公开(公告)号：US10173907B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15356340

申请日：2016-11-18

Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated

Inventor： Gabriel Iftime ,  Jessica Louis Baker Rivest ,  Armin R. Volkel ,  Divyaraj Desai

IPC: C02F1/28 ,  B01J20/26 ,  B01J20/28 ,  C02F101/12 ,  C02F103/08

Abstract: A porous material including polymerized units containing pores is provided, which can be employed for desalination applications. Each of the units includes at least one aromatic amino group and at least one hydroxyl group. The aromatic amino groups and the hydroxyl groups are arranged on surfaces of the pores in geometries configured to capture sodium chloride from an aqueous environment. The porous material can be provided as particles or a sponge. The porous material can be manufactured from a solution including monomers, a porogen, and an initiator by a polymerization process. The porous material can be reused after a desalination process by treatment with deionized water. A steam generation apparatus can be employed to facilitate removal of sodium chloride from the porous material in which sodium chloride is captured.

公开(公告)号：US09797857B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US14626332

申请日：2015-02-19

Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated

Inventor： Craig Eldershaw ,  Saroj Sahu ,  Sean Garner ,  Ranjeet Rao ,  Ashutosh Kole ,  Vedasri Vedharathinam ,  Divyaraj Desai ,  Jessica Louis Baker Rivest ,  Richard Steele ,  Martin J. Sheridan

IPC: G01N27/413 ,  G01N27/31 ,  G01N27/38 ,  G01N33/20 ,  G01N27/416

CPC classification number: G01N27/31 ,  G01N27/38 ,  G01N27/413 ,  G01N27/416 ,  G01N33/20

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical probe system and an electrical excitation method, configured in a handheld sorting system, and used to identify the composition of metals and alloys.

公开(公告)号：US09670077B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US14740202

申请日：2015-06-15

Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated

Inventor： Armin R. Volkel ,  Saroj Kumar Sahu ,  Divyaraj Desai ,  Vedasri Vedharathinam ,  Jessica Louis Baker Rivest

IPC: H01M8/18 ,  H01M8/20 ,  C02F1/469 ,  C02F1/46 ,  C02F101/12 ,  C02F103/08 ,  B01D61/46

CPC classification number: C02F1/4691 ,  B01D61/46 ,  C02F1/4604 ,  C02F1/4695 ,  C02F2001/46133 ,  C02F2101/12 ,  C02F2103/08 ,  C02F2201/46 ,  C02F2201/46115 ,  C02F2201/46165 ,  C02F2303/10 ,  Y02A20/134 ,  Y02A20/141

Abstract: An energy storage system employing a reversible salination-desalination process includes an electrochemical desalination battery (EDB) unit including an anode and a cathode. The EDB unit runs a salination process while storing energy from a direct current power supply unit, and runs a desalination process while releasing energy to an electrical load. The energy storage system can store power from a variable output electrical power supply unit such as solar cells and wind turbines while running a salination process, and release energy, e.g., during peak energy demand hours while running a desalination process. Combined with a capacitive deionization (CD) unit, the energy storage system can generate fresh water by running desalination processes in the EDB unit and the CD unit while releasing stored energy from the EDB unit. The energy storage unit can function as a dual purpose device for energy storage and fresh water generation.