Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
204243100 | Fused bath | 33 |
20090084673 | GAS SENSOR ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - There is described a gas sensor element | 04-02-2009 |
20110083958 | MEASURING DEVICE - A measuring device is provided having a protective cover and a sensor arranged in the protective cover. The protective cover has a carrier tube made of metal and closed on one end. A first coating made of an aluminum non-wettable material is arranged on an outer surface of the carrier tube, and a further coating made of aluminum-wettable material is applied on the first coating. | 04-14-2011 |
20120318665 | Apparatus for Generating Fluorine Gas - [Object] To provide a fluorine gas generating system which can stably supply high purity fluorine gas while preventing blockade of a purification apparatus for adsorbing and removing hydrogen fluoride. | 12-20-2012 |
20130299341 | ELECTROLYSIS APPARATUS - A removable electrode module for engagement with an electrolysis chamber comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a suspension structure. The suspension structure comprises a suspension rod coupled to the first electrode. The second electrode is suspended or supported by the suspension structure, which comprises at least one electrically-insulating spacer element for retaining the second electrode in spatial separation from the first electrode. | 11-14-2013 |
20140076723 | ELECTROLYSIS CELL AND CATHODE WITH IRREGULAR SURFACE PROFILING - An electrolysis cell for the production of aluminum has a liquid aluminum layer on a cathode, a melt layer on the liquid aluminum, and an anode above the melt layer. An upper side of the cathode has surface profiling with two or more elevations provided at at least two of the twenty points of the surface of the upper side of the cathode vertically beneath those regions of the boundary surface between the layer of liquid aluminum and the melt layer in which peaks with the twenty highest maxima are present in the distribution of a reference wave formation potential in the boundary surface. The reference wave formation potential is defined as the wave formation potential which, when the electrolysis cell is operated with a reference cathode without surface profiling is present at a point in the boundary surface between the layer of liquid aluminum and the melt layer. | 03-20-2014 |
20150083584 | ELECTROLYSIS CELL, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM - An electrolysis cell, particularly for the production of aluminum, contains a cathode, a layer of liquid aluminum arranged on the upper side of the cathode, a melt layer thereon and an anode on the top of the melt layer. The cathode is composed of at least two cathode blocks, wherein at least one of the at least two cathode blocks differs from at least one of the other cathode blocks with regard to the average compressive strength, the average thermal conductivity, the average specific electrical resistivity and/or the apparent density. | 03-26-2015 |
20150376805 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FOR RECOVERING URANIUM - The present invention relates to an electrochemical device, and more particularly, to an electrochemical device for recovering uranium from spent nuclear fuel, including: an electrolytic bath containing a molten salt electrolyte solution; a flow barrier which divides the electrolytic bath into two chambers and limits a flow of the electrolyte solution; a filter which filters particulates from the flow of the electrolyte solution; an anode which is inserted into the molten salt from one side of the electrolytic bath; and a cathode which is inserted into the molten salt from the other side of the electrolytic bath. | 12-31-2015 |
20160151839 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A DENSE, DIMENSIONALLY STABLE, WETTABLE CATHODE SUBSTRATE IN SITU | 06-02-2016 |
204244000 | Plural cells | 3 |
20140138240 | ALUMINUM SMELTER INCLUDING CELLS WITH CATHODE OUTPUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POT SHELL AND CELL STABILIZING MEANS - Aluminum smelter comprising: (i) a series of electrolytic cells, comprising an anode, a cathode and a pot shell equipped with a side wall and a bottom, each cathode including at least one cathode output, (ii) a main electric circuit through which an electrolysis current passes, including an electrical conductor connected to each cathode output of a cell N, and to the anode of a cell N+1, and (iii) a means to stabilize the electrolytic cells. At least one of the cathode outputs of the cathode of N passes through the bottom of the pot shell, and during the operation of N and N+1, the electrolysis current passes, in an upstream-downstream direction only, through each electrical conductor extending from each cathode output of N in the direction of N+1. | 05-22-2014 |
20140138241 | ALUMINUM SMELTER COMPRISING ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS MADE FROM A SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIAL - An aluminum smelter comprising:
| 05-22-2014 |
20140209457 | ALUMINUM SMELTER COMPRISING ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS MADE FROM A SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIAL - An aluminum smelter comprising:
| 07-31-2014 |
204245000 | With feeding and/or withdrawal means | 18 |
20140116875 | Heat Exchange Elements for Use in Pyrometallurgical Process Vessels - A pyrometallurgical vessel for the production of metal by the electrolytic reduction of a metal bearing material dissolved in a molten salt bath, the cell including a shell | 05-01-2014 |
20140326596 | Fluorine Gas Generation Apparatus - A fluorine gas generating device comprises an electrolytic tank that generates at an anode side a main-product containing as a main component fluorine gas and at a cathode side a by-product gas containing as a main component hydrogen gas by subjecting, in an electrolytic bath, hydrogen fluoride in a molten salt containing therein hydrogen fluoride to an electrolysis; a hydrogen fluoride supply source that stores therein hydrogen fluoride that is to be fed to the electrolytic tank to fill up hydrogen fluoride; a hydrogen fluoride supply passage through which hydrogen fluoride flows from the hydrogen fluoride supply source to the electrolytic tank; and a vaporizer that is connected to the hydrogen fluoride supply passage to vaporize hydrogen fluoride supplied from the hydrogen fluoride supply source. | 11-06-2014 |
20160068979 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROTECTING ELECTROLYSIS CELL SIDEWALLS - A system is provided including an electrolysis cell configured to retain a molten electrolyte bath, the bath including at least one bath component, the electrolysis cell including: a bottom, and a sidewall consisting essentially of the at least one bath component; and a feed material including the least one bath component to the molten electrolyte bath such that the at least one bath component is within 30% of saturation, wherein, via the feed material, the sidewall is stable in the molten electrolyte bath. | 03-10-2016 |
204246000 | Gas feeding | 5 |
20120241313 | FLUORINE GAS GENERATING APPARATUS - A fluorine gas generating apparatus generating a fluorine gas by electrolyzing hydrogen fluoride in molten salt, includes: an electrolytic cell including, above a liquid level of molten salt, a first gas chamber into which a product gas mainly containing the fluorine gas generated at an anode immersed in the molten salt and a second gas chamber separated from the first gas chamber into which a byproduct gas mainly containing a hydrogen gas generated at a cathode immersed in the molten salt; a hydrogen fluoride supply source retaining hydrogen fluoride to be replenished in the electrolytic cell; a refining device trapping a hydrogen fluoride gas evaporated from the molten salt in the electrolytic cell and mixed in the product gas generated from the anode to refine the fluorine gas; and a recovery facility conveying and recovering the hydrogen fluoride trapped in the refining device in the electrolytic cell or the hydrogen fluoride supply source. | 09-27-2012 |
20120292180 | FLUORINE GAS GENERATING APPARATUS - A provided emergency stop facility includes an alternative gas supply facility capable of supplying a cooling medium in a refining device as an alternative gas instead of an entrained gas shut-off by closure of an entrained gas shut-off valve with loss of a driving source caused by the emergency stop; an alternative entrained gas shut-off valve switching between supply and shut-off of an alternative gas to a hydrogen fluoride supply passage; and an instrumentation gas supply facility for emergency stop having an instrumentation gas shut-off valve enabling supply of an instrumentation gas by opening with loss of the driving source caused by the emergency stop, wherein at the emergency stop of the fluorine gas generating apparatus, the alternative entrained gas shut-off valve is opened upon receipt of the supply of the instrumentation gas, and the alternative gas is supplied to the hydrogen fluoride supply passage. | 11-22-2012 |
20150292092 | Gas Generation Device - Disclosed is a gas generation device | 10-15-2015 |
20160068978 | ALUMINIUM ELECTROLYSIS CELL COMPRISING SIDEWALL TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - The invention provides method and system for cooling over a large area, suitable for use for control of layer formation over an extended area in an aluminium electrolysis cell and exploitation of heat. | 03-10-2016 |
20160102411 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING A METAL ION FROM A SALT MELT - Between an anode and a cathode, a salt melt containing a metal ion is separated from the anode by a gap across which an electric arc can be formed. The metal ion is deposited on the anode and subsequently removed. | 04-14-2016 |
204247000 | Gas withdrawal | 10 |
20080202921 | Method and Apparatus for Converting Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen for a Heat and/or Fuel Source - A water separation apparatus is provided to separate hydrogen and oxygen from water that includes a reaction chamber containing a plurality of spaced apart conductive plates, a positive electrical terminal electrically connected to one of the conductive plates, and a negative electrical terminal electrically connected to another of the conductive plates. A mixture of water and a catalyst is placed in the chamber and in contact with the plates. A non-conductive adjuster plate is provided to separate the chamber into a front chamber and a rear chamber, and may include at least one fluid passageway. A portion of the plates are disposed in the front chamber and a portion of the plates are disposed in the rear chamber. The adjuster plate may include a moveable member adapted to adjust the cross-sectional area of fluid passageway and thus the cross-sectional area of fluid communication between the front and rear chambers. The apparatus may include a collector-separator to collect gases from the reaction chamber and separate any remaining water from the gases. The separated water is returned to the reaction chamber, and the hydrogen and oxygen gases are transmitted to a bubbler assembly which functions to prevent any flashback from igniting the gases in the reaction chamber or collector-separator. The present invention will separate hydrogen from water in a more efficient manner than any previous technology, making it economically feasible. | 08-28-2008 |
20100116649 | GAS GENERATING DEVICE AND CARBON ELECTRODE FOR GAS GENERATION - A gas generating device of present invention is generated a first gas at a first carbon electrode by applying a voltage between said first carbon electrode and a second electrode to electrolyzing an electrolytic solution. The first carbon electrode is an anode or a cathode. The first carbon electrode is provided with a plurality of fine gas flow channels which selectively pass said first gas generated on one surface of said first carbon electrode to the other surface without allowing said electrolytic solution to permeate therethrough. | 05-13-2010 |
20120031752 | Fluorine Gas Generating Device - A fluorine gas generating device | 02-09-2012 |
20120085640 | Fluorine Gas Generation Device - A fluorine gas generation device includes an electrolytic cell that electrolyzes hydrogen fluoride in an electrolytic bath constituted of a molten salt containing hydrogen fluoride. The fluorine gas generation device liquefies and circulates a hydrogen fluoride gas vaporized from the molten salt and mist derived from the molten salt which is entrained on the gases generated by using a circulating device connected to a pipe on an upper portion of the electrolytic cell, thereby returning the hydrogen fluoride gas and the mist derived from the molten salt to the electrolytic cell. | 04-12-2012 |
20120138454 | ELECTROLYTIC APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE OR NITROGEN TRIFLUORIDE - It is a task of the present invention to provide an electrolytic apparatus for producing fluorine or nitrogen trifluoride by electrolyzing a hydrogen fluoride-containing molten salt, the electrolytic apparatus being advantageous in that the electrolysis can be performed without the occurrence of the anode effect even at a high current density and without the occurrence of an anodic dissolution. In the present invention, this task has been accomplished by an electrolytic apparatus for producing fluorine or nitrogen trifluoride by electrolyzing a hydrogen fluoride-containing molten salt at an applied current density of from 1 to 1,000 A/dm | 06-07-2012 |
20130008781 | FLUORINE GAS GENERATING APPARATUS - A fluorine gas generating apparatus includes an electrolytic cell where the molten salt is retained and which is separated and divided above the liquid level of the molten salt into a first gas chamber where a product gas mainly containing a fluorine gas generated at an anode immersed in the molten salt is led and a second gas chamber where a byproduct gas mainly containing a hydrogen gas generated at a cathode immersed in the molten salt is led, and a refining device refining the fluorine gas by coagulating with a cooling medium and trapping a hydrogen fluoride gas evaporated from the molten salt in the electrolytic cell and mixed in the product gas generated from the anode. The cooling medium for coagulation of the hydrogen fluoride gas in the refining device and discharged is re-used as a utility gas used at spots in the fluorine gas generating apparatus. | 01-10-2013 |
20130032471 | FLUORINE GAS GENERATING APPARATUS - A fluorine gas generating apparatus includes: a first main passage connected to a first gas chamber and supplying a fluorine gas to an external device; a first conveying device leading out and conveying the fluorine gas from the first gas chamber; a first pressure detector detecting the pressure on the upstream side of the first conveying device; a first pressure regulating valve returning the fluorine gas from the first conveying device to the suction side of the first conveying device; a controller controlling the opening degree of the first pressure regulating valve so that the pressure detected by the first pressure detector becomes a first set value; a start valve provided on the upstream side of the pressure detector; and a differential pressure detector for detecting the pressure difference before and after the start valve in the closed valve state. | 02-07-2013 |
20140001034 | System for Confining and Evacuating Aerosols of Two or Three-Phases | 01-02-2014 |
20140083844 | Fluorine Gas Generator - A fluorine gas generating device | 03-27-2014 |
20150068888 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF ELECTROCHEMICAL PRODUCTION OF CARBON MONOXIDE, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to an electrolytic process, methods and apparatus for the preparation of carbon monoxide and in particular to electrolysis of molten carbonates to yield carbon monoxide which may be used for chemical storage of electrical energy and further as chemical feedstock for other organic products. | 03-12-2015 |
204247300 | Refractory hard material (RHM) containing electrode | 2 |
20090152104 | MOLTEN SALT ELECTROLYZER FOR REDUCING METAL, METHOD FOR ELECTROLYZING THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING REFRACTORY METAL WITH USE OF REDUCING METAL - A molten salt electrolyzer for reducing metal comprises an electrolytic cell filled with a molten salt composed of a reducing metal chloride, an anode immersed in the molten salt of the electrolytic cell and surrounded by a first wall at the periphery thereof, and a cathode immersed in the molten salt of the electrolytic cell and surrounded by a second wall at the periphery thereof. | 06-18-2009 |
20100147678 | ALUMINUM ELECTROLYTIC CELLS HAVING HETEROTYPIC STRUCTURED CATHODE CARBON BLOCKS - Disclosed is an aluminum electrolytic cell having profiled cathode carbon blocks structures, comprising a cell case, a refractory material installed on the bottom, an anodes and a cathode. The cathode carbon blocks include a profiled structure having projections on the top surface of the carbon blocks, that is, a plurality of projections are formed on a surface of the cathode carbon blocks. The aluminum electrolytic cell having the cathode structure according to the present invention can reduce the velocity of the flow and the fluctuation of the level of the cathodal molten aluminum within the electrolytic cell, so as to increase the stability of the surface of molten aluminum, reduce the molten lose of the aluminum, increase the current efficiency, reduce the inter electrode distance, and reduce the energy consumption of the production of aluminum by electrolysis. With the above configuration, compounds or precipitates of viscous cryolite molten alumina can be formed on the lower portion between walls protruding on the upper surface of the cathode, which can prohibit the molten aluminum from flowing into the cell bottom through the cracks and apertures on cathodes, so that the life of the electrolytic cell can be extended. | 06-17-2010 |
204247400 | With cell lining or coating | 2 |
20080314738 | Electrolytic Device Based on a Solution-Processed Electrolyte - The present disclosure relates to a solid electrolyte device comprising an amorphous chalcogenide solid active electrolytic layer; first and second metallic layers. The amorphous chalcogenide solid active electrolytic layer is located between the first and second metallic layers. The amorphous chalcogenide solid active electrolytic layer is prepared by obtaining a solution of a hydrazine-based precursor to a metal chalcogenide; applying the solution onto a substrate; and thereafter annealing the precursor to convert the precursor to the amorphous metal chalcogenide. The present disclosure also relates to processes for fabricating the solid electrolyte device. | 12-25-2008 |
20080314739 | ELECTROLYTIC DEVICE BASED ON A SOLUTION-PROCESSED ELECTROLYTE - The present disclosure relates to a solid electrolyte device comprising an amorphous chalcogenide solid active electrolytic layer; first and second metallic layers. The amorphous chalcogenide solid active electrolytic layer is located between the first and second metallic layers. The amorphous chalcogenide solid active electrolytic layer is prepared by obtaining a solution of a hydrazine-based precursor to a metal chalcogenide; applying the solution onto a substrate; and thereafter annealing the precursor to convert the precursor to the amorphous metal chalcogenide. The present disclosure also relates to processes for fabricating the solid electrolyte device. | 12-25-2008 |