Abstract:
A galvanic cell utilizing a gas scrubber is provided. The galvanic cell may include a galvanic cell unit and a gas scrubber comprising an active material layer, a resistance coil in contact with the active material layer, a first shutter positioned between the active material layer and ambient air, a second shutter may be positioned between the galvanic cell unit and the active material layer.
Abstract:
An icemaker assembly (100) is disposed within a refrigerator (10) having a freezer compartment (12), a fresh food compartment (14) and respective freezer (36) and fresh food (38) door assemblies. The icemaker assembly (100) comprises a conveyor assembly (102) positioned within the freezer compartment (12) having a flexible conveyor belt (102) with a multiplicity of individual ice cube molds (126) for creation of individual ice cubes. An ice cube storage bin (112) is positioned below the conveyor assembly (102) for storing the ice cubes and a fullness sensor (144) is positioned for determining the fill level of ice cubes within the ice cube storage bin (112).
Abstract:
A combined cycle fuel cell includes a fuel cell such as a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) comprising an anode that generates a tail gas. A hydrocarbon fuel reforming system that mixes a hydrocarbon fuel with the fuel cell tail gas downstream of the fuel cell partly or fully converts the hydrocarbon fuel into hydrogen (¾) and carbon monoxide (CO). A fuel path diverts a first portion of the reformed fuel to the inlet of the fuel cell anode. A cooler such as an Organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is optionally configured to remove heat from a residual portion of the reformed fuel and to deliver the cooled residual portion of the reformed fuel to a bottoming cycle that may be an external or internal combustion engine such as a reciprocating gas engine or gas turbine that is driven in response to the cooled residual portion of the reformed fuel.
Abstract:
An article is provided. The article may include an electrochemical cell. The cell may include a molten electrolyte, and at least one molten electrode. The cell may include a structure for separating an anode from a cathode, while enabling ionic communication between the anode and cathode. An energy storage device comprising the article is also provided. Methods related to the article and the energy storage device may be provided. Separators having a cross-sectional profile normal to the axis of the cell in the shape of ellipse, triangle, rectangle, cross, star, circle, cloverleaf, square are disclosed. The separator can be domed ordimpled.The elctrodic materials can be spaced radially or axially relative to each other.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To determine the dew point in a non-optical manner without condensation by measuring the temperature of a quartz crystal resonator(QCR) stored in a pressure vessel by a temperature sensor, and monitoring the frequency of the QCR. SOLUTION: In a dew point sensor 100, a QCR 112 is stored in a pressure vessel 104, and closely attached to a temperature control plate 110. A temperature sensor 114 is arranged so as to generate the signal indicating the temperature of the QCR 112. A circuit 116 is connected to the QCR 112 and the temperature sensor 114, the temperature of the QCR 112 is controlled to calculate the dew point value of a fuel flow 118, and the frequency of the QCR 112 is measured and monitored. The circuit 116 includes a computer 119 to process the signal and to give the reported dew point and the display. Since the change in frequency is detected, the temperature at which the frequency is changed is not affected even when a pollutant is deposited on the crystal. The dew point sensor 100 is capable of measuring the dew point even if the condensate is water or organic matters.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a fluid specimen measuring system coupled to a fluid flow, by extracting a specimen from the fluid flow introduced from into a fluid flow path by an extracted solution flow introduced into an extracted solution flow path, and detecting the level of the specimen in the extracted solution flow by a probe. SOLUTION: A extraction unit 12 involves a fluid flow path 20 brought into close contact with an extracted solution flow path 22 disposed in a housing 23, and both of them are separated by a semi-permeable membrane 36. A extracted solution flow 34 captures the fluid specimen of a fluid flow 32 through the semi-permeable membrane 36 and send it to a sample head container 14. The sample head container 14 is coupled to an extracted solution flow port 30 through a conduit, and at least one probe 16 is coupled to the sample head container 14 to generate a signal indicative of characteristics of the fluid specimen in the extracted solution flow 34. A circuit 18 connected with the probe 16 measures the signal generated at the probe 16, thus it is possible to determine the level of Na+ or the like in fuel oil.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of high reliability to eliminate the mixed alkali metal from the fuel for a gas turbine. SOLUTION: A system 10 for continuously eliminating the mixed alkali metal from the liquid fuel supplied to a combustor 16 of the gas turbine 18 is composed of a fuel source 11, means 12, 14, 26 for feeding the fuel to the gas turbine, a prefilter 20 positioned at a downstream of the fuel source and an upstream of the gas turbine to eliminate solid particles from the liquid fuel, and a coalescer 22 positioned at a downstream of the prefilter and an upstream of the gas turbine to separate the water including alkali metal from the liquid fuel.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To monitor the quality of a fuel gas or other process gases by a method wherein a light beam is emitted to an inner flow part from a light source arranged within a housing, a first photodetector and a second photodetector which are positioned within the housing detect total intensities and base line levels of the light beam, and the ratio of the intensities is found. SOLUTION: A light beam 110 is emitted to an inner flow part 112 from a light source 104 which is positioned within a housing 102, A photodetector 106 is arranged so as to face the light source 104, and a photodetector 108 is arranged so as to be adjacent to a position which is deviated from the photodetector 106 in a range of about 10 deg. to 60 deg. in an angle direction. When particles or other interfering substances do not exist in a gas flow which is moved in the inner flow part 112, the photodetector 108 detects the baseline level of light reflected from the photodetector 106 and the Rayleigh scattering of the light from gas molecules in the flow, Then, when the particles or the like exist, the amount of the existing particles is found by a circuit 114 on the basis of the ratio of the total light intensity of the light detected by the photodetector 106 to the light intensity of the light detected by the photodetector 108.