Patents by Inventor Zhijiang Li

Zhijiang Li 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: 20170069921
    Abstract: A hydrogen extraction system is provided. The extraction system can comprise a compressor for compressing a gas mixture comprising hydrogen and a desulfurization unit for receiving the compressed gas mixture. The system can also comprise a hydrogen-extraction device for receiving a reduced-sulfur gas mixture and a hydrogen storage device for receiving an extracted hydrogen gas. A method of extracting hydrogen from a gas mixture comprising natural gas and hydrogen, and a method of determining an energy price are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC
    Inventors: Darryl Pollica, Scott Blanchet, Zhijiang Li
  • Publication number: 20170030581
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a burner assembly for generating a heat source. The burner assembly may include a combustion plate having a first surface and a second surface. The combustion plate may include a first plurality of holes extending from the first surface to the second surface arranged in a first circle and a second plurality of holes extending from the first surface to the second surface arranged in a second circle. The first circle and second circle may be arranged in concentric circles. The burner assembly may further be configured to have at least one of the holes having a longitudinal axis extending at a first acute angle from a plane of the combustion plate. The burner assembly may further be configured to have at least one of the holes having the longitudinal axis extending at a second acute angle from a tangent line of one of the concentric circles on the plane of the combustion plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC
    Inventors: Zhijiang Li, Mohsen Behnam, Paul Gaffuri, Jordan McGinty
  • Publication number: 20170021324
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a catalytic reactor assembly having an outer tube and an inner tube is provided. The method may include inserting a catalyst into the outer tube and inserting the inner tube through the catalyst. The method may further include radially expanding the inner tube against the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Blanchet, Zhijiang Li
  • Publication number: 20170014748
    Abstract: A pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system for purifying a feed gas is provided. The PSA system may have a first adsorber bed and a second adsorber bed, each having a feed port, a product port, and adsorbent material designed to adsorb one or more impurities from the feed gas to produce a product gas. The PSA system may also have a network of piping configured to direct the feed gas to the feed ports of the adsorber beds and direct the product gas to and from the product ports of the adsorber beds. The network of piping may also be configured to transfer gas between the first adsorber bed and the second adsorber bed during a pressure equalization step and a purge step. The PSA system may also have a first valve configured to direct flows of the feed gas and the product gas through the network of piping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC
    Inventors: Zhijiang Li, Kyle Vanzandt
  • Patent number: 9531024
    Abstract: A hydrogen extraction system is provided. The extraction system can comprise a compressor for compressing a gas mixture comprising hydrogen and a desulfurization unit for receiving the compressed gas mixture. The system can also comprise a hydrogen-extraction device for receiving a reduced-sulfur gas mixture and a hydrogen storage device for receiving an extracted hydrogen gas. A method of extracting hydrogen from a gas mixture comprising natural gas and hydrogen, and a method of determining an energy price are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC
    Inventors: Darryl Pollica, Scott Blanchet, Zhijiang Li
  • Publication number: 20160059184
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a method of drying a hydrogen gas mixture is disclosed. The method may include determining a mass flow rate of water {dot over (m)}H2O in a hydrogen gas mixture stream and an adsorbent capacity of one or more adsorbent beds; determining a first period of time based on the determined mass flow rate of water {dot over (m)}H2O in the hydrogen gas mixture stream and the adsorbent capacity; directing the hydrogen gas mixture stream through a first adsorbent bed of the one or more adsorbent beds for the first period of time; adsorbing a quantity of water from the hydrogen gas mixture stream into the first adsorbent bed; and regenerating the first adsorbent bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: NUVERA FUEL CELLS, INC.
    Inventors: Zhijiang LI, Kyle VANZANDt, Scott BLANCHET
  • Publication number: 20140030615
    Abstract: A hydrogen extraction system is provided. The extraction system can comprise a compressor for compressing a gas mixture comprising hydrogen and a desulfurization unit for receiving the compressed gas mixture. The system can also comprise a hydrogen-extraction device for receiving a reduced-sulfur gas mixture and a hydrogen storage device for receiving an extracted hydrogen gas. A method of extracting hydrogen from a gas mixture comprising natural gas and hydrogen, and a method of determining an energy price are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: NUVERA FUEL CELLS, INC.
    Inventors: Darryl Pollica, Scott Blanchet, Zhijiang Li
  • Patent number: 8291858
    Abstract: A movable jig for a silicon-based thin film solar cell comprises parallel electrode plates (203,208), a supporting frame and a signal feed-in assembly (201). The supporting frame is a movable frame and its side frame (216) is grounded. A shield device is set on the jig or among jig arrays themselves for preventing from being disturbed. The signal feed-in assembly is a conductor and its middle portion and head portion form a ladder cylinder, and one end surface (201-1) of the signal feed-in assembly is triangular and can surface contact and connect with a sunken triangular feed-in port (203-1) in the center area of the back surface of the cathode plate (203) of the electrode plates, so the radio frequency/the very high frequency power supply signal can be fed in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Shenzhen Trony Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengming Hu, Yi Li, Zhubing He, Zhijiang Li, Jianhua Zhou, Chunzhu Wang
  • Publication number: 20120142137
    Abstract: A movable jig for a silicon-based thin film solar cell comprises parallel electrode plates (203,208), a supporting frame and a signal feed-in assembly (201). The supporting frame is a movable frame and its side frame (216) is grounded. A shield device is set on the jig or among jig arrays themselves for preventing from being disturbed. The signal feed-in assembly is a conductor and its middle portion and head portion form a ladder cylinder, and one end surface (201-1) of the signal feed-in assembly is triangular and can surface contact and connect with a sunken triangular feed-in port (203-1) in the center area of the back surface of the cathode plate (203) of the electrode plates, so the radio frequency/the very high frequency power supply signal can be fed in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SHENZHEN TRONY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengming Hu, Yi Li, Zhubing He, Zhijiang Li, Jianhua Zhou, Chunzhu Wang
  • Patent number: 7332003
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing hydrocarbon fuel (e.g., gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel and heating oil) to generate hydrogen (H2), which can be used in fuel cells, includes a desulfurization reactor for removing sulfur from the fuel; a catalytic reactor for forming a reformate from the fuel; and, optionally, a separator for separating a light fraction of the fuel from a heavy fraction of the fuel. The fuel is first exposed to the desulfurization reactor and then, if present, to the separator. Finally, the fuel is exposed to the catalyst in the catalytic reactor; and the hydrogen gas generated there from is collected for use in the fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Aspen Products Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhijiang Li, Mark D. Fokema, Wendell E. Rhine