Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163267 | Method of synthesizing magnesium-cobalt pentahydride In a method of synthesizing magnesium-cobalt pentahydride, a MgCo2 alloy is synthesized by completely reacting cobalt (Co) metal and excess magnesium (Mg) metal, followed by an isothermal evaporation casting process (IECP) for removing the residual magnes... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8012452 | Nanocrystalline composite for storage of hydrogen The invention relates to a method for preparation of a material adapted to reversible storage of hydrogen, including steps consisting of providing a first powder of a magnesium-based material, hydrogenating the first powder to convert at least part of the first powd... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7959896 | Hydrogen storage system materials and methods including hydrides and hydroxides In one aspect, the present invention provides a system for methods of producing and releasing hydrogen from hydrogen storage compositions having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. In the hydrogenated state, such a composition comprises a hydride and a ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7700069 | Activation of metal hydrides Some metal hydrides permit reversible storage and release of hydrogen for a hydrogen using power-generator. But the surfaces of some metal hydrides or metal hydride precursors may be oxidized or have other coatings that inhibit hydrogen absorption or release. Such m... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7618611 | Hydrogen storage materials Hydrogen storage materials which are liquid metal alloys in their discharged state, thereby facilitating their recharging by reaction with hydrogen gas. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7521036 | Hydrogen storage materials and methods including hydrides and hydroxides In one aspect, the invention provides a hydrogen storage composition having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. In the hydrogenated state, such composition comprises a hydride and a hydroxide. In a dehydrogenated state, the composition comprises an oxid... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7439369 | Method and system for hydrogen evolution and storage A method and system for storing and evolving hydrogen employ chemical compounds that can be hydrogenated to store hydrogen and dehydrogenated to evolve hydrogen. A catalyst lowers the energy required for storing and evolving hydrogen. The method and system can provi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7429372 | Hydrogen storage by reversible hydrogenation of pi-conjugated substrates Processes are provided for the storage and release of hydrogen by means of a substantially reversible catalytic hydrogenation of extended pi-conjugated substrates which include large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with nitrogen he... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7384574 | Hydrogen storage material and process using graphite additive with metal-doped complex hydrides A hydrogen storage material having improved hydrogen absorbtion and desorption kinetics is provided by adding graphite to a complex hydride such as a metal-doped alanate, i.e., NaAlH4. The incorporation of graphite into the complex hydride significantly e... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7361233 | Methods of hydrogen cleaning of metallic surfaces The pulsed partial pressure hydrogen cleaning of cobalt-based alloys in turbine components is achieved by disposing the component within a vacuum furnace and heating the component. Upon heating to about 1400° F., a partial pressure hydrogen gas and a vacuum are rep... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354461 | Solid fuels for fuel cells A solid fuel for use in fuel cells is presented. The solid fuel includes solid oxygenates, and mixtures for generating a gaseous fuel from the solid fuel. The solid fuel can be contained in a cartridge and reacted with a liquid reactant for generating a gaseous fuel... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351395 | Hydrogen storage by reversible hydrogenation of pi-conjugated substrates Processes are provided for the storage and release of hydrogen by means of a substantially reversible catalytic hydrogenation of extended pi-conjugated substrates which include large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with nitrogen he... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352074 | System for producing hydrogen making use of a stream of water A system for producing hydrogen from water, making use of a stream of water such as a gulf stream or tidal stream, includes a number of submerged modules, each having a turbine that can be driven by the stream of water. The turbine is coupled to a generator for gene... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344690 | Imide/amide hydrogen storage materials and methods In one aspect, the invention provides a hydrogen storage composition having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. In the hydrogenated state, such composition comprises an amide and a hydride. In a dehydrogenated state, the composition comprises an imide. | 03/18/2008 |
| 7316788 | Materials for storage and release of hydrogen and methods for preparing and using same The invention relates to materials for storing and releasing hydrogen and methods for preparing and using same. The materials exhibit fast release rates at low release temperatures and are suitable as fuel and/or hydrogen sources for a variety of applications such a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7279088 | Catalytic electrode, cell, system and process for storing hydrogen/deuterium A catalytic electrode, cell, system and process for absorbing and storing hydrogen (H2) and deuterium (D2) from the gaseous to the solid ionic form. The cell includes a non-conductive sealed housing and a conductive catalytic electrode position... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7241522 | Regenerative electrochemical cell system and method for use thereof An exemplary embodiment of a regenerative electrochemical cell system, comprises: a fuel cell module, an electrolysis module, a heat exchange, and an inverted hydrogen storage device. The fuel cell module can comprise a fuel cell hydrogen inlet in fluid communicatio... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241323 | Pyrolysis process for producing fuel gas Solid waste resource recovery in space is effected by pyrolysis processing, to produce light gases as the main products (CH4, H2, CO2, CO, H2O, NH3) and a reactive carbon-rich char as the main byproduct. Signifi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238336 | Method for the production of α-alane A method of forming α-alane. The method includes reacting aluminum trichloride and an alkali metal hydride to form an alane-ether complex solution. An aqueous diethyl ether solution is optionally added to the alane-ether complex solution to form a partially hydroly... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7200954 | Method for drying and storing activated aluminum fine particles The object is to provide a method for drying and storing activated aluminum fine particles which can be a hydrogen source for fuel cells for a long term without being deactivated. A thermal shock treatment as an activation of the aluminum fine particles, which repea... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201782 | Gas generation system A gas generation system includes a chemical reactor configured to produce a gas from a continuous flow of aqueous solution, and includes a pump configured to control the flow of the aqueous solution through the chemical reactor to control a production rate of the ga... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7157401 | Catalyst for the treatment of organic compounds A catalyst for the hydroprocessing of organic compounds, composed of an interstitial metal hydride having a reaction surface at which monatomic hydrogen is available. The activity of the catalyst is maximized by avoiding surface oxide formation. Transition metals an... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146918 | Wind-powered linear motion hydrogen production systems A system for generating hydrogen is provided which includes at least one vessel which floats in water. At least one sail for capturing wind to move the vessel reciprocally along a substantially linear path is mounted on the vessel. A power generation system is provi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7128997 | Method and system for dispensing pelletized fuel for use with a fuel cell Representative embodiments provide for a fuel activation device including a fuel storage chamber configured to store a plurality of fuel pellets arranged as a stack. A fuel dispensing device is configured to transport a fuel pellet to a fuel activation chamber. A sp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7115245 | Hydrogen storage compositions and methods of manufacture thereof Disclosed herein is a method for making and screening a combinatorial library comprising disposing in a substrate comprising graphite or boron carbide at least one reactant, wherein the reactants are lithium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, calcium, aluminum or a comb... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115246 | Hydrogen storage compositions and methods of manufacture thereof Disclosed herein is a method for making and screening a combinatorial library comprising disposing in a substrate comprising boron, boron nitride, or boron carbide at least one reactant, wherein the reactants are lithium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, calcium, alumi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108757 | Hydrogen storage alloys providing for the reversible storage of hydrogen at low temperatures A reversible hydrogen storage alloy capable of storing large amounts of hydrogen and delivering reversibly large amounts of hydrogen at temperatures ranging from 0° C. up to 40° C. The hydrogen storage alloy is generally composed of titanium, vanadium, and chromiu... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101530 | Hydrogen storage by reversible hydrogenation of pi-conjugated substrates Processes are provided for the storage and release of hydrogen by means of a substantially reversible catalytic hydrogenation of extended pi-conjugated substrates which include large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with nitrogen he... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094387 | Complex hydrides for hydrogen storage A hydrogen storage material and process of forming the material is provided in which complex hydrides are combined under conditions of elevated temperatures and/or elevated temperature and pressure with a titanium metal such as titanium butoxide. The resulting fused... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7029600 | High capacity hydrogen storage material based on catalyzed alanates A complex aluminum hydride doped with a catalytic material adapted to increase the kinetics of hydrogen absorption/desorption of the aluminum hydride without reducing the hydrogen storage capacity of the aluminum hydride. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011768 | Methods for hydrogen storage using doped alanate compositions The present invention concerns compositions, apparatus and methods for hydrogen storage. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise sodium alanate and {n5-C5H5}2TiH2. In preferred embodiments, the compone... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004993 | Nanoscale particles of iron aluminide and iron aluminum carbide by the reduction of iron salts A method of making intermetallic nanoscale particles comprising iron aluminide and/or iron aluminum carbide comprising the steps of preparing a mixture of a solvent, an iron salt and LiAlH4, and heating the mixture to form the intermetallic nanoscale part... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994838 | Process for the preparation of lithium aluminium hydride solutions A process is described for the preparation of LiAlH4 solutions, in which lithium hydride reacts with an aluminium halide in diethyl ether to give lithium aluminium hydride, the lithium halide which arises is separated off, and wherein a solvent the comple... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6991773 | Boron-oxide and related compounds for hydrogen storage A hydrogen storage medium is provided, where the medium is comprised of boron oxide and closely related compounds such as orthoboric acid, metaboric acid, hydrated boric acid, and disodium borohydrate. The medium is substantially an amorphous glassy network, albeit ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6967012 | Imide/amide hydrogen storage materials and methods In one aspect, the invention provides a hydrogen storage composition having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. In the hydrogenated state, such composition comprises an amide and a hydride. In a dehydrogenated state, the composition comprises an imide. | 11/22/2005 |
| 6834623 | Portable hydrogen generation using metal emulsions An embodiment of the present invention is a portable hydrogen generation system for operating a vehicle powered by either the hydrogen internal combustion engine or a fuel cell using active metals such as sodium potassium, magnesium, aluminum or iron in the form of ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6814782 | Method for reversibly storing hydrogen on the basis of alkali metals and aluminum A method for reversibly storing hydrogen, characterized in that reversible hydrogen storage materials are used which contain mixtures of aluminum metal with alkali metals and/or alkali metal hydrides and transition metal and/or rare-earth metal catalysts. ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6793909 | Direct synthesis of catalyzed hydride compounds A method is disclosed for directly preparing alkali metal aluminum hydrides such as NaAlH4 and Na3AlH6 from either the alkali metal or its hydride, and aluminum. The hydride thus prepared is doped with a small portion of a transition... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6733725 | Reversible hydrogen storage composition Hydrogen storage compositions which liberate hydrogen readily and which are readily regenerated from a dehydrogenated state formed by liberation of hydrogen are derived from an AlH3-based complex hydride incorporating a member selected from a metalloid su... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6726892 | Advanced aluminum alloys for hydrogen storage Various aspects of the present invention provides a nanocrystalline powder suitable for storing hydrogen and a method of producing such a powder. One embodiment provides a nanocrystalline powder containing crystals of an aluminum alloy selected from the group consis... | 04/27/2004 |
