公开(公告)号：US20210188106A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：US17127197

申请日：2020-12-18

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Erdem Asa ,  Veda Prakash Galigekere ,  Omer C. Onar ,  Burak Ozpineci ,  Jason L. Pries ,  Gui-Jia Su

IPC分类号： B60L53/122 ,  B60L53/60 ,  H02J50/12 ,  H02J50/80 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H02M5/293

摘要： A method for wirelessly or conductively (non-wireless) providing AC or DC power in AC or DC load applications and bidirectional applications.

公开(公告)号：US20210180007A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17055626

申请日：2019-05-15

申请人： Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC ,  UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Gregg Tyler BECKHAM ,  Thelhawadigedara Lahiru Niroshan JAYAKODY ,  Adam Michael GUSS ,  Thomas David MAND ,  Christopher W. JOHNSON ,  Isabel PARDO MENDOZA

IPC分类号： C12N1/20 ,  C12N9/18

摘要： Disclosed herein are engineered P. putida KT2440 co-expressing PETase and MHETase enzymes that selectively degrades PET into monomers, ethylene glycol and terephthalate (TPA). In another embodiment, disclosed herein are methods for making and using a highly efficient EG metabolizing P. putida KT2440 strain. Given that native P. putida does not have a TPA metabolic pathway, nor the proteins to transport TPA into the cell, the next metabolic engineering challenge for developing synthetic P. putida strain to plastic upcycling was enabling TPA catabolism in P. putida KT2440. TPA transporters and catabolic pathway have been characterized in several microorganisms including Comamonas sp. strain E6 and Rhodococcus jostii RHA1.

公开(公告)号：US20210178996A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17117535

申请日：2020-12-10

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Kiren E. Verma ,  Robert A. Bridges ,  Samuel C. Hollifield

IPC分类号： B60R16/023 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G07C5/08 ,  G07C5/00 ,  G07C5/10

摘要： A system and method for decoding an unknown automotive controller area network (“CAN”) message definitions. CAN data vehicle signal mappings are typically held in secret and varied by automotive model and year. Without knowledge of the mappings, the wealth of real-time vehicle data hidden in the automotive CAN packets is uninterpretable—impeding research, after-market tuning, efficiency and performance monitoring, fault diagnosis, and privacy-related technologies. This technology can ascertain the CAN signals' boundaries (start bit and length), endianness (byte ordering), signedness (binary-to-integer encoding) from raw CAN data. This allows conversion of CAN data to time series. Interpreting the translated CAN data's physical meaning and finding a linear mapping to standard units (e.g., knowing the signal is speed and scaling values to represent units of miles per hour) can be achieved for many signals by leveraging diagnostic standards to obtain real-time measurements of in-vehicle systems. The system and method can be integrated into lightweight hardware enabling an OBD-II plugin for real-time in-vehicle CAN decoding or run on standard computers. The system can output a standard DBC file with the signal definition information.

公开(公告)号：US20210158978A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17097017

申请日：2020-11-13

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Kurt A. Terrani ,  Andrew T. Nelson

IPC分类号： G21C3/04 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G21C21/02 ,  G21C3/62

摘要： A method for manufacturing a nuclear fuel compact is provided. The method includes forming an additive structure, consolidating a fuel matrix around the additive structure, and thermally processing the fuel matrix to form a fuel compact in which the additive structure is encapsulated therein. The additive structure optionally includes a vertical segment and a plurality of arm segments that extend generally radially from the vertical segment for conducting heat outwardly toward an exterior of the fuel compact. In addition to improving heat transfer, the additive structure may function as burnable absorbers, and may provide fission product trapping.

公开(公告)号：US20210154896A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US16953425

申请日：2020-11-20

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Vlastimil Kunc ,  Ahmed A. Hassen ,  John M. Lindahl ,  Seokpum Kim

IPC分类号： B29C45/00 ,  B29C45/54

摘要： An improved method for obtaining high fiber volume fraction, long fiber injection molded articles is provided. According to one embodiment, the method includes forming an injection molding feedstock by cutting pre-impregnated fiber-reinforced tape into platelets. The platelets can be coated with a thin layer of polymer to allow sliding of the platelets with respect to each other at the early stages of plastication, rather than forcing relative motion of fibers with respect to each other. The method can further include the dispersion of material only in the final stages of the injection molding screw to promote gentle motion of the feedstock at the earlier stages of the plastication process. The method allows improvement of mechanical properties of articles manufactured with equipment and techniques that are prevalent in high volume automotive and consumer industries.

公开(公告)号：US11005662B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US16145435

申请日：2018-09-28

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Andrew M. Duncan ,  Andrew Harter ,  Charles K. Roberts, II ,  Brad J. Stinson ,  Thad Thompson ,  Bogdan Vacaliuc

IPC分类号： H04L9/32 ,  G05D1/00 ,  H04W12/06

摘要： A multimodal communication system includes a vehicle controller that controls one or more systems or subsystems of an unmanned vehicle. The communication controller manages communication and logical access to the unmanned vehicle. One or more sensors in communication with the communication controller detects and measures physical properties in proximity to the unmanned vehicle. Transceivers receive the unmanned vehicle commands that are transmitted simultaneously or concurrently and a monotonic generator generates a monotonic object each time the unmanned vehicle's operating state changes. The communication controller executes the first unmanned vehicle command received that has the correct cryptographic hash validating knowledge of the unmanned vehicle's current operating state.

公开(公告)号：US10985372B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US16404362

申请日：2019-05-06

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Amit K. Naskar ,  Mariappan Parans Paranthaman

IPC分类号： H01M4/1393 ,  H01M4/133 ,  C09C1/48 ,  H01M4/587 ,  H01M10/0525 ,  H01M10/054 ,  H01M4/04 ,  H01M4/02 ,  H01M10/052

摘要： A method of recovering carbon black includes the step of providing a carbonaceous source material containing carbon black. The carbonaceous source material is contacted with a sulfonation bath to produce a sulfonated material. The sulfonated material is pyrolyzed to produce a carbon black containing product comprising a glassy carbon matrix phase having carbon black dispersed therein. The pyrolysis can be conducted at a temperature from 1100° C. to 1490° C. A method of making a battery electrode and a lithium ion or sodium ion battery is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20210108292A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-15

申请号：US16927787

申请日：2020-07-13

申请人： Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC ,  University of Tennessee Research Foundation ,  Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. ,  UT-Battelle, LLC ,  Eck Industries, Inc.

发明人： Emily E. Moore ,  Hunter B. Henderson ,  Aurelien Perron ,  Scott K. McCall ,  Orlando Rios ,  Zachary C. Sims ,  Michael S. Kesler ,  David Weiss ,  Patrice E. A. Turchi ,  Ryan T. Ott

IPC分类号： C22C21/02

摘要： An alloy includes aluminum, a rare earth element, and an alloying element selected from the following: Si, Cu, Mg, Fe, Ti, Zn, Zr, Mn, Ni, Sr, B, Ca, and a combination thereof. The aluminum (Al), the rare earth element (RE), and the alloying element are characterized by forming at least one form of an intermetallic compound. An amount of the rare earth element in the alloy is in a range of about 1 wt. % to about 12 wt. %, and an amount of the alloying element in the alloy is greater than an amount of the alloying element present in the intermetallic compound.

公开(公告)号：US20210098138A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：US17060199

申请日：2020-10-01

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Dennis L. Youchison ,  Brian Williams

IPC分类号： G21C3/04 ,  G21C3/60

摘要： A nuclear fuel element is provided. The nuclear fuel element includes a porous support. The porous support includes a ligament and defines a pore adjacent to the ligament. The ligament has an interior surface spaced from the pore. The interior surface defines a void. The porous support includes silicon carbide. The nuclear fuel element includes a nuclear fuel material disposed in the pore. The nuclear fuel material includes a moderator and tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) particles. Another nuclear fuel element is provided. The nuclear fuel element includes a porous support. The porous support includes a ligament and defines a pore adjacent to the ligament. The ligament has an interior surface spaced from the pore. The interior surface defines a void. The ligament includes the nuclear fuel material. The nuclear fuel element includes a facesheet overlying the porous support and defines a hole. The hole is in fluid communication with the void. The nuclear fuel material includes a nuclear fuel.

公开(公告)号：US10946340B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16583593

申请日：2019-09-26

申请人： UT-Battelle, LLC

发明人： Gyoung Gug Jang ,  James William Klett ,  Panos G. Datskos ,  Joanna McFarlane ,  Michael Hu

IPC分类号： B01D61/36 ,  B01D71/02 ,  B01D69/02 ,  B01D5/00 ,  C02F1/44 ,  C02F1/14

摘要： A solar membrane distillation apparatus includes a housing comprising a light transmitting wall. A solar distillation membrane is positioned in the housing to receive solar radiation transmitted through the light transmitting wall. The solar distillation membrane includes a porous graphitic foam and a coating of a hydrophobic composition on the surface and pores of the graphitic foam. A water chamber within the housing is provided for retaining water adjacent to the solar distillation membrane. A vapor chamber is provided for collecting water vapor distilling through the solar distillation membrane. A condenser is provided for condensing distilled water vapor from the vapor chamber into liquid water. A separation membrane and a method of solar distillation are also disclosed.