公开(公告)号：US20210257959A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-19

申请号：US17155754

申请日：2021-01-22

Applicant: Modern Electron, Inc.

Inventor： Justin B. Ashton ,  Stephen E. Clark ,  William Kokonaski ,  Daniel Kraemer ,  John J. Lorr ,  Max N. Mankin ,  David J. Menacher ,  Patrick D. Noble ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Alexander J. Pearse ,  Ad de Pijper ,  Lowell L. Wood

IPC: H02S10/30 ,  F23D99/00

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include combined heating and power modules and combined heat and power devices. In an illustrative embodiment, a combined heat and power device includes a heating system including: at least one burner; at least one igniter configured to ignite the at least one burner; a fluid motivator assembly including an electrically powered prime mover; and a heat exchanger fluidly couplable to the fluid motivator assembly. At least one thermophotovoltaic converter has a photon emitter and at least one photovoltaic cell, the photon emitter being thermally couplable to the at least one burner, the at least one photovoltaic cell being thermally couplable to the heat exchanger.

公开(公告)号：US11626273B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US16841327

申请日：2020-04-06

Applicant: Modern Electron, Inc.

Inventor： Stephen E. Clark ,  David A. Degtiarov ,  Gregory A. Kirkos ,  Daniel Kraemer ,  John J. Lorr ,  Max N. Mankin ,  Jason M. Parker ,  Alexander J. Pearse ,  Levi D. Rodriguez ,  Ad de Pijper

IPC: H01J45/00 ,  H02N3/00

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include thermionic energy converters with a thermal concentrating hot shell and emitters for thermionic energy converters. In some embodiments, an illustrative thermionic energy converter includes: an emitter electrode; a hot shell configured to concentrate heat flow toward the emitter electrode; a collector electrode; and a cold shell that is thermally isolated from the hot shell.

公开(公告)号：US20210380407A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US17337326

申请日：2021-06-02

Applicant: Modern Electron Inc.

Inventor： Justin B. Ashton ,  Roelof E. Groenewald ,  Kevin J. Hughes ,  Arvind Kannan ,  William Kokonaski ,  Max N. Mankin ,  Tony S. Pan ,  Levi D. Rodriguez ,  Lowell L. Wood ,  John J. Lorr ,  Amit Goyal ,  Guido Radaelli ,  Vikram Seshadri

IPC: C01B3/24

Abstract: Systems for producing hydrogen gas for local distribution, consumption, and/or storage, and related devices and methods are disclosed herein. A representative system includes a pyrolysis reactor that can be coupled to a supply of reaction material that includes a hydrocarbon. The reactor includes one or more flow channels positioned to transfer heat to the reaction material to convert the hydrocarbon into an output that includes hydrogen gas and carbon particulates. The system also includes a carbon separation system operably coupled to the pyrolysis reactor to separate the hydrogen gas the carbon particulates in the output. In various embodiments, the system also includes components to locally consume the filtered hydrogen gas.

公开(公告)号：US20210057123A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-25

申请号：US16998443

申请日：2020-08-20

Applicant: Modern Electron, Inc.

Inventor： Stephen E. Clark ,  Roelof E. Groenewald ,  Arvind Kannan ,  Hsin-I Lu ,  Daniel J. Merthe ,  Jason M. Parker ,  Alexander J. Pearse ,  Peter J. Scherpelz ,  Max N. Mankin ,  Tony S. Pan

IPC: G21H1/10 ,  G21C3/40

Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments include elements for mitigating electron reflection in a vacuum electronic device, vacuum electronic devices that incorporate elements for mitigating electron reflection, and methods of fabricating elements for reducing reflection of electrons off an electrode. An illustrative electrode assembly includes an electrode. Elements are configured to reduce reflection of electrons off the electrode.