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公开(公告)号:US20220387952A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17832516
申请日:2022-06-03
发明人: Roelof E. Groenewald , Kevin J. Hughes , William Kokonaski , Max N. Mankin , Tony S. Pan , Lowell L. Wood , John J. Lorr , Amit Goyal , Guido Radaelli , Vikram Seshadri , MJ Mahdi , Matthew Ballard , Stephen Harris , Alex Pearse , Jeff Henry
摘要: Combined combustion and pyrolysis (CCP) systems, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the CCP system includes an input valve fluidly coupleable to a fuel supply to receive a hydrocarbon reactant, a CCP reactor fluidly coupled to the input valve, and a carbon separation component fluidly coupled to the CCP reactor. The CCP reactor can include a combustion chamber, a reaction chamber in thermal communication with the combustion chamber and/or fluidly coupled to the input valve, and an insulating material positioned to reduce heat loss from the combustion chamber and/or the reaction chamber. The CCP reactor can also include a combustion component positioned to combust a fuel within the combustion chamber. The combustion can heat the reaction chamber and the hydrocarbon reactant flowing therethrough. The heat causes a pyrolysis of the hydrocarbon reactant that generates hydrogen gas and carbon.
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公开(公告)号:US20210257958A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-19
申请号:US17155605
申请日:2021-01-22
发明人: 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
摘要: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20210351722A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-11
申请号:US17200085
申请日:2021-03-12
发明人: 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
摘要: 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 alkali metal thermal-to-electricity converter (AMTEC) has a high pressure zone and a low pressure zone, the high pressure zone being thermally couplable to the at least one burner, the low pressure zone being thermally couplable to the heat exchanger.
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公开(公告)号:US20220315424A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-06
申请号:US17710810
申请日:2022-03-31
发明人: Justin B. Ashton , Roelof E. Groenewald , Kevin J. Hughes , William Kokonaski , Max N. Mankin , Tony S. Pan , Levi D. Rodriguez , Lowell L. Wood , John J. Lorr , Amit Goyal , Guido Radaelli , Vikram Seshadri , MJ Mahdi , Matthew Ballard , Stephen Harris , Alex Pearse
摘要: 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 system that can be coupled to a supply of reaction material that includes a hydrocarbon. The pyrolysis reactor system includes one or more combustion components positioned to transfer heat to the reaction material to convert the hydrocarbon into an output that includes hydrogen gas and carbon particulates. The pyrolysis reactor system also includes a carbon separation system positioned 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, such as a power generator, heating appliance, and/or a combined heat and power device.
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公开(公告)号:US20210380407A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-09
申请号:US17337326
申请日:2021-06-02
申请人: Modern Electron Inc.
发明人: 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分类号: C01B3/24
摘要: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20220120217A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-21
申请号:US17503187
申请日:2021-10-15
申请人: Modern Electron Inc.
发明人: Justin B. Ashton , Max N. Mankin , Daniel Kraemer , David J. Menacher , Patrick D. Noble , William Kokonaski , Peter J. Scherpelz , Kristen M. Palughi , Vikas Patnaik , Samantha A. Tran
摘要: Combined heat and power (CHP) systems and related methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the CHP system includes a combustion component and a power cell operably coupled to the combustion component. The power cell can include a first heat exchanger thermally coupled to the combustion component to receive heat; a second heat exchanger; and an electricity generation component with a first portion thermally coupled to the first heat exchanger and a second portion thermally coupled to the second heat exchanger. The electricity generation component is positioned to receive at least a portion of the heat received at the first heat exchanger and generate an electrical output using the received heat. To recycle unused heat from the power cell, the second heat exchanger can be thermally coupleable to a third heat exchanger in a residential heating appliance.
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公开(公告)号:US20210257959A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-19
申请号:US17155754
申请日:2021-01-22
发明人: 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
摘要: 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.
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