公开(公告)号：US20120298499A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-29

申请号：US13569261

申请日：2012-08-08

Applicant: James Weifu Lee

Inventor： James Weifu Lee

IPC: B01D3/00 ,  C02F1/14

CPC classification number: B01D1/0035 ,  B01D3/00 ,  B01D5/0006 ,  B01D5/0066 ,  B01D5/009 ,  Y02A20/212

Abstract: A hybrid photovoltaic panel-interfaced solar-greenhouse distillation technology is disclosed that is capable of utilizing solar waste heat to perform liquid distillation while co-generating solar electricity. Solar waste heat co-generated at a photovoltaic panel is effectively utilized by in situ distillation liquid as an immediate heat sink in thermal contact with the photovoltaic panel, thus providing beneficial cooling of the photovoltaic panel and co-making of distillation products while generating electricity with significant improvement on total-process solar energy utilization efficiency. Use of this invention can provide a series of distillation-related products such as freshwater, distilled water, hot water, hot steam, sea salts, saline/brine products, and/or harvest biofuels and bioproducts such as ethanol from renewable resources while co-generating solar electricity.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种混合光伏面板接口的太阳能 - 温室蒸馏技术，其能够利用太阳能废热进行液体蒸馏，同时共同产生太阳能。 在光伏面板上共同产生的太阳能废热通过原位蒸馏液体被有效地利用，作为与光伏面板热接触的立即散热器，从而提供有益的光伏面板冷却和蒸馏产物的共同制造，同时发电 总体太阳能利用效率显着提高。 本发明的使用可以提供一系列蒸馏相关产品，例如淡水，蒸馏水，热水，热蒸汽，海盐，盐水/盐水产品，和/或从可再生资源收获生物燃料和生物产品如乙醇， 产生太阳能发电。

公开(公告)号：US06447663B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-10

申请号：US09694978

申请日：2000-10-24

Applicant: James Weifu Lee ,  Elias Greenbaum

Inventor： James Weifu Lee ,  Elias Greenbaum

IPC: C25D518

CPC classification number: C25D21/12 ,  B82Y30/00 ,  C25D5/18 ,  G11C13/0002 ,  Y10S977/899

Abstract: A method of nanometer-scale deposition of a metal onto a nanostructure includes the steps of: providing a substrate having thereon at least two electrically conductive nanostructures spaced no more than about 50 &mgr;m apart; and depositing metal on at least one of the nanostructures by electric field-directed, programmable, pulsed electrolytic metal deposition. Moreover, a method of nanometer-scale depletion of a metal from a nanostructure includes the steps of providing a substrate having thereon at least two electrically conductive nanostructures spaced no more than about 50 &mgr;m apart, at least one of the nanostructures having a metal disposed thereon; and depleting at least a portion of the metal from the nanostructure by electric field-directed, programmable, pulsed electrolytic metal depletion. A bypass circuit enables ultra-finely controlled deposition.

Abstract translation: 将金属纳米级沉积到纳米结构上的方法包括以下步骤：提供其上具有间隔不超过约50μm的至少两个导电纳米结构的基底; 以及通过电场导向的可编程脉冲电解金属沉积在至少一个纳米结构上沉积金属。 而且，纳米结构纳米尺度耗尽金属的方法包括以下步骤：提供其上具有间隔不超过约50微米的至少两个导电纳米结构的基底，至少一个纳米结构具有置于其上的金属 ; 并通过电场导向的可编程的脉冲电解金属耗尽从纳米结构中消耗至少一部分金属。 旁路电路可实现超精细控制的沉积。

公开(公告)号：US20210067064A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US16960082

申请日：2019-01-01

Applicant: James Weifu Lee

Inventor： James Weifu Lee

IPC: H02N3/00 ,  H01J45/00

Abstract: Inspired by the discovery that environmental heat energy can be isothermally utilized through electrostatically localized protons at a liquid-membrane interface to do useful work such as driving ATP synthesis, the present invention discloses an innovative energy renewal method with making and using an asymmetric function-gated isothermal electricity production system in combinations of utilizing gravity, a bias voltage at a low work function thermal electron emitter and positive surface charge groups at a high work function electron collector comprising at least one pair of a low work function thermal electron emitter and a high work function electron collector across a barrier space installed in a container with electric conductor support to enable energy recycle process functions with utilization of environmental heat energy isothermally for at least one of: a) utilization of environmental heat energy for energy renewing of fully dissipated waste heat energy from the environment to generate electricity to do useful work; b) providing a novel cooling function for a new type of refrigerator by isothermally extracting environmental heat energy from inside the refrigerator while generating isothermal electricity.

公开(公告)号：US20200208276A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：US16237681

申请日：2019-01-01

Applicant: James Weifu Lee

Inventor： James Weifu Lee

IPC: C25B1/06 ,  C25B1/10 ,  C23F1/14 ,  C12P19/32 ,  C12P19/40

Abstract: Inspired by the discovery that environmental heat energy can be isothermally utilized through electrostatically localized protons at a liquid-membrane interface to do useful work such as driving ATP synthesis, the present invention discloses an innovative energy renewal method with making and using an asymmetric function-gated isothermal electricity production system comprising at least one pair of a low work function thermal electron emitter and a high work function electron collector across a barrier space installed in a container with electric conductor support to enable energy recycle process functions with utilization of environmental heat energy isothermally for at least one of: a) utilization of environmental heat energy for energy renewing of fully dissipated waste heat energy from the environment to generate electricity to do useful work; b) providing a novel cooling function for a new type of refrigerator by isothermally extracting environmental heat energy from inside the refrigerator while generating isothermal electricity.

公开(公告)号：US09695448B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US14245848

申请日：2014-04-04

Applicant: James Weifu Lee

Inventor： James Weifu Lee

IPC: C12N15/82 ,  C12P7/16 ,  A01H5/10 ,  C10L1/02

CPC classification number: C12P7/16 ,  A01H5/10 ,  C10G2300/1014 ,  C10L1/02 ,  Y02E50/10 ,  Y02P30/20 ,  Y02P60/247

Abstract: The present invention provides a biosafety-guarded photobiological butanol production technology based on designer transgenic plants, designer algae, designer blue-green algae (cyanobacteria and oxychlorobacteria), or designer plant cells. The designer photosynthetic organisms are created such that the endogenous photobiological regulation mechanism is tamed, and the reducing power (NADPH) and energy (ATP) acquired from the photosynthetic process are used for synthesis of butanol (CH3CH2CH2CH2OH) directly from carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). The butanol production methods of the present invention completely eliminate the problem of recalcitrant lignocellulosics by bypassing the bottleneck problem of the biomass technology. The photobiological butanol-production technology of the present invention is expected to have a much higher solar-to-butanol energy-conversion efficiency than the current technology and could also help protect the Earth's environment from the dangerous accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere.

公开(公告)号：US20150353961A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-10

申请号：US14832476

申请日：2015-08-21

Applicant: James Weifu Lee

Inventor： James Weifu Lee

IPC: C12P7/16 ,  C12P7/04 ,  C12P7/06

CPC classification number: C12P7/16 ,  C12P7/04 ,  C12P7/649 ,  Y02E50/10 ,  Y02E50/13 ,  Y02E50/17

Abstract: Designer Calvin-cycle-channeled and hydrogenotrophic biofuel-production pathways, the associated designer genes and designer transgenic organisms for autotrophic production of alcohols and biodiesel from carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and/or water are disclosed. The alcohols include methanol, ethanol, propanol, 1-butanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol, isobutanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 1-hexanol, 1-octanol, 1-pentanol, 1-heptanol, 3-methyl-1-pentanol, 4-methyl-1-hexanol, 5-methyl-1-heptanol, 4-methyl-1-pentanol, 5-methyl-1-hexanol, and 6-methyl-1-heptanol. The designer autotrophic organisms such as designer transgenic oxyphotobacteria and algae comprise designer Calvin-cycle-channeled and hydrogenotrophic pathway gene(s) and biosafety-guarding technology for enhanced autotrophic production of alcohols and biodiesel from carbon dioxide and water; wherein the designer transgenic cells in their mass liquid culture can inducibly self-flocculate for enhanced harvesting of their biomass upon the expression of the designer cell surface-linked positively charged polypeptides.

Abstract translation: 公开了设计者卡尔文 - 循环通道和氢营养生物燃料生产途径，相关设计者基因和设计者转基因生物用于从二氧化碳，氢气和/或水自发生产醇和生物柴油。 醇包括甲醇，乙醇，丙醇，1-丁醇，2-甲基-1-丁醇，异丁醇，3-甲基-1-丁醇，1-己醇，1-辛醇，1-戊醇，1-庚醇，3-甲基 1-戊醇，4-甲基-1-己醇，5-甲基-1-庚醇，4-甲基-1-戊醇，5-甲基-1-己醇和6-甲基-1-庚醇。 设计者自养生物，如设计师转基因生物光合细菌和藻类，包括设计者卡尔文 - 循环通道和氢营养途径基因和生物安全保护技术，用于增强二氧化碳和水中醇和生物柴油的自养生产; 其中设计者转基因细胞在其质量液体培养物中可诱导地自絮凝，以在设计者细胞表面连接的带正电荷的多肽的表达时增强其生物量的收获。

公开(公告)号：US08673119B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-18

申请号：US12975307

申请日：2010-12-21

Applicant: James Weifu Lee

Inventor： James Weifu Lee

IPC: B01D3/00

CPC classification number: B01D1/0035 ,  Y02A20/212 ,  Y02B10/20 ,  Y02E10/36

Abstract: A hybrid photovoltaic panel-interfaced solar-greenhouse distillation technology is provided that is capable of utilizing solar waste heat to perform liquid distillation while co-generating solar electricity. Solar waste heat co-generated at a photovoltaic panel is effectively utilized by in situ distillation liquid as an immediate heat sink in thermo contact with the photovoltaic panel front surface, thus providing beneficial cooling of the photovoltaic panel and co-making of distillation products while generating electricity with significant improvement on total-process solar energy utilization efficiency. Its enabled beneficial utilization of waste heat can provide a series of distillation-related products such as: freshwater, sea salts, distilled water, hot water, hot steam, saline/brine products, and brine photobiological cultures for production of advanced biofuels and bioproducts, in addition to solar electricity.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种混合光伏面板接口的太阳能 - 温室蒸馏技术，其能够利用太阳能废热进行液体蒸馏，同时共同生成太阳能。 在光伏面板上共同生成的太阳能废热通过原位蒸馏液体被有效地利用，作为与光伏面板前表面热接触的直接散热器，从而提供对光伏板的有益冷却和蒸馏产物的共同制造，同时产生 电力对总体太阳能利用效率的显着改善。 它能够有效利用废热可以提供一系列蒸馏相关产品，如：淡水，海盐，蒸馏水，热水，热蒸汽，盐水/盐水产品和盐水光生物培养物，用于生产先进的生物燃料和生物产品， 除了太阳能电力。

公开(公告)号：US07932437B2

公开(公告)日：2011-04-26

申请号：US11748531

申请日：2007-05-15

Applicant: James Weifu Lee

Inventor： James Weifu Lee

IPC: C12N15/82 ,  C12N1/12 ,  C12N1/20

CPC classification number: C12P3/00 ,  C12N15/79 ,  C12N15/8243 ,  C12N15/8269 ,  C12P39/00

Abstract: A designer proton-channel transgenic alga for photobiological hydrogen production that is specifically designed for production of molecular hydrogen (H2) through photosynthetic water splitting. The designer transgenic alga includes proton-conductive channels that are expressed to produce such uncoupler proteins in an amount sufficient to increase the algal H2 productivity. In one embodiment the designer proton-channel transgene is a nucleic acid construct (300) including a PCR forward primer (302), an externally inducible promoter (304), a transit targeting sequence (306), a designer proton-channel encoding sequence (308), a transcription and translation terminator (310), and a PCR reverse primer (312). In various embodiments, the designer proton-channel transgenic algae are used with a gas-separation system (500) and a gas-products-separation and utilization system (600) for photobiological H2 production.

Abstract translation: 用于光生物氢生产的设计者质子通道转基因藻，专门用于通过光合水分解生产分子氢（H2）。 设计者转基因藻包括质子传导通道，其被表达以产生足以增加藻类H2生产率的量的解偶联蛋白。 在一个实施方案中，设计者质子通道转基因是包括PCR正向引物（302），外部诱导型启动子（304），转运靶向序列（306），设计者质子信道编码序列 308），转录和翻译终止子（310）和PCR反向引物（312）。 在各种实施方案中，设计者质子通道转基因藻类与用于光生物H2生产的气体分离系统（500）和气体产物分离和利用系统（600）一起使用。

公开(公告)号：US20080176304A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-24

申请号：US11903919

申请日：2007-09-25

Applicant: James Weifu Lee

Inventor： James Weifu Lee

IPC: C12P7/10 ,  C12N15/11 ,  C12N5/04 ,  A01H5/00 ,  C12N1/12

CPC classification number: C12N15/8243 ,  C12N15/52 ,  C12N15/8245 ,  C12N15/8269 ,  C12P7/065 ,  Y02E50/16 ,  Y02E50/17 ,  Y02P60/247

Abstract: The present invention provides a revolutionary photosynthetic ethanol production technology based on designer transgenic plants, algae, or plant cells. The designer plants, designer algae, and designer plant cells are created such that the endogenous photosynthesis regulation mechanism is tamed, and the reducing power (NADPH) and energy (ATP) acquired from the photosynthetic water splitting and proton gradient-coupled electron transport process are used for immediate synthesis of ethanol (CH3CH2OH) directly from carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). The ethanol production methods of the present invention completely eliminate the problem of recalcitrant lignocellulosics by bypassing the bottleneck problem of the biomass technology. The photosynthetic ethanol-production technology of the present invention is expected to have a much higher solar-to-ethanol energy-conversion efficiency than the current technology and could also help protect the Earth's environment from the dangerous accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Abstract translation: 本发明提供了基于设计者转基因植物，藻类或植物细胞的革命性光合乙醇生产技术。 创建设计者植物，设计者藻类和设计者植物细胞，使得内源光合作用调节机制被驯化，并且从光合水分解和质子梯度耦合电子传递过程获得的还原能力（NADPH）和能量（ATP） 用于直接从二氧化碳（CO 2）和水（H 2）直接合成乙醇（CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 OH） O）。 本发明的乙醇生产方法通过绕过生物质技术的瓶颈问题，完全消除了顽固性木质纤维素的问题。 本发明的光合乙醇生产技术预期比目前的技术具有高得多的太阳能与乙醇的能量转化效率，并且还可以帮助保护地球的环境免受CO 2的危险的积累。 SUB>在大气中。

公开(公告)号：US06447437B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-10

申请号：US09540382

申请日：2000-03-31

Applicant: James Weifu Lee ,  Rongfu Li

Inventor： James Weifu Lee ,  Rongfu Li

IPC: C05D1100

CPC classification number: C05D7/00 ,  C05C3/00 ,  C05D3/02 ,  Y02P20/129 ,  Y10S977/775 ,  Y10S977/835 ,  Y10S977/841 ,  C05D5/00

Abstract: Industrial combustion facilities are integrated with greenhouse gas-solidifying fertilizer production reactions so that CO2, CO, NOx, and SOx emissions can be converted prior to emission into carbonate-containing fertilizers, mainly NH4HCO3 and/or (NH2)2CO, plus a small fraction of NH4NO3 and (NH4)2SO4. The invention enhances sequestration of CO2 into soil and the earth subsurface, reduces N03− contamination of surface and groundwater, and stimulates photosynthetic fixation of CO2 from the atmosphere. The method for converting CO2, CO, NOx, and SOx emissions into fertilizers includes the step of collecting these materials from the emissions of industrial combustion facilities such as fossil fuel-powered energy sources and transporting the emissions to a reactor. In the reactor, the CO2, CO, N2, SOx, and/or NOx are converted into carbonate-containing fertilizers using H2, CH4, or NH3. The carbonate-containing fertilizers are then applied to soil and green plants to (1) sequester inorganic carbon into soil and subsoil earth layers by enhanced carbonation of groundwater and the earth minerals, (2) reduce the environmental problem of NO3−runoff by substituting for ammonium nitrate fertilizer, and (3) stimulate photosynthetic fixation of CO2 from the atmosphere by the fertilization effect of the carbonate-containing fertilizers.

Abstract translation: 工业燃烧设施与温室气体固化肥生产反应相结合，以便在排放到含碳酸盐肥料（主要是NH4HCO3和/或（NH2）2CO）之前，可以将二氧化碳，二氧化碳，氮氧化物和二氧化硫排放量转化为一小部分 的NH4NO3和（NH4）2SO4。 本发明增强了二氧化碳对土壤和地下的封存，降低了地表和地下水的氮氧化物的污染，并刺激了大气中二氧化碳的光合固定。 将CO2，CO，NOx和SOx排放转化为肥料的方法包括从化石燃料动力能源等工业燃烧设备的排放物中收集这些材料的步骤，并将排放物运送到反应堆。 在反应器中，使用H 2，CH 4或NH 3将CO 2，CO，N 2，SO x和/或NO x转化成含碳酸盐肥料。 然后将含碳酸盐肥料施用于土壤和绿色植物，以（1）通过加强地下水和地球矿物碳酸化将无机碳分解成土壤和底土层，（2）通过替代NO3-径流来减少NO3-径流的环境问题 硝酸铵肥料，（3）通过含碳酸盐肥料的受精作用刺激大气中CO2的光合固定。