| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 205367000 |
Single metal produced
| 65 |
| 205357000 |
Inorganic compound produced
| 14 |
| 205363000 |
Alloy produced | 4 |
| 20090114546 | Method for Removing/Concentrating Metal-Fog-Forming Metal Present in Molten Salt, Apparatus Thereof, and Process and Apparatus for Producing Ti or Ti Alloy by use of them - The present invention provides a method by which a metal-fog-forming metal dissolved in one portion of “a molten salt mixture consisted of one or more of metal-fog-forming metal containing molten salts” (generally, a molten salt) can be removed and transferred to another portion of the molten salt to increase the concentration thereof. The method can hence be utilized as one of means for treating molten salts in various industrial fields in which metal-fog-forming metal-containing molten salts such as Ca or Na are handled. In particular, when the method is utilized in producing Ti by Ca reduction, the Ca dissolved in the molten salt to be fed to an electrolytic cell can be rapidly removed (recovered) and the Ca formation efficiency during the electrolysis of the molten salt can be enhanced. Consequently, Ca formation and TiCl | 05-07-2009 |
| 20120006690 | ELECTROLYTIC PRODUCTION OF LITHIUM METAL - The present invention provides a process for preparing lithium alloy or lithium metal from lithium carbonate or its equivalent lithium ion source such as spudomene ore without creating toxic byproducts such as halogen gases and a system adopted for such a process. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20100000875 | Low-temperature fused salt electrolysis of quartz - A process for preparing silicon comprising the following steps
| 01-07-2010 |
| 20130220823 | PRODUCTION OF SPECIALTY ALUMINUM ALLOYS USING PARTITION OF FEED IMPURITIES - A series of inventions leading to the production of specific aluminum alloys (especially aluminum beverage can sheet product) through novel approach of introducing, selectively partitioning and managing alloying elements. This invention also enables manufacturing practices to enhance the performance characteristics of aluminum alloys produced. The selected elements can be derived from carbon anodes made from calcined petroleum coke with high metallic contents (such as nickel and vanadium). Alloying elements can also be introduced and managed from other raw material such as alumina and bath constituents added during aluminum smelting process. Additionally, cell operating parameters, such as cell temperature, off gas flow rate, aluminum tapping rate and impurity partition characteristics can also be manipulated to produce low cost aluminum alloys and facilitate utilization of high metallic content calcined petroleum coke. | 08-29-2013 |
| 205410000 |
Silicon, boron, or phosphorus produced | 2 |
| 20110203938 | ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS FOR MAKING SILICON NANOPOWDER, SILICON NANOWIRES AND SILICON NANOTUBES - An electrochemical method for producing Si nanopowder, Si nanowires and/or Si nanotubes directly from compound SiX or a mixture containing a silicon compound SiX, the method comprises: providing an electrolysis cell having a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte, using the compound SiX or the mixture containing compound SiX as a cathode and immersing the cathode in an electrolyte comprising a metal compound molten salt, applying a potential between the cathode and the anode in the electrolysis cell, and forming one or more of Si nanopowder, Si nanowires and Si nanotubes on the cathode electrode. The method has advantages of: 1) shorter production processing, 2) inexpensive equipment, 3) convenient operation, 4) reduction of contaminate, 5) easily available feed materials, and 6) easy to achieve continuous production. This is a new field of using electrochemical method for producing one-dimensional Si nano material, and a new method of producing Si nanopowder, Si nanowires and Si nanotubes. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20160060772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURIFICATION OF ELECTROLYTIC SALT - Methods and systems for removing impurities from an electrolytic salt are disclosed. After removal of impurities from the salt, the salt can be subjected to electrorefining to produce high-purity materials, for example silicon. Impurities are removed from the salt using a system that includes a first working electrode, a counter electrode, and at least one reference electrode. A second working electrode can also be utilized. The salt may be utilized in an electrorefining system, for example a system operated in a single phase or multiple phase operation to produce high-purity materials, such as solar-grade silicon. | 03-03-2016 |
| 205355000 |
Organic compound produced | 1 |
| 20150083606 | Molten Carboxylate Electrolytes for Electrochemical Decarboxylation Processes - Molten salt electrolytes are described for use in electrochemical synthesis of hydrocarbons from carboxylic acids. The molten salt electrolyte can be used to synthesize a wide variety of hydrocarbons with and without functional groups that have a broad range of applications. The molten salt can be used to synthesize saturated hydrocarbons, diols, alkylated aromatic compounds, as well as other types of hydrocarbons. The molten salt electrolyte increases the selectivity, yield, the energy efficiency and Coulombic efficiency of the electrochemical conversion of carboxylic acids to hydrocarbons while reducing the cell potential required to perform the oxidation. | 03-26-2015 |
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| 20090134039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISOTOPE SELECTIVE CHEMICAL REACATIONS - A system providing excitation and selective transport and/or reaction of isotopologues. Two or more isotope effects are combined within a reaction cell to produce transient differentiation of isotopologues through excitation or chemical reaction followed by rapid separation or conversion. A current conductor adjacent to a fluid carries an excitation current produced by a switching source. The excitation current produces an alternating magnetic field adjacent to the conductor that interacts with a population of isotopologues within the adjacent fluid layer to produce a population of reaction intermediates or products that have an isotopic composition different from the initial isotopologues. An electrolytic power supply may also be connected to the conductor to provide a voltage that may be used to selectively attract and electrolyze a portion of the reaction intermediates or products within the adjacent fluid layer. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090301895 | ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A molten salt electrolysis apparatus and a molten metal electrolyzing method using such a device are disclosed having an electrolysis vessel ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100126874 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING METALLIC NUCLEAR FUEL MATERIALS FROM SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND METHOD FOR REPROCESSING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL - A spent oxide form nuclear fuel in a spent nuclear fuel assembly which has been taken out from a light water reactor is reacted with fluorine in fluorination treatment process and then separated into gaseous UF | 05-27-2010 |
| 20120160699 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF A SOLID FEEDSTOCK - In a method for reducing a solid feedstock ( | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130192998 | CONDUCTOR OF HIGH ELECTRICAL CURRENT AT HIGH TEMPERATURE IN OXYGEN AND LIQUID METAL ENVIRONMENT - In one aspect, the present invention is directed to apparatuses for and methods of conducting electrical current in an oxygen and liquid metal environment. In another aspect, the invention relates to methods for production of metals from their oxides comprising providing a cathode in electrical contact with a molten electrolyte, providing a liquid metal anode separated from the cathode and the molten electrolyte by a solid oxygen ion conducting membrane, providing a current collector at the anode, and establishing a potential between the cathode and the anode. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130327653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTROLYTICALLY REDUCING A SOLID FEEDSTOCK - In a method of electrolytically reducing a solid feedstock, for example a solid metal oxide feedstock, an electrode module is positioned in a first position to be loaded with the feedstock. The loaded module is then transferred from the first position and engaged with an electrolysis chamber containing a molten salt. A voltage is applied to the electrode module to reduce the solid feedstock. The loaded module may be transferred within a transfer module. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140021058 | ELECTROLYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS - The method, apparatus and product relate to the electrochemical reduction of a solid feedstock ( | 01-23-2014 |
