REACTOR VESSELS WITH PRESSURE AND HEAT TRANSFER FEATURES FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN-BASED FUELS AND STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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    发明申请
    REACTOR VESSELS WITH PRESSURE AND HEAT TRANSFER FEATURES FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN-BASED FUELS AND STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS 审中-公开
    具有用于生产基于氢的燃料和结构元素的压力和热传递特性的反应器容器及相关系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2011100696A3

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-05

    申请号:PCT/US2011024772

    申请日:2011-02-14

    Abstract: Reactor vessels with pressure and heat transfer features for producing hydrogen-based fuels and structural elements, and associated systems and methods. A representative reactor system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a first reaction zone and a heat path positioned to direct heat into the first reaction zone, a reactant source coupled to the first reaction zone, and a first actuator coupled to cyclically pressurize the first reaction zone. The system can further include a second reaction zone in fluid communication with the first, a valve coupled between the first and second reaction zones to control a flow rate therebetween, and a second actuator coupled in fluid communication with the second reaction zone to cyclically pressurize the second reaction zone. A first heat exchanger is positioned to direct heat from a first product leaving the first reaction zone to a reactant entering the first reaction zone, and a second heat exchanger is positioned to direct heat from a second product leaving the second reaction zone to the reactant entering the first reaction zone. A controller is coupled to the first and second actuators and is programmed with instructions that, when executed, control the first and second actuators in a coordinated manner based at least in part on a flow rate of the second product from the second reaction zone.

    Abstract translation: 具有用于生产氢基燃料和结构元件的压力和热传递特性的反应器容器,以及相关系统和方法。 根据特定实施例的代表性的反应器系统包括第一反应区和热路径,其定位成将热量引导到第一反应区,耦合到第一反应区的反应物源和耦合以循环加压第一反应的第一致动器 区。 该系统可以进一步包括与第一反应区域流体连通的第二反应区域,联接在第一和第二反应区域之间的阀门以控制它们之间的流量;以及第二致动器,其与第二反应区域流体连通地循环地加压 第二反应区。 定位第一热交换器以将来自离开第一反应区的第一产物的热引导至进入第一反应区的反应物,并且将第二热交换器定位成将来自离开第二反应区的第二产物的热量引导至反应物进入 第一反应区。 控制器耦合到第一和第二致动器,并且用指令进行编程,该指令在执行时至少部分地基于来自第二反应区的第二产物的流量以协调的方式来控制第一和第二致动器。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED ENGINE COOLING AND ENERGY GENERATION
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    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED ENGINE COOLING AND ENERGY GENERATION 审中-公开
    改进发动机冷却和能源生成的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2013025657A2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-21

    申请号:PCT/US2012050669

    申请日:2012-08-13

    Abstract: Embodiments of engine systems for improved engine cooling and work production are disclosed herein. A working fluid can be injected into a combustion chamber or an engine during any portion of an energy cycle to cool the engine and/or to produce useful work in addition to work generated by combustion events in the chamber. The system can include a monitoring system configured to measure conditions within individual combustion chambers. Based on the interior conditions of the chamber, the system can adaptively inject working fluid mixtures into the engine. The engine can be part of a cascading series of engines including a primary engine and a secondary engine that receives fluids from the primary engine and generates energy from the fluids.

    Abstract translation: 本文公开了用于改进发动机冷却和工作生产的发动机系统的实施例。 在能量循环的任何部分期间,可以将工作流体喷射到燃烧室或发动机中,以冷却发动机和/或除了在室内的燃烧事件产生的作用之外产生有用的作业。 该系统可以包括被配置成测量各个燃烧室内的条件的监测系统。 基于室的内部条件,系统可以将工作流体混合物自适应地注入发动机。 发动机可以是级联系列发动机的一部分,其包括主发动机和从主发动机接收流体并从流体产生能量的次级发动机。

    THERMAL TRANSFER DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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    发明申请
    THERMAL TRANSFER DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS 审中-公开
    热传递装置和相关的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2011100731A3

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-22

    申请号:PCT/US2011024814

    申请日:2011-02-14

    Abstract: Embodiments of thermal transfer devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a thermal transfer system can include a conduit that has an input portion, an output portion, and a sidewall between the input and output portions. Heat can enter the conduit at the input portion and exit the conduit at the output portion. The thermal transfer system can further include an end cap proximate to a terminus of the conduit. A working fluid can circulate through the conduit utilizing a vaporization-condensation cycle. The thermal transfer device can also include an architectural construct having a plurality of parallel layers of a synthetic matrix characterization of a crystal.

    Abstract translation: 本文公开了热传递装置和相关系统和方法的实施例。 在一个实施例中,热传递系统可以包括具有输入部分,输出部分和输入部分与输出部分之间的侧壁的导管。 热量可以在输入部分进入导管并在输出部分离开导管。 热传递系统还可以包括靠近导管终端的端盖。 利用汽化 - 冷凝循环,工作流体可以通过导管循环。 热传递装置还可以包括具有多个晶体的合成基体表征的平行层的结构构造。

    CHEMICAL REACTORS WITH RE-RADIATING SURFACES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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    发明申请
    CHEMICAL REACTORS WITH RE-RADIATING SURFACES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS 审中-公开
    具有再辐射表面的化学反应器及相关系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:WO2011100704A3

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-08

    申请号:PCT/US2011024781

    申请日:2011-02-14

    Abstract: Chemical reactors with re-radiating surfaces and associated systems and methods. A reactor in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a reactor vessel having a reaction zone, and a reactant supply coupled to the reactor vessel to direct a reactant (e.g., a hydrogen donor) into the reaction zone. The reactant has a peak absorption wavelength range over which it absorbs more energy than at non-peak wavelengths. The reactor further includes a re-radiation component positioned at the reaction zone to receive radiation over a first spectrum having a first peak wavelength range, and re-radiate the radiation into the reaction zone over a second spectrum having a second peak wavelength range different than the first, and closer than the first to the peak absorption range of the reactant.

    Abstract translation: 具有再辐射表面的化学反应器及相关系统和方法。 根据特定实施例的反应器包括具有反应区的反应器容器和耦合到反应器容器以将反应物(例如氢供体)引入反应区的反应物供应。 反应物具有峰值吸收波长范围,与非峰值波长相比,其吸收更多的能量。 反应器还包括位于反应区处的再辐射组件,以接收具有第一峰值波长范围的第一光谱上的辐射,并且在具有不同于第二峰值波长范围的第二光谱中将辐射再辐射到反应区中 第一个,比第一个更接近反应物的峰值吸收范围。

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENEWABLE RESOURCE PRODUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS, FERMENTATION, AND/OR PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENEWABLE RESOURCE PRODUCTION, FOR EXAMPLE, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS, FERMENTATION, AND/OR PHOTOSYNTHESIS 审中-公开
    用于可再生资源生产的系统和方法,例如,通过微生物电解,发酵和/或光合作用生产氢

    公开(公告)号:WO2011100732A2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-18

    申请号:PCT/US2011024816

    申请日:2011-02-14

    Abstract: System and method of renewable and carbon neutral hydrogen production by microbial electrolysis, fermentation and photosynthesis with, for example, an electrode constructed from an architectural construct having graphene layers configured to isolate the produced hydrogen. The electrode constructed from the architectural construct facilitates transfer of hydrogenase and provides isolation of hydrogen to enable improved electrode efficiency, separation efficiency, and rate of hydrogen production. The architectural construct may also serve as a superior electron conductor and provide catalytic functions along with presenting various types of hydrogenase and/or other enzymes.

    Abstract translation: 通过微生物电解,发酵和光合作用的可再生和碳中和氢生产的系统和方法,例如,由具有石墨烯层的建筑结构构造的电极构造成隔离产生的氢。 由建筑结构构造的电极促进氢化酶的转移并提供氢的分离,以提高电极效率,分离效率和氢气生产速率。 建筑构造还可以用作优异的电子导体,并提供催化功能以及呈现各种类型的氢化酶和/或其它酶。

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