Patents by Inventor Wen-Sheng Chang

Wen-Sheng Chang 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: 20240228421
    Abstract: A composition and a method for preparing the same are provided. The method for preparing the composition includes providing a polyethylene terephthalate waste. The polyethylene terephthalate waste is subjected to a depolymerization in the presence of a catalyst and an alcoholysis agent to obtain a mixture, wherein an oxidizing atmosphere is continuously introduced into the depolymerization. The mixture is subjected to a solid-liquid separation to obtain a solid. The solid is subjected to a purification to obtain the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Shin-Liang KUO, Yu-Lan TUNG, Wen-Sheng CHANG, Kung-Hsun HUANG, Tein-San LEE, Shu-Chuan HUANG
  • Publication number: 20240194917
    Abstract: A hot box device and an operating method thereof are provided. The hot box device includes a first shell, a reformer, a burner, and a cathode inlet pipe. The first shell has a first cavity. The reformer is disposed in the first cavity. The burner is disposed in the reformer and has an opening. The cathode inlet pipe is disposed in the first cavity and extends through the first shell. The cathode inlet pipe is in fluid communication with the first cavity, and the opening of the burner is in fluid communication with the first cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shing-Cheng CHANG, Chia-Hsin LEE, Cheng-Hao YANG, Wen-Sheng CHANG, Chia-Hao CHEN
  • Patent number: 11945885
    Abstract: A vinyl-containing copolymer is copolymerized from (a) first compound, (b) second compound, and (c) third compound. (a) First compound is an aromatic compound having a single vinyl group. (b) Second compound is polybutadiene or polybutadiene-styrene having side vinyl groups. (c) Third compound is an acrylate compound. The vinyl-containing copolymer includes 0.003 mol/g to 0.010 mol/g of benzene ring, 0.0005 mol/g to 0.008 mol/g of vinyl group, and 1.2*10?5 mol/g to 2.4*10?4 mol/g of ester group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Po Kuo, Shin-Liang Kuo, Shu-Chuan Huang, Yan-Ting Jiang, Jian-Yi Hang, Wen-Sheng Chang
  • Patent number: 11749817
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nozzle for combustion and reforming reaction including a fuel pipe, a reformer, an activation pipe, an activation catalyst, and a reformation catalyst. The fuel pipe includes an annular wall and an end wall connected to an end of the annular wall. The fuel pipe has at least one vent hole penetrating through the annular wall and at least one outlet penetrating through the end wall. The reformer is disposed in the fuel pipe. The activation pipe is disposed in the fuel pipe and disposed through the reformer. A distance between the activation pipe and the outlet is larger than a distance between the vent hole and the outlet. The activation catalyst is arranged in the activation pipe. The reformation catalyst is arranged in the reformer and located outside the activation pipe. The disclosure also provides a combustor and a fuel cell system having the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Pei-Chi Kuo, Cheng-Hao Yang, Shing-Cheng Chang, Yen-Hsin Chan, Wen-Sheng Chang
  • Patent number: 11656032
    Abstract: A high-temperature flow-splitting component, applicable to a temperature range from a first temperature to a second temperature, includes an entrance channel, at least one primary channel and at least one subordinate channel. The entrance channel is used for introducing a fluid at a total flow rate. The at least one primary channel for introducing the fluid from the entrance channel at a first flow rate is connected with the entrance channel by a first angle ranging from 90°˜270°. The at least one subordinate channel for introducing the fluid from the entrance channel at a second flow rate is connected with the at least one primary channel by a second angle ranging from 30°˜150°. A sum of the first flow rate and the second flow rate is equal to the total flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Hao Yang, Shing-Cheng Chang, Yen-Hsin Chan, Chia-Hsin Lee, Wen-Sheng Chang
  • Publication number: 20230141271
    Abstract: An oligomer includes a repeating unit and a repeating unit or a combination thereof. The repeating number of the repeating unit (a) and the repeating number of the repeating unit (b1), (b2), or a combination thereof have a ratio of 1:1 to 20:1. Each Q is independently substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, cycloaliphatic group, aromatic group, or siloxane group. X can be and Y can be or a combination thereof, and Z can be or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Po KUO, Kuan-Han WU, Shin-Liang KUO, Shu-Chuan HUANG, Wen-Sheng CHANG, Jian-Yi HANG
  • Publication number: 20220131163
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a nozzle for combustion and reforming reaction including a fuel pipe, a reformer, an activation pipe, an activation catalyst, and a reformation catalyst. The fuel pipe includes an annular wall and an end wall connected to an end of the annular wall. The fuel pipe has at least one vent hole penetrating through the annular wall and at least one outlet penetrating through the end wall. The reformer is disposed in the fuel pipe. The activation pipe is disposed in the fuel pipe and disposed through the reformer. A distance between the activation pipe and the outlet is larger than a distance between the vent hole and the outlet. The activation catalyst is arranged in the activation pipe. The reformation catalyst is arranged in the reformer and located outside the activation pipe. The disclosure also provides a combustor and a fuel cell system having the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Pei-Chi KUO, Cheng-Hao YANG, Shing-Cheng CHANG, Yen-Hsin CHAN, Wen-Sheng CHANG
  • Patent number: 11101467
    Abstract: A metal-ion secondary battery is provided. The metal-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes at least one current-collecting layer and at least one active layer, wherein the current-collecting layer and the active layer are mutually stacked, and the current-collecting layer has at least one first through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chien-Chih Chiang, Kuang-Yao Chen, Chun-Hsing Wu, Chang-Chung Yang, Wen-Sheng Chang
  • Patent number: 11088376
    Abstract: A controlling device of a fuel cell system with multiple stack towers and a controlling method thereof are provided. The controlling device comprises a temperature sensing equipment, a processor and a pulse width modulation circuit. The fuel cell system comprises multiple fuel cell stacks. The controlling method further comprises: calculating an average temperature of the fuel cell stacks based on the temperatures of the fuel cell stacks by the temperature sensing equipment; determining whether differences between the average temperature and the temperatures of the fuel cell stacks fall within a preset range of average temperature difference by the processor, and adjusting an output current of at least one of the fuel cell stacks by the pulse width modulation circuit commanded by the processor when the difference between the average temperature and the temperature of the at least one fuel cell stack falls outside the preset range of average temperature difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Hao Yang, Shing-Cheng Chang, Heng-Ju Lin, Chia-Hsin Lee, Chien-Chang Hung, Wen-Sheng Chang
  • Publication number: 20210095927
    Abstract: A high-temperature flow-splitting component, applicable to a temperature range from a first temperature to a second temperature, includes an entrance channel, at least one primary channel and at least one subordinate channel. The entrance channel is used for introducing a fluid at a total flow rate. The at least one primary channel for introducing the fluid from the entrance channel at a first flow rate is connected with the entrance channel by a first angle ranging from 90°˜270°. The at least one subordinate channel for introducing the fluid from the entrance channel at a second flow rate is connected with the at least one primary channel by a second angle ranging from 30°˜150°. A sum of the first flow rate and the second flow rate is equal to the total flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Cheng-Hao Yang, Shing-Cheng Chang, Yen-Hsin Chan, Chia-Hsin Lee, Wen-Sheng Chang
  • Patent number: 10804541
    Abstract: An electrode and a device employing the same are provided. The electrode includes a main body, and an active material. The main body includes a cavity and is made of a conductive network structure. In particular, the active material is disposed in the cavity, wherein the length of the longest side of the particle of the active material is greater than the length of the longest side of the pore of the conductive network structure such that the active material is confined in the conductive network structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kuang-Yao Chen, Ting-Wei Huang, Chien-Chih Chiang, Chun-Hsing Wu, Chang-Chung Yang, Wen-Sheng Chang
  • Patent number: 10673107
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition and an energy storage device employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a solid and a solution. The solid includes a core and a metal layer encapsulating the core, where the metal layer is selected from a group consisting of Zn, Al, Mg, Li, Na and the metal oxides thereof. In particular, the solid has a first density and the solution has a second density, and the ratio between the first density and the second density is from about 0.97 to 1.03.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ching-Chen Wu, Chang-Chung Yang, Chun-Hsing Wu, Wen-Sheng Chang, Kan-Lin Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20200168921
    Abstract: A controlling device of a fuel cell system with multiple stack towers and a controlling method thereof are provided. The controlling device comprises a temperature sensing equipment, a processor and a pulse width modulation circuit. The fuel cell system comprises multiple fuel cell stacks. The controlling method further comprises: calculating an average temperature of the fuel cell stacks based on the temperatures of the fuel cell stacks by the temperature sensing equipment; determining whether differences between the average temperature and the temperatures of the fuel cell stacks fall within a preset range of average temperature difference by the processor, and adjusting an output current of at least one of the fuel cell stacks by the pulse width modulation circuit commanded by the processor when the difference between the average temperature and the temperature of the at least one fuel cell stack falls outside the preset range of average temperature difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Cheng-Hao Yang, Shing-Cheng Chang, Heng-Ju Lin, Chia-Hsin Lee, Chien-Chang Hung, Wen-Sheng Chang
  • Patent number: 10367227
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a metal-ion battery employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a metal chloride, a chlorine-containing ionic liquid, and an additive, wherein the additive has a structure represented by Formula (I) [M]i[(A(SO2CxF2x+1)y)b?]j??Formula (I), wherein M can be imidazolium cation, ammonium cation, azaannulenium cation, . . . etc., wherein M has a valence of a; a can be 1, 2, or 3; A can be N, O, Si, or C; x can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; y can be 1, 2, or 3; b can be 1, 2, or 3; i can be 1, 2, or 3; j can be 1, 2, or 3; a/b=j/i; and when y is 2 or 3, the (SO2CxF2x+1) moieties are the same or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Che-Wei Chang, Wen-Sheng Chang, Chun-Tsung Hsu, Yu-Wen Yeh, Tai-Feng Hung, Chang-Chung Yang
  • Publication number: 20190097240
    Abstract: An electrode and a device employing the same are provided. The electrode can include a metal network structure, and a hollow active material network structure. In particularly, the metal network structure is disposed in the hollow active material network structure. The weight ratio of the metal network structure to the hollow active material network structure is from 0.5 to 155.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kuang-Yao CHEN, Ting-Wei HUANG, Chien-Chih CHIANG, Chun-Hsing WU, Wen-Sheng CHANG, Chang-Chung YANG
  • Patent number: 10177412
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a sodium secondary battery are provided. The electrolyte composition includes an alcohol compound and a metallic salt, wherein the metallic salt consists of a sodium salt formed. The sodium secondary battery includes the electrolyte composition, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tai-Feng Hung, Yu-Wen Yeh, Wen-Sheng Chang, Chang-Chung Yang, Che-Wei Chang
  • Publication number: 20180097236
    Abstract: An electrode and a device employing the same are provided. The electrode includes a main body, and an active material. The main body includes a cavity and is made of a conductive network structure. In particular, the active material is disposed in the cavity, wherein the length of the longest side of the particle of the active material is greater than the length of the longest side of the pore of the conductive network structure such that the active material is confined in the conductive network structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Kuang-Yao CHEN, Ting-Wei HUANG, Chien-Chih CHIANG, Chun-Hsing WU, Chang-Chung YANG, Wen-Sheng CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180083287
    Abstract: A metal-ion secondary battery is provided. The metal-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode. The positive electrode includes at least one current-collecting layer and at least one active layer, wherein the current-collecting layer and the active layer are mutually stacked, and the current-collecting layer has at least one first through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chien-Chih CHIANG, Kuang-Yao CHEN, Chun-Hsing WU, Chang-Chung YANG, Wen-Sheng CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170358815
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a metal-ion battery employing the same are provided. The electrolyte composition includes a metal chloride, a chlorine-containing ionic liquid, and an additive, wherein the additive has a structure represented by Formula (I) [M]i[(A(SO2CxF2x+1)y)b?]j??Formula (I) , wherein M can be imidazolium cation, ammonium cation, azaannulenium cation, . . . etc., wherein M has a valence of a; a can be 1, 2, or 3; A can be N, O, Si, or C; x can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; y can be 1, 2, or 3; b can be 1, 2, or 3; i can be 1, 2, or 3; j can be 1, 2, or 3; a/b=j/i; and when y is 2 or 3, the (SO2CxF2x+1) moieties are the same or different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Che-Wei CHANG, Wen-Sheng CHANG, Chun-Tsung HSU, Yu-Wen YEH, Tai-Feng HUNG, Chang-Chung YANG
  • Publication number: 20170054177
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a sodium secondary battery are provided. The electrolyte composition includes an alcohol compound and a metallic salt, wherein the metallic salt consists of a sodium salt formed. The sodium secondary battery includes the electrolyte composition, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tai-Feng HUNG, Yu-Wen YEH, Wen-Sheng CHANG, Chang-Chung YANG, Che-Wei CHANG