ALKALI TRAP FOR MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELL ANODE

    公开(公告)号:US20250062380A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-20

    申请号:US18804530

    申请日:2024-08-14

    Abstract: In various aspects, molten carbonate fuel cell configurations are provided that include a reforming catalyst and alkali traps integrated with one or more structures within the anode gas-collection volume. The purpose of the reforming catalyst is to reform methane (or some other reformable fuel) into hydrogen. In operation, alkali metals may migrate from the fuel cell electrolyte into the anode. Unless trapped, the alkali metals may deactivate the reforming catalyst. The alkali trap prolongs the operating life of reforming catalyst within the anode volume by capturing some portion of the alkali metal in the anode gas-collection volume. This reduces an amount of alkali metal that interacts with the reforming catalyst in the anode gas-collection volume. The prolonged life of the reforming catalyst prevents a decrease in catalyst activity.

    INTENSIFIED REACTOR AND PROCESS HEAT INTEGRATION FOR CONVERSION OF ALCOHOL TO FUELS

    公开(公告)号:US20250059448A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-20

    申请号:US18805865

    申请日:2024-08-15

    Abstract: A method including: introducing a feed comprising an alcohol and an activator into a reactor comprising a solid acid catalyst; contacting the alcohol and the activator in the presence of the solid acid catalyst under conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the alcohol and the activator to produce a product stream comprising C8-C16 olefins and water; thermally contacting at least a portion of the C8-C16 olefins and/or water with a working fluid to heat the working fluid to form a heated working fluid; and introducing at least a portion of the C8-C16 olefins and water from the product stream into a distillation column and forming a bottoms stream comprising a majority of the C8-C16 olefins from the product stream, wherein a reboiler thermally coupled to the distillation column is at least partially heated by the heated working fluid.

    ISOPARAFFINIC AND ISO-OLEFINIC DISTILLATE COMPOSITIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20250026998A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18905769

    申请日:2024-10-03

    Abstract: Compositions are provided that include at least a portion of an isoparaffinic blend component, an iso-olefinic blend component, or a combination thereof, along with a method for making such a blend component. The highly isoparaffinic and/or iso-olefinic nature of the blend component can allow a blend component to be used in combination with both conventional/mineral fractions as well as non-traditional feeds to form fuel fractions and/or fuel blending component fractions. Examples of fuels that can be formed by making a blend that includes an isoparaffinic and/or iso-olefinic blend component include diesel fuels, marine gas oils, and various types of marine fuel oils, such as very low sulfur fuel oils.

    IN PHA PRODUCTION
    134.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250019729A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-16

    申请号:US18658087

    申请日:2024-05-08

    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence encoding a protein having a PhaP1 domain and a HlyA domain, wherein the HlyA domain differs from the wild-type HlyA domain of E. coli (SEQ ID NO.: 1) SEQ ID NO. 1: LAYGSQGDLNPLINEISKIISAAGSFDVKEERTAAS LLQLSGNASDFSYGRNSITLTTSA in at least the wild-type amino acid residue S (serine) at position 25 (underlined above) is replaced with the amino acid residue N (asparagine).

    INTELLIGENT MONITORING AND REASONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20250005926A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18342575

    申请日:2023-06-27

    Abstract: Systems and methods for intelligent monitoring of a site may be useful for ascertaining the operational integrity of said site. Said systems and methods may use data fusion, neural features, and integrated reasoning to achieve the intelligent monitoring. For example a method may comprise: capturing a plurality of images over time from a site; transmitting the plurality of images to a hub; identifying at least one element in at least one of the plurality of images; querying at least one sensor and/or related sensor data for at least one attribute of the at least one element; tracking the at least one element to produce spatio-temporal attributes of the at least one element; ascertaining a state of the environment at the site; and applying an integrated reasoning model to the state of the environment to identify events that may occur and/or are occurring at the site that require operator intervention.

    Intrinsically-safe sensor system
    139.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12140504B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US17805500

    申请日:2022-06-06

    Abstract: An intrinsically-safe sensor system, as well as a method for assembling the intrinsically-safe sensor system and a method for monitoring sound corresponding to a source using the intrinsically-safe sensor system, are provided herein. The intrinsically-safe sensor system includes a number of sensors, including a microphone, as well as a processor for processing sensor data obtained from the sensors. The intrinsically-safe sensor system also includes a memory component for storing the sensor data obtained from the sensors, a power source, a communication connection for communicably coupling the intrinsically-safe sensor system to a remote computing system, and a connector including internal and external connection regions for internally and/or externally connecting one or more additional devices to the intrinsically-safe sensor system on demand. The intrinsically-safe sensor system further includes an enclosure, as well as potting material for encapsulating an internal region of the intrinsically-safe sensor system that resides within the enclosure.

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