BELENOS CLEAN POWER HOLDING AG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160072552 | ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION WITH IMPROVED GATEWAY MODULE - A gateway module for an electrical power grid, the gateway module configured to receive a power signal including a modulated component for conveying information from an electrical module producing electricity, and to process the power signal to provide a compatible signal to the electrical power grid. The gateway module includes a main unit including a control circuit controlling an interface to manage information from the modulated component of the power signal and a filtering circuit for filtering the modulated component. | 03-10-2016 |
20150338361 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION OF GAS IN A TWO-COMPONENT MIXTURE - The described sensor allows determination of the concentration of a gas in a two-component mixture at variable pressure by measuring the diffusivity and the thermal conductivity. The sensor is provided to alternately heat the membrane of a thermally conductive cell and allow it to cool such that the temperature T | 11-26-2015 |
20150303459 | TIN BASED ANODE MATERIAL FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND PREPARATION METHOD - A tin based anode material for a rechargeable battery comprises nanoparticles of composition SnM | 10-22-2015 |
20150283532 | COATING AND LITHIATION OF INORGANIC OXIDANTS BY REACTION WITH LITHIATED REDUCTANTS - A method for producing conductive carbon coated particles of an at least partially lithiated electroactive core material comprises the step of premixing an oxidant electroactive material with a metallated reductant followed by chemically reacting the oxidant electroactive material with the metallated reductant, said reductant being a coating precursor, said metal being at least one alkaline and/or at least one alkaline earth metal, and said chemically reacting being performed under conditions allowing reduction and metallation of the electroactive material via insertion/intercalation of the alkaline metal cation(s) and/or the alkaline earth metal cation(s) and coating formation via a polymerisation reaction like polyanionic or radicalic polymerisation of the reductant. | 10-08-2015 |
20150244250 | REGULATION OF AN ELECTRONIC VOLTAGE ADAPTER MODULE - An electric module for adapting a first signal of a first system to a second signal of a second system, including: a power supply source supplying a first signal; a converter module configured to convert the first signal into an intermediate signal; a microcontroller controlling and regulating the converter module; and an inverter module configured to output a signal compatible with a second signal of a second system. | 08-27-2015 |
20150028679 | RENEWABLE ENERGY UNIT WITH SIMPLIFIED CONNECTION - The present invention relates to an electronic device comprising a power supply module connected to a converter system, wherein said power supply module comprises a plurality of elements for producing electricity from renewable energy connected in series and said elements for producing electricity from renewable energy are assembled in groups, characterised in that the converter system comprises a plurality of regulator circuits, each regulator circuit being connected to a group of elements for producing electricity from renewable energy so that each group of elements for producing electricity from renewable energy can be controlled separately. | 01-29-2015 |
20140295271 | SURFACE MODIFIED LITHIATED H2V3O8 - A method is described to prepare a cathode material for high energy density rechargeable lithium ion batteries based on H | 10-02-2014 |
20140292084 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A HYBRID SYSTEM - A method of controlling operation of a hybrid continuous current supply, the current supply including a fuel cell stack, a battery, and a DC/DC converter including an input and an output, the converter input being connected to the fuel cell stack output and the output being connected to a variable load in parallel with the battery, the fuel cell stack being formed of a plurality of electrochemical cells configured to produce electricity from a fuel and an oxidizing gas. | 10-02-2014 |
20140212777 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING AN EJECTOR FOR RECIRCULATING OFF-GAS FROM A STACK - The fuel cell system includes:
| 07-31-2014 |
20140191594 | DC/DC CONVERTER FOR HYBRID SYSTEM - A DC/DC converter including a control unit configured to control a voltage variation mechanism, the voltage variation mechanism including a plurality of variable voltage regulator circuits each controlled by a switching signal. The variable voltage regulator circuits are grouped together in plural modules each controlled by a control signal sent by the control unit and the switching signals of the variable voltage regulator circuits of a same module are phase shifted in relation to each other, and the control signals of the modules are also phase shifted in relation to each other. | 07-10-2014 |
20140178763 | SELF-ASSEMBLED COMPOSITE OF GRAPHENE OXIDE AND TETRAVALENT VANADIUM OXOHYDROXIDE - A composite material comprising graphene oxide and an electrochemically active ingredient, in particular H | 06-26-2014 |
20140127562 | ELECTRODE (ANODE AND CATHODE) PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT BY COMPOSITE FORMATION WITH GRAPHENE OXIDE - Described is an electrode comprising and preferably consisting of electronically active material (EAM) in nanoparticulate form and a matrix, said matrix consisting of a pyrolization product with therein incorporated graphene flakes and optionally an ionic lithium source. Also described are methods for producing a particle based, especially a fiber based, electrode material comprising a matrix formed from pyrolized material incorporating graphene flakes and rechargeable batteries comprising such electrodes. | 05-08-2014 |
20140092651 | MICRO-INVERTER WITH IMPROVED CONTROL - The invention concerns an electrical module for adapting a first signal of a first system to a second signal of a second system, including:
| 04-03-2014 |
20130289199 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A PIEZOELECTRIC LINER FOR A HIGH PRESSURE STORAGE VESSEL - The piezoelectric and barrier liner for a high-pressure storage vessel is made out of PVDF-TrFE copolymer and the amount of crystallinity in the liner material is over 30%, preferably 35% at least. | 10-31-2013 |
20130216903 | NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING A BLENDED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - An electrochemically active material comprising a mixture or blend of two groups of particles, exhibits synergetic effect. The two groups of particles are compounds of formula Li | 08-22-2013 |
20130205730 | INERTIAL SEPARATOR FOR GAS LIQUID SEPARATION - The present invention relates to an inertial separator for gas liquid separation, comprising:
| 08-15-2013 |
20130164627 | COATING AND LITHIATION OF INORGANIC OXIDANTS BY REACTION WITH LITHIATED REDUCTANTS - A method for producing conductive carbon coated particles of an at least partially lithiated electroactive core material comprises the step of premixing an oxidant electroactive material with a metallated reductant followed by chemically reacting the oxidant electroactive material with the metallated reductant, said reductant being a coating precursor, said metal being at least one alkaline and/or at least one alkaline earth metal, and said chemically reacting being performed under conditions allowing reduction and metallation of the electroactive material via insertion/intercalation of the alkaline metal cation(s) and/or the alkaline earth metal cation(s) and coating formation via a polymerisation reaction like polyanionic or radicalic polymerisation of the reductant. | 06-27-2013 |
20130157138 | H4V3O8, A NEW VANADIUM(IV) OXIDE ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL FOR AQUEOUS AND NON AQUEOUS BATTERIES - A new electroactive material of formula H | 06-20-2013 |
20130081445 | GAS SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION OF GAS IN A TWO-COMPONENT MIXTURE - The described sensor allows determination of the concentration of a gas in a two-component mixture at variable pressure by measuring the diffusivity and the thermal conductivity. The sensor is provided to alternately heat the membrane ( | 04-04-2013 |
20130069630 | SELF-MONITORING COMPOSITE VESSEL FOR HIGH PRESSURE MEDIA - A high pressure media storage vessel including a wall made of at least one layer with barrier and piezoelectric properties. | 03-21-2013 |
20130017469 | HOUSING ASSEMBLY FOR A FUEL CELL STACKAANM HANNESEN; UweAACI SchupfenAACO CHAAGP HANNESEN; Uwe Schupfen CH - The present invention relates to a housing assembly for at least two fuel cells, comprising: | 01-17-2013 |
20120308850 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE OPERATION OF A HYBRID SYSTEM - The present invention concerns a method for managing the operation of a hybrid continuous current supply, said supply including a fuel cell stack ( | 12-06-2012 |
20120196201 | METHOD FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF LIQUID WATER FORMATION IN A FUEL CELL - A method for the early detection of liquid water formation in a fuel cell ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120162842 | SHUNT SYSTEM FOR CELLS IN A FUEL CELL STACK - A shunt system for a stack of series connected electrochemical units. The system includes shunt circuits each connected between a positive pole and a negative pole of an electrochemical unit and a control circuit to send a control signal to at least one of the shunt circuits to cause it to shunt the electrochemical unit between the poles to which it is connected. The control system includes control modules each having its own voltage reference, each of the shunt circuits belonging to one of the modules. Each control circuit includes plural shunt circuits and the shunt circuits belonging to a control module are connected between the poles of contiguous electrochemical units, so that the control modules subdivide the stack into plural groups of electrochemical units. Each control module includes a mechanism to communicate with the control circuit, so that the control circuit can control the shunt circuits belonging to different control modules. | 06-28-2012 |
20120135279 | MEASURING SYSTEM FOR CELLS IN A FUEL CELL STACK - The present invention concerns an electrochemical system ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120100402 | ELECTRODE (ANODE AND CATHODE) PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT BY COMPOSITE FORMATION WITH GRAPHENE OXIDE - Described is an electrode comprising and preferably consisting of electronically active material (EAM) in nanoparticulate form and a matrix, said matrix consisting of a pyrolization product with therein incorporated graphene flakes and optionally an ionic lithium source. Also described are methods for producing a particle based, especially a fiber based, electrode material comprising a matrix formed from pyrolized material incorporating graphene flakes and rechargeable batteries comprising such electrodes. | 04-26-2012 |
20110305949 | TRANSITION METAL OXIDENITRIDES - An electrode comprises a conductor and an electrode coating, said electrode coating comprising as electronically active material a transition metal (T) oxidenitride of formula Li | 12-15-2011 |
20110294028 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING A HEAT EXCHANGER - A fuel cell system including: a fuel cell stack including plural fuel cells sandwiched between two end plates; a fuel supply system supplying a stream of fuel gas to the fuel cell stack; an oxidizer supply system supplying a stream of oxidizer gas to the fuel cell stack; a closed loop coolant circulation system driving a cooling liquid through the fuel cell stack so that the cooling liquid enters the fuel cell stack, absorbs heat from the fuel cells, and exits the fuel cell stack. The coolant circulation system includes a circulation pump driving the cooling liquid, a heat exchanger removing heat from the cooling liquid and for at least partially transferring the heat to the stream of fuel gas and/or the stream of oxidizer gas. The heat exchanger includes a tube made from a heat-conducting material and inserted into a bore in one of the end plates, the tube and the bore defining at least a first fluid channel inside the tube and a second fluid channel in a space existing between the tube and the sides of the bore in the end plate, one of the first and second fluid channels being for the cooling liquid, and the other fluid channel being for the fuel or the oxidizer gas. | 12-01-2011 |
20110250516 | METHOD OF SHUT-DOWN AND STARTING OF A FUEL CELL - A method of operating a PEM fuel cell including an anode feed circuit and a cathode feed circuit for feeding of an anode side with a reactant gas and for feeding a cathode side with a cathode gas. A shut-down mode for shutting down an electricity generating operation of the fuel system includes decreasing the supply of reactant gas and cathode gas in response of a shut-down signal, monitoring an output voltage of at least one cell of a fuel cell stack, monitoring the reactant gas pressure and the cathode gas pressure, electrically shunting of the at least one fuel cell in response of the output voltage reaching a predefined voltage level, at least reducing the pressure of the anode side to a predefined pressure level by means of at least one pump, and filling and/or flushing of at least the anode side with an inert gas. | 10-13-2011 |
20110245365 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RADIATION GRAFTED POLYMER - A method for producing a graft polymer comprises the steps of: a) irradiating a base polymer with an electron beam or a source of γ-radiation, b) contacting a grafting solution with the base polymer, wherein the grafting solution contains at least one oxygen scavenger and at least one graft monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene and styrene derivatives, and c) graft polymerizing the mixture of the base polymer and the grafting solution obtained in step b). | 10-06-2011 |
20110111318 | METHOD OF OPERATING A FUEL CELL/BATTERY PASSIVE HYBRID POWER SUPPLY - The method of operating a passive hybrid power supply in, or near, zero connected load conditions comprises the steps of:
| 05-12-2011 |
20110059375 | METHOD FOR LIMITING THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF A PEM FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The method for limiting the output voltage of a PEM fuel cell system operating in, or near, zero load conditions, in such a way as to minimize degradation of performance over time, comprises:
| 03-10-2011 |
20110020706 | NEW ELECTRODE MATERIALS, IN PARTICULAR FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES - The method described allows the selection and/or design of anode and cathode materials by n- or p-doping semiconductor material. Such doped materials are suitable for use in electrodes of lithium ion batteries. As one advantage, the anode and the cathode may be produced using anodes and cathodes that are derived from the same semiconductor material. | 01-27-2011 |
20100301279 | STABLE DISPERSIONS OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAPHENE LAYERS IN SOLUTION - Disclosed is a method for producing colloidal graphene dispersions comprising the steps of
| 12-02-2010 |
20100233546 | Nitride and Carbide Anode Materials - Described is an anode material which is a transition metal nitride or carbide in form of nanoparticles, preferably a nitride or carbide with one nitrogen or carbon per metal, and especially a nitride or carbide having rock salt structure. A preferred anode material is vanadium nitride, in particular carbon coated vanadium nitride having a mean particle size of <500 nm. Embedded in an electrically conducting environment, such nanoparticulate material, in particular the vanadium nitride shows exceptional good charging-discharging cycle stability. | 09-16-2010 |
20100233538 | Open porous electrically conductive nanocomposite material - Nanocomposits of conductive, nanoparticulate polymer and electronically active material, in particular PEDOT and LiFePO | 09-16-2010 |
20100209821 | FUEL CELL STRUCTURE AND SEPARATOR PLATE FOR USE THEREIN - The present invention concerns a separator plate for use in a fuel cell stack with a substantially circular or oval main surface wherein a fluid flow path is defined by a plurality of channels extending substantially in parallel to each other and leading a fluid from a fluid supply port to a fluid discharge port. Adjacent channels merge such as to decrease the number of parallel channels from the supply port to the discharge port, thereby decreasing a cross sectional area of the flow path. The plurality of parallel channels comprises the following sections:
| 08-19-2010 |