3377 results about "Electricity generation" patented technology

This invention provides a catalyst for producing hydrogen gas from a mixed gas comprising dimethyl ether and water vapor or carbon dioxide gas, which comprises copper, iron, cobalt, palladium, iridium, platinum, rhodium, or nickel as an active component, and a method of producing synthesis gas or hydrogen gas in a high yield at a low temperature. By using the catalyst, a fuel cell, electricity generation, reduction of iron ore and the like can be carried out.

An electricity generation system is presented. The electricity generation system includes a solar preheater for preheating compressed discharge air, a combustor to receive the heated compressed air from the solar preheater, burn a fuel using the heated compressed air to generate hot burned gas, a first turbine to receive the hot burned gas from the combustor, expand the hot burned gas to generate exhaust gas, a heat recovery steam generator to receive the exhaust gas from the first turbine, generate vapor by heating a condensed fluid using the exhaust gas, a solar evaporator / superheater to receive a heated working fluid from the heat recovery steam generator, generate solar vapor by heating the heated working fluid, and a second turbine to drive a second generator using vapor and the solar vapor.

According to an aspect of the invention a method is provided comprising: providing a model for a predetermined location within an electrical power system having therein distributed resources (DR), the model based on known system conditions, the model indicative of first sensed characteristics of the electrical power system at the predetermined location; sensing at the predetermined location characteristics of the electrical power system corresponding to at least some of the first sensed characteristics; determining a status of the electrical power system network indicative of an islanding event in dependence upon sensing and other than in dependence upon other sensed data sensed remotely from the predetermined location; and, controlling a distributed resource in dependence upon the status

An electricity-generating backpack that is substantially lighter in weight, has the multiple springs replaced with one large spring whose spring constant can be adjusted in the field in seconds, and replaces a DC generator with a brushless AC generator that permits approximately 70% generator efficiency and the generation of up to 20 W of electrical power by converting mechanical energy to electrical power. A device is provided that always removes some electricity, but not too much, as necessary to extract large levels of the electricity while controlling damping by providing electrical damping circuits including a DC-DC converter designed to emulate a desired load at its input terminals. Additional electricity generating E-MOD devices may be used for generating additional power by hooking an E-Mod device to a generator and to the backpack belt at the wearer's hip and includes a wand that fits against the wearer's femur so as to move through a range of motion as the patient walks. The system also provides multiple possibilities of electricity generation when not walking including a light-weight bicycle ergometer which can be mounted to the backpack frame and generate very high power levels (100 W). The electricity generated and stored by the backpack may be used to charge batteries and to power a number of devices that may be carried by the backpack, such as a Sterling Cooler System that is powered by the backpack's stored power to provide cooling power for cooling items carried by the backpack.

A plant for producing Fischer-Tropsch liquids and electrical power with greatly reduced emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere is made up of a syngas generator unit, an air separation unit, a Fischer-Tropsch unit, a CO2 removal unit, and a combined cycle electricity generation unit. Each of Fischer-Tropsch liquids, carbon dioxide, and electrical power can be recoverable under proper economic conditions. Electrical power is recoverable by the use of a gas turbine fueled by predominantly hydrogen and a steam turbine powered by steam generated by cooling exhaust gases from the gas turbine. Sequestration of CO2 and fueling the gas turbine with hydrogen reduces the amount of greenhouse gases emitted to the atmosphere.

A versatile turbine suitable for both hydraulic and pneumatic applications. The turbine's blades are affixed to the inner surface of a cylindrical shell which is free to rotate about an outside supporting structure. Rotational energy is transferred from the outer surface of the rotating cylindrical shell, usually by means of a gear; however, there may be applications better suited for a pulley means of transfer. The vacant central axis of rotation can be closed, by incorporating taller blades to achieve a larger surface area, resulting in greater efficiency, or open, by means of shorter blades forming a hole with the distal edges of the blades, to allow for passing fish and or debris to safely exit. The preferred embodiment further includes a means for electricity generation, water purification, and hydrogen production.

A hydrogen-electricity co-production (HECP) system utilizes a fuel cell to produce hydrogen, electricity, or a combination of both hydrogen and electricity. In a first mode, the fuel cell performs an electrochemical reaction by reacting a hydrogen-containing fuel with oxygen to produce electricity, water and heat. In a second mode, the fuel cell utilizes heat released by an electrochemical reaction of the fuel cell to reform a hydrogen-containing fuel to produce hydrogen rich gas. In a third mode, both hydrogen and electricity are co-produced by the fuel cell. The HECP system can control an amount of hydrogen and / or electricity produced and switch between modes by varying an electrical load on the system.

This invention describes a new digital cryptocurrency—named Eleutheria throughout this patent—that can be used within a virtual electricity trading platform to virtually transact real and digital currencies, smart contracts, financial derivatives, and electricity based on Distributed Electricity Generation (“DG”) plants using Distributed Energy Resources (“DERs”) and Energy Storage Systems (“ESS”) by utilizing new technologies including Internet of Things (IoT). Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Smart Grid. Eleutheria is composed of four basic and two derivative cryptocurrencies: (i) ψ1(k,t)-Cryptocurrency to transact “Currency Exchange” in a designated country and time; (ii) ψ2(k,t)-Cryptocurrency to transact “Smart Contracts” in a designated country and time; (iii) ψ3(k,t)-Cryptocurrency to transact “Financial Derivatives” in a designated country and time ; (iv) ψ4(k,t)-Cryptocurrency to transact “Electricity” in a designated country and time; (v) ψown(k,t)-Cryptocurrency to transact “Ownership of DG plants” in a designated country and time; (vi) ψeleutheria(k,t)-Cryptocurrency, Eleutheria represents a portfolio of cryptocurrencies, ψi and is expressed as ψeleutheria(k,t)=ψ0+Σβi(k,t)×χi(k,t)×ψi(k,t), where i=1, 2, 3, 4, and own (ownership). Then a risk premium fi(R:k,t) based on a risk assessment matrix of Eleutheria is incorporated to express a cryptocurrency as ψ1(k,t)=ψ0[1+fi(R:k,t)].

The invention discloses a wave, wind and light comprehensive electricity generation ship on the sea in the technical field of development and utilization of ocean renewable energy sources. Floaters are installed on the two sides of a hull respectively, the floaters vibrate up and down under the action of waves, and wave energy is firstly translated into mechanical energy and then translated into high-pressure energy of hydraulic oil through a hydraulic transition system; a perpendicular shaft wind machine is installed on a deck of the hull, wind rotors rotate under the action of blown wind, and wind energy is firstly translated into mechanical energy and then translated into high-pressure energy of the hydraulic oil through the hydraulic transition system; the hydraulic oil carrying the high-pressure energy works through impacting a hydraulic motor and drives a direct driven electric generator to generate electricity; a photovoltaic cell square matrix is installed on the deck of the hull to absorb solar energy and translate the solar energy into electric energy. The wave, wind and light comprehensive electricity generation ship solves the problems that electricity generation with ocean energy resources is high in unit cost, poor in stability and the like, and greatly improves competitive power of the development and utilization of the ocean renewable energy sources due to the high flexibility of a system.

The invention belongs to the technical field of water resource processing, and in particular relates to a technology and a device for processing sewage from synchronous electricity generation and desalting, which comprises an anode chamber, an anion exchange membrane, a middle desalting chamber, a cation exchange membrane and a cathode chamber. An electric generation microorganism membrane is arranged on an anode. Sewage flows into the anode chamber and is removed by oxidization under the action of electric generation microorganisms, and electrons are conducted to the anode. Anions in the middle desalting chamber penetrate the anion exchange membrane to reach the anode, and cations penetrate the cation exchange membrane to reach the cathode to realize the desalting processing and form internal currents. The electrons reach the cathode by external circuit loading to generate reduction reaction to realize the electricity generation process. The internal currents of the microorganism fuel battery are used for sewage processing, electric generation and desalting. The technology of the invention is simple and easy to operate and has low energy consumption and high efficiency. The device is simple in structure and is convenient for industrial production and utilization.

A vertical wind-driven electricity generation device is described, which utilizes a unique segmented Savonius rotor and which is easily handled, transported, assembled and maintained, even by a single person. The blades of the rotor are segmented into a plurality of modest size blade pair segments, each of which comprises two (or optionally, three or four) low height, helically curved blade portions. The blade pair segments are preferably of the same height and diameter. The rotor is mounted on a central vertical shaft connected to a generator. When the plurality of blade portions are installed on the device's central shaft, the overall blade configuration functions as an unitary Savonius rotor. Flow of gas (normally air in the form of wind) causes the segmented Savonius rotor to move, turning the shaft and rotating member of the generator to rotate, causing the generator to generate electricity.

A system and method for harvesting the kinetic energy of a fluid flow for power generation with a vertically oriented, aerodynamic wing structure comprising one or more airfoil elements pivotably attached to a mast. When activated by the moving fluid stream, the wing structure oscillates back and forth, generating lift first in one direction then in the opposite direction. This oscillating movement is converted to unidirectional rotational movement in order to provide motive power to an electricity generator. Unlike other oscillating devices, this device is designed to harvest the maximum aerodynamic lift forces available for a given oscillation cycle. Because the system is not subjected to the same intense forces and stresses as turbine systems, it can be constructed less expensively, reducing the cost of electricity generation. The system can be grouped in more compact clusters, be less evident in the landscape, and present reduced risk to avian species.

The invention relates to a weather-proof self-cleaning transparent material and a preparation method thereof. A novel polymer with polyester and fluorinated block by adopting the way of introducing fluorine atom or fluorine-containing group monomer to a benzene ring and carrying out direct esterification and then copolycondensation on binary acid and dibastic alcohol, and controlling the ratio, temperature, pressure and catalyst of the system reactant. The preparation line has cheap and available raw materials, mild reactive condition, simple and convenient operation, and the novel material has outstanding weather-proof performance and excellent self-cleaning and photopermeability, and can be widely used in fields of photology, thermal electricity generation and the like.

An exercise repetition sensor comprises an electricity generator, such as an electricity generator, which is coupled to an exercise system, where the electricity generator is capable of sensing exercise movements of any size or intensity on the exercise system. The electricity generator can be based on a number of electrical, magnetic, or optical sensing principles. For example, an electricity generator comprising an electricity generator includes a spindle that is coupled to one or more parts that move in proportion to an applied force. The voltage-generator generates an electrical current as the spindle moves, and sends the electrical current to an electronic display interface. In one embodiment, the voltage-generator sends a positive direct current through one of two circuit wires to the electronic console, such that the electronic console can immediately identify that the user has performed an exercise repetition.

A system for generating electricity includes a generator and an interface. The generator is coupled to the interface and provides data to the interface regarding electricity generation. The interface is coupled to a control node for monitoring and controlling the generator. The control node may be coupled to the generator through a medium such as the internet. In some aspects of the invention, a continuous emissions monitoring system is provided for fossil-fuel based generators to enhance operation and reduce emissions of such generators.

An electrical generator and drive shaft assembly are disclosed. The electrical generator may include a step-up gearbox to minimize the required volume and weight of the generator for onboard aircraft electricity generation. The electrical generator and drive shaft interface may be axially offset. The electrical generator may also include a self-contained fluid cooling and lubrication system that may employ on-board fuel to absorb generated heat and / or oil to lubricate and cool generator components.

The invention relates to an integral electricity market operation system. The system comprises a system supporting layer, a platform supporting layer, an application service layer and a business application layer, wherein the system supporting layer is used for providing operation environment and development environment for the electricity market operation system; the platform supporting layer is used for managing a power gird physical model, a market economic model and a dynamic data model and providing sharing platform supporting for application; the application service layer is used for providing service for trade management, planning optimization, operational control and market simulation; and the business application layer is used for providing service for electricity market operation. By the aid of the system, the design of an integral electricity market operation system frame of multi-cycle electricity trade decision and management and the design of an integral electricity market operation system frame of integrity of the economic model and the physical model, integrity of the trade optimization and safety analysis, integrity of production operation and forward analysis, integrity of market operation and the market simulation and integrity of capital flow and electricity flow display are supported, a business decision analysis platform is constructed and the electricity source operation serves as the center.

Disclosed is a membrane-electrode structure for a solid polymer fuel cell comprising a pair of electrode catalyst layers and a polyeletrolyte membrane sandwiched between the electrode catalyst layers, wherein the electrode catalyst layers contain polyarylene having a sulfonic acid group, said polyarylene comprising a recurring unit represented by the following formula (A) and a recurring unit represented by the following formula (B); wherein Y is a direct bonding or a group selected from a divalent electron withdrawing group and a divalent electron donating group, Ar is a mononuclear or polynuclear aromatic group, m is an integer of 0 to 10, k is an integer of 0 to 5, l is an integer of 0 to 4, and k+1≧1; wherein R1 to R8 are each a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an alkyl group, a fluorine-substituted alkyl group, an aryl group or an allyl group, W is a divalent electron withdrawing group or a direct bonding, T is a direct bonding, a divalent electron withdrawing group, a divalent electron donating group or the like, and n is an integer of 2 or more. The membrane-electrode structure for a solid polymer fuel cell of the present invention exhibits excellent electricity generation performance.

The invention discloses a system and a method for using sintering waste heat to generate electricity and belongs to the technical field of sintering waste heat electricity generation of the steel works. The system comprises a sintering machine, a hot gas outlet pipe, a gas waste heat boiler, a main exhaust fan, a ring cooling machine, a first and second stage heat waste gas collecting pipe, a waste gas heat boiler, a draught fan, a circulating fan, a chimney, a low pressure steam drum, a middle pressure steam drum, a feed pump, a pressure reducing valve, a collecting header, a steam turbine, a generator, a condenser and a condensate pump. The invention realizes utilizing the waste heat of the non-desulfurization flue header of the sintering machine without arranging an inducing fan by reasonably designing the hot gas connecting mode of the air box at the tail part of the sintering machine and the gas resistance of the waste gas heat boiler. First and second stage sealing covers of the ring cooling machine are uniformly provided with a plurality of waste gas branch pipes so as to realize uniform distribution of the waste gas pressure in the sealing covers and reduce air leakage. Part of waste gas is adopted to circulate to improve the temperature of the waste gas. Compared with the existing system for using sintering waste heat to generate electricity, the system of the invention sufficiently uses the waste heat of the sintering system, improves the waste heat generated energy and reduces the operation cost.

A system and apparatus is provided that maximizes mass and energy conversion efficiencies in an integrated thermochemical process for the conversion of fossil fuel or renewable biomass to synthesis gas. The system combines gasification, catalytic conversion of gas to liquid, electricity generation, steam and chilled water generation with a system controller to maximize the conversion efficiency from syngas to merchantable products over the efficiency of syngas alone burned as a fuel. A clean synthesis gas stream is introduced into a catalytic reactor that utilizes specially formulated catalysts to generate liquid fuel from CO and H2 while concentrating CH4 and other combustible, but non-reactive gases in the syngas product stream. The methane rich stream is introduced into an engine for the production of electricity and heat while the unreacted CO and H2 can be recycled to produce additional liquid fuel. Excess heat can be used for other co-located processes and facilities.

Systems and methods for tracking renewable energy credits are provided. In one embodiment, a system can be provided. The system can include at least one processor. The system can also include at least one memory comprising computer-executable instructions. When the computer-executable instructions are executed by the at least one processor, the instructions cause the at least one processor to receive data associated with renewable electricity generation by at least one power plant, receive data associated with renewable electricity usage by at least one electric vehicle station, and based at least in part on the received renewable electricity generation data and renewable electricity usage data, determine one or more renewable energy credits associated with the renewable electricity generation.

Provided are a triboelectric nanogenerator harvesting liquid mechanical energy and an electricity generation method. The triboelectric nanogenerator comprises an electricity generation component on an insulation substrate (10) and a friction layer (30) covering the electricity generation component. The electricity generation component is constituted of two electrode layers (21, 22) separately arranged along a liquid fluctuating direction and electrically connected to each other. When the liquid fluctuates or flows, a friction occurs between it and the friction layer, such that the friction layer surface in contact with the liquid carries charges. As the liquid fluctuates or flows, the charges on the friction layer surfaces corresponding to the two electrode layers are successively shielded by ions in the liquid such that an induced charge flow is produced between the two electrode layers. The two electrode layers do not need to move as the liquid fluctuates so as to ensure the service life of the electricity generator. The electricity generator has a light weight, a small volume, a simple structure, and a low manufacturing cost, and is easily produced on a large scale and mounted.

Solar electricity generation methods and apparatus are disclosed. In one general aspect, a solar cell is positioned to receive concentrated solar radiation and convert part of it into electricity and part of it into heat. A first heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the solar cell and includes microchannels that have a cross-sectional dimension to the center of the channel that is about equal to or less than the thermal boundary layer thickness for a working fluid. The heat exchanger transfers heat from the photovoltaic solar cell to the working fluid in the microchannels, and a second heat exchanger can then receive the transferred heat via a conduit. This heat can be used to generate additional electricity.

Provided is a hybrid construction machine which can improve temperature control efficiency of an electrical storage device. It includes an engine 1, an assisting electricity generation motor 2 which performs assistance of power for the engine 1 and electricity generation and an electrical storage device 8 which performs transfer of electric power with this assisting electricity generation motor 2. The electrical storage device 8 includes a plurality of battery cells 200, a housing 220 which covers the plurality of battery cells 200 in a state of leaving them separated, a cooling plate 203 which is attached to this housing 220 and performs heat exchange with the plurality of battery cells 200, and a projection 214 which is interposed between the housing 220 and the cooling plate 203 and hinders heat transfer between the housing 220 and the cooling plate 203.

A pyramid-like structure consisting of a base and 3 or more side frames, each side frame forming an angle to the base. The pyramid-like structure having an enclosed space within and including a way to collect solar energy and to collect and transfer thermal energy from the sun; air suction mechanisms to take surrounding air into the enclosed space; a plurality of wind turbines; a Main Thermal Reservoir to take in and hold heat transfer medium, which is heated therein and then pumped to the top day tanks. The heat transfer medium is heated by a Heat Absorption and Transfer Layer through a network of pipes on the side frame back to the Main Thermal Reservoir, wherein thermal energy is collected, absorbed and transferred to the enclosed space of the pyramid, heating the enclosed space and within the air suction means, causing a temperature differential between the surrounding air and heated air inside the enclosed space of the pyramid to create a continuous flow of the heated air to turn the wind turbines. If desired, the thermal energy can be used to by a desalination system to process seawater into potable water.

Provided is a wind turbine generator system that can cool a nacelle interior by ventilation irrespective of the outside air temperature in various installation environments. In a wind turbine generator system in which equipment of drive and electricity generation mechanisms that are coupled to a rotor head provided with wind turbine blades is disposed inside a nacelle, and in which, by driving a ventilation fan provided in the nacelle, outside air introduced from an air inlet provided in a front face of the nacelle is exhausted outside the nacelle from an air outlet that communicates with a fan outlet, to perform ventilation cooling of the interior, a side air inlet is additionally provided in a side face of the nacelle at a position where a negative pressure is generated by air flowing outside the nacelle.

The invention discloses an electric generator based on a methanol water hydrogen-making system and an electricity generation method thereof. The electric generator comprises a methanol water storage container, a delivery pump, a heat exchanger, a reformer, a separation device and a fuel cell, wherein the delivery pump is used for delivering methanol and water to a reforming chamber of the reformer; the heat exchanger is used for carrying out heat exchange on the low-temperature methanol and water and a high-temperature mixed gas output from the reforming chamber; the reformer is provided with the reforming chamber and an electric heater, and the electric heater provides heat energy for the reforming chamber; and the high-temperature mixed gas which takes carbon dioxide and hydrogen as main parts is prepared in the reforming chamber, passes through the heat exchanger and then enters the separation device to be separated to obtain the hydrogen, and the hydrogen is delivered to the fuel cell and subjected to electrochemical reaction in the fuel cell to generate electric energy, a part of the electric energy provides electricity for the delivery pump and the electric heater, and the rest of the electric energy is output. According to the electric generator, the reformer has no need of being provided with a combustion chamber, an air inlet fan, an air inlet channel and a smoke window, the heating temperature inside the reformer is easily controlled and stable, and the reformer is simple in structure, stable in operation and low in overhaul difficulty.