the first and second transistors, respectively. Responsive to receiving an input signal, the first coil electromagnetically conveys the signal to the second and third coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Song Hu, Sohrab Emani-Neyestanak
  • Patent number: 10900904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting moisture and volatile matter content in raw coal using the value of baseline drift, comprising the following steps: selecting a plurality of types of standard coal having different coal ranks and different ash contents, performing a Raman spectroscopy test and a proximate analysis on each type of standard coal, calculating the value of baseline drift in the Raman spectrum, and setting up the mapping relationship between the value of baseline drift in the Raman spectrum and the characteristic parameters of the moisture and the volatile matter content. The same method and reference are used to perform a Raman spectroscopy test on raw coal to be tested, so as to calculate the value of baseline drift in a Raman spectrum of the raw coal to be tested, and obtain the moisture and volatile matter content of the raw coal to be tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Xiang, Jun Xu, Sheng Su, Song Hu, Yi Wang, Jiawei Liu, Zhe Xiong, Jing Zhou, Hao Tang, Mengxia Qing, Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 10852221
    Abstract: A magnetic suspension thermobalance based on quick photothermal heating comprises a sealed container, a reaction tank, a magnetic suspension device, a laser displacement monitoring component, a photothermal heating component and a photothermal heating component displacement device. A method comprises following steps: weighing a testing sample and adding same into the reaction tank; putting the reaction tank into the sealed container together with a magnetic suspension float; causing the magnetic suspension float to float in the sealed container; introducing gas into the sealed container; measuring the real-time position of the magnetic suspension float, and causing same to a measurement zero point; heating the reaction tank; maintaining a heating beam on the reaction tank; measuring the temperature of the testing sample in the reaction tank; and recording the displacement of the magnetic suspension float, and converting said displacement into mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Song Hu, Hanjian Li, Jun Xiang, Huanying Chi, Gongxiang Song, Tao Liu, Sheng Su, Yi Wang, Kai Xu, Limo He, Jun Xu, Hengda Han
  • Publication number: 20200292432
    Abstract: A magnetic suspension thermobalance based on quick photothermal heating comprises a sealed container, a reaction tank, a magnetic suspension device, a laser displacement monitoring component, a photothermal heating component and a photothermal heating component displacement device. A method comprises following steps: weighing a testing sample and adding same into the reaction tank; putting the reaction tank into the sealed container together with a magnetic suspension float; causing the magnetic suspension float to float in the sealed container; introducing gas into the sealed container; measuring the real-time position of the magnetic suspension float, and causing same to a measurement zero point; heating the reaction tank; maintaining a heating beam on the reaction tank; measuring the temperature of the testing sample in the reaction tank; and recording the displacement of the magnetic suspension float, and converting said displacement into mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Song HU, Hanjian LI, Jun XIANG, Huanying CHI, Gongxiang SONG, Tao LIU, Sheng SU, Yi WANG, Kai XU, Limo HE, Jun XU, Hengda HAN
  • Publication number: 20200264106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting moisture and volatile matter content in raw coal using the value of baseline drift, comprising the following steps: selecting a plurality of types of standard coal having different coal ranks and different ash contents, performing a Raman spectroscopy test and a proximate analysis on each type of standard coal, calculating the value of baseline drift in the Raman spectrum, and setting up the mapping relationship between the value of baseline drift in the Raman spectrum and the characteristic parameters of the moisture and the volatile matter content. The same method and reference are used to perform a Raman spectroscopy test on raw coal to be tested, so as to calculate the value of baseline drift in a Raman spectrum of the raw coal to be tested, and obtain the moisture and volatile matter content of the raw coal to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun XIANG, Jun XU, Sheng SU, Song HU, Yi WANG, Jiawei LIU, Zhe XIONG, Jing ZHOU, Hao TANG, Mengxia QING, Wei LIU
  • Patent number: 10670529
    Abstract: A method for detecting coal quality, including: selecting a plurality of standard coals, acquiring Raman spectral characteristic parameters of each standard coal and characteristic parameters of coal quality components of each standard coal, calculating a mapping relationship between the Raman spectral characteristic parameters and the characteristic parameters of the coal quality components of each standard coal, to establish a relational database of the Raman spectral characteristic parameters and the characteristic parameters of the coal quality components; providing coal to be analyzed, conducting Raman spectroscopy on the coal to yield Raman spectrum of the coal, and performing curve-fitting calculation on the Raman spectrum of the coal to obtain Raman spectral characteristic parameters of the coal; and comparing the Raman spectral characteristic parameters of the coal with the Raman spectral characteristic parameters of the relational database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jun Xiang, Jun Xu, Sheng Su, Song Hu, Yi Wang, Long Jiang, Mengxia Qing, Zhe Xiong, Hao Tang
  • Patent number: 10659436
    Abstract: A method for data processing comprises: S100. if a to-be-sent email needs to be saved cryptographically or sent cryptographically, automatically converting a main body of the mail into an html file, the html file including an attachment link for linking a mail attachment; S200. compressing a filename of the html file and a filename of the mail attachment into a new html filename and a new mail attachment name using a first open source algorithm based on a first password preset between a sender and a recipient, thereby obtaining a renamed html file and a renamed mail attachment; S300. compressing the renamed html and the renamed mail attachment using a second open source algorithm based on a second password preset between the sender and the recipient, thereby obtaining a compressed file; and S400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HUIZHOU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhaoquan Cai, Song Hu, Hui Hu, Yingxue Cai, Jia Chen
  • Patent number: 10574188
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes device, systems, techniques, and methods for amplifying a complex modulated signal with a mixed-signal power amplifier. A mixed-signal power amplifier may include an input network for splitting an input signal to multiple signals with corresponding phase and amplitude offsets, a main power amplification path including at least an analog power amplifier for amplifying a first signal, one or more auxiliary power amplification paths including at least one digitally controlled analog power amplifier in each path for amplifying a second signal, and an output network for combining the two amplified signals. The main power amplification path and the auxiliary power amplification paths can operate together to achieve load modulation to enhance the overall power amplifier efficiency at power back-off mode and the overall power amplifier linearity. The disclosed technology further includes transmission systems incorporating the mixed-signal power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Fei Wang, Song Hu, Huy Thong Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10401327
    Abstract: A reflection-mode multispectral photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) system and related method is disclosed, based on an optical-acoustic objective in communication with an ultrasonic transducer. In some embodiments of the disclosed technology, when aligned and positioned in a predetermined manner, little to no chromatic aberration is provided, and with convenient confocal alignment of the optical excitation and acoustic detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Song Hu, Rui Cao, John A. Hossack, Joseph P. Kilroy
  • Publication number: 20190154585
    Abstract: A method for detecting coal quality, including: selecting a plurality of standard coals, acquiring Raman spectral characteristic parameters of each standard coal and characteristic parameters of coal quality components of each standard coal, calculating a mapping relationship between the Raman spectral characteristic parameters and the characteristic parameters of the coal quality components of each standard coal, to establish a relational database of the Raman spectral characteristic parameters and the characteristic parameters of the coal quality components; providing coal to be analyzed, conducting Raman spectroscopy on the coal to yield Raman spectrum of the coal, and performing curve-fitting calculation on the Raman spectrum of the coal to obtain Raman spectral characteristic parameters of the coal; and comparing the Raman spectral characteristic parameters of the coal with the Raman spectral characteristic parameters of the relational database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Xiang, Jun Xu, Sheng Su, Song Hu, Yi Wang, Long Jiang, Mengxia Qing, Zhe Xiong, Hao TANG
  • Publication number: 20190097586
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes device, systems, techniques, and methods for amplifying a complex modulated signal with a mixed-signal power amplifier. A mixed-signal power amplifier may include an input network for splitting an input signal to multiple signals with corresponding phase and amplitude offsets, a main power amplification path including at least an analog power amplifier for amplifying a first signal, one or more auxiliary power amplification paths including at least one digitally controlled analog power amplifier in each path for amplifying a second signal, and an output network for combining the two amplified signals. The main power amplification path and the auxiliary power amplification paths can operate together to achieve load modulation to enhance the overall power amplifier efficiency at power back-off mode and the overall power amplifier linearity. The disclosed technology further includes transmission systems incorporating the mixed-signal power amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Song Hu, Fei Wang, Huy Thong Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10211786
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes device, systems, techniques, and methods for amplifying a complex modulated signal with a mixed-signal power amplifier. A mixed-signal power amplifier may include an input network for splitting an input signal to multiple signals with corresponding phase and amplitude offsets, a main power amplification path including at least an analog power amplifier for amplifying a first signal, one or more auxiliary power amplification paths including at least one digitally controlled analog power amplifier in each path for amplifying a second signal, and an output network for combining the two amplified signals. The main power amplification path and the auxiliary power amplification paths can operate together to achieve load modulation to enhance the overall power amplifier efficiency at power back-off mode and the overall power amplifier linearity. The disclosed technology further includes transmission systems incorporating the mixed-signal power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Hua Wang, Fei Wang, Song Hu, Huy Thong Nguyen