Resumen de: EP1000000A1
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for manufacturing green bricks from clay for the brick manufacturing industry, comprising a circulating conveyor (3) carrying mould containers combined to mould container parts (4), a reservoir (5) for clay arranged above the mould containers, means for carrying clay out of the reservoir (5) into the mould containers, means (9) for pressing and trimming clay in the mould containers, means (11) for supplying and placing take-off plates for the green bricks (13) and means for discharging green bricks released from the mould containers, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises means (22) for moving the mould container parts (4) filled with green bricks such that a protruding edge is formed on at least one side of the green bricks.
Resumen de: WO2025052665A1
The present invention provides a coating composition (b2) with which a film can be formed at low cost by a simple method using a zirconium alkoxide (o) and a yttrium compound (p) as starting materials, and with which a dense yttria-stabilized zirconia layer can be obtained. A coating composition (b2) is obtained that contains a zirconium alkoxide (o), an yttrium compound (p), a chelate compound (q), a polyalkylene glycol (r), a catalyst (s), water (t), and an organic solvent (u).
Resumen de: JP2025120966A
To reduce the size of a hydrogen tank storing fuel of a fuel cell and the size of a heat exchanger releasing heat of coolant of the fuel cell.SOLUTION: An electrically-driven construction machine is provided, comprising an electric motor, a fuel cell, a battery, an operation device directing operation of a vehicle body, a power control device controlling the power supplied to the electric motor, and an external power receiver that receives power from a commercial power supply. The power control device calculates a required power amount of the electric motor based on operation amount of the operation device. The power control device charges the battery while driving the electric motor with power from the external power receiver when the required power amount does not exceed the maximum output value of the external power receiver and the battery can be charged, and charges the battery while driving the electric motor with power from a fuel cell and the external power receiver when the required power amount exceeds the maximum output value, does not exceed the total maximum output value of the external power receiver and the fuel cell, and the battery can be charged.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Resumen de: TW202525908A
The present invention relates to tracking-resistant electromobility components having a colour distance DeltaE from the L*a*b* coordinates to a colour number of the RAL colour chart beginning with a "2" of < 20 containing polymer compositions based on at least one polyamide and 1,3-dihydro-5,6-bis(((2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)methylene)amino-2H-benzimidazol-2-onato(2-)-N5,N6,O5,O6)nickel and to the use of 1,3-dihydro-5,6-bis(((2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)methylene)amino-2H-benzimidazol-2-onato(2-)-N5,N6,O5,O6)nickel for producing polyamide-based tracking-resistant electromobility components having a colour distance DeltaE from the L*a*b* coordinates to a colour number of the RAL colour chart beginning with a "2" of < 20.
Resumen de: EP1000000A1
The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for manufacturing green bricks from clay for the brick manufacturing industry, comprising a circulating conveyor (3) carrying mould containers combined to mould container parts (4), a reservoir (5) for clay arranged above the mould containers, means for carrying clay out of the reservoir (5) into the mould containers, means (9) for pressing and trimming clay in the mould containers, means (11) for supplying and placing take-off plates for the green bricks (13) and means for discharging green bricks released from the mould containers, characterized in that the apparatus further comprises means (22) for moving the mould container parts (4) filled with green bricks such that a protruding edge is formed on at least one side of the green bricks.
Resumen de: CN114725426A
The invention discloses an air-cooled fuel cell stack which comprises a plurality of fuel cells, and each fuel cell comprises an anode bipolar plate, a cathode bipolar plate, a membrane electrode assembly and an anode sealing assembly. A membrane electrode assembly is located between an anode bipolar plate and a cathode bipolar plate and includes an anode-side structure, a cathode-side structure, and an ion-conducting membrane sandwiched between the anode-side structure and the cathode-side structure. And the anode sealing assembly is arranged at the periphery of the anode side structure and is clamped by the anode bipolar plate and the ion conduction membrane. The anode sealing assembly comprises a first sealing material and a second sealing material, the Shore hardness of the first sealing material is different from that of the second sealing material, and the arrangement direction of the first sealing material and the second sealing material is perpendicular to the compression direction of the plurality of fuel cells.
Resumen de: WO2026070430A1
Provided is a fuel cell bipolar plate in which a cathode separator and an anode separator provided in a power generation unit cell in a fuel cell are joined via an adhesive layer, wherein: the adhesive layer comprises a cured product of an adhesive containing a thermosetting resin; the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the surfaces of the cathode separator and the anode separator in contact with at least the adhesive layer is 1.61-4.05 μm; and the warpage of the cathode separator and the anode separator is less than 5 mm. Said fuel cell bipolar plate has high flexural bonding strength.
Resumen de: US20260094853A1
A method of refueling a flow battery utilizing the existing system's power source and pumps to pump electrolyte into and out of the system to allow for refueling and routine maintenance and repairs. The flow battery includes a diverter to an external source of electrolyte as well as a tank seal located at the base of either charged tank that is operable to prevent electrolyte from exiting the tanks during refueling operations. The flow battery may also include a liquid detector operable to measure the amount of electrolyte being deposited into the tanks during refueling.
Resumen de: WO2026068050A1
The invention relates to a fuel cell system. The fuel cell system comprises a main fuel cell and a recirculation path. The main fuel cell comprises: an anode inlet through which fuel can flow into the main fuel cell; and an anode outlet from which an anode exhaust gas including unconsumed fuel can flow out. The recirculation path, in which the anode exhaust gas can flow as a recirculate, connects the anode inlet to the anode outlet. The recirculation path comprises an electrochemical filter and a bypass path. The electrochemical filter is designed to extract the unconsumed fuel from the recirculate. The extracted fuel can be recirculated to the anode inlet. The recirculate can be recirculated from the anode outlet to the anode inlet through the bypass path, while bypassing the electrochemical filter. The fuel cell system is designed to operate with a bypass ratio of more than 70 percent. The bypass ratio is defined as a ratio of a portion of the recirculate flowing through the bypass path to a total amount of the recirculate. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for operating a fuel cell system.
Resumen de: WO2026070428A1
This fuel cell separator manufacturing method comprises: irradiating, with infrared lasers, the surface of a molded body formed by molding a composition containing a graphite powder and an epoxy resin component containing a main agent, a curing agent, and a curing accelerator to remove the resin on the surface of the molded body; and further performing hydrophilic treatment. The infrared lasers have: a beam quality (M2) of 2.8 or less; a spot diameter of 150-300 μm; and a pulse energy per unit area of 8-50 mJ/mm2. The fuel cell separator manufacturing method is for manufacturing a fuel cell separator having: small warpage after irradiation even when the thin fuel cell separator is irradiated with lasers; low contact resistance and excellent electrical conductivity when laminated; and good hydrophilicity.
Resumen de: WO2026067465A1
A catalytic layer slurry, comprising a platinum on carbon catalyst, a perfluorosulfonic acid resin, a hydrophobic modifier, an alcohol solvent, and deionized water, wherein the hydrophobic modifier is carbon powder having a hydrophobic coating.
Resumen de: WO2026065774A1
A microporous catalytic layer of a fuel cell for a space power supply and a preparation method therefor. A cathode catalyst slurry comprises a Pt/metal oxide catalyst, a perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer, ultrapure water, and isopropyl alcohol; and an anode catalyst slurry comprises an IrO2-Pt/metal oxide catalyst, a perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer, ultrapure water, and isopropyl alcohol. The particle sizes of the Pt/metal oxide catalyst and the IrO2-Pt/metal oxide catalyst in the catalytic layer are in a gradient distribution; and the mass ratio of the perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer to a metal oxide carrier in both the anode catalyst slurry and the cathode catalyst slurry in the catalytic layer is in a gradient distribution, wherein the mass ratio of the perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer to ultrapure water and isopropyl alcohol is unchanged. The microporous catalytic layer of a fuel cell for a space power supply has high catalytic activity and strong durability, and can allow water generated in the catalytic layer to be directionally discharged, thereby enhancing the water management capability of a membrane electrode assembly under a space microgravity condition.
Resumen de: WO2026066208A1
The present application relates to the field of catalytic materials for atmospheric pollutant control and discloses a pulse current-enhanced MOF-based catalyst, a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. In the present application, the method comprises: dissolving a copper salt and polyvinylpyrrolidone in a mixed solution of DMF and ethanol, and then adding formic acid; dissolving Cu-TCPP in the mixed solution of DMF and ethanol; then mixing the solutions obtained in the steps above until the solutions are uniformly dispersed, and heating and drying the mixture to obtain PML-Cu; weighing PML-Cu and calcining same in an inert gas to obtain PML-CuNPs; and using a pulse current to treat the PML-CuNPs to obtain Pulse-PML-CuNPs. In the present method, an active center is generated in situ in a two-dimensional MOF-based material Cu-TCPP by means of a node metal in-situ reduction method, and a synthesized two-dimensional MOF-based electrocatalyst PML-CuNPs has a single atomic layer structure and can maximize mass transfer rate. By means of the pulse current method, the present application further changes the surface state of the active center, and changes the surface roughness and valence state of Cu nanoparticles, thereby enhancing the reaction efficiency of electroreduction of CO2 into a multi-carbon product.
Resumen de: AU2024234878A1
The invention relates to a fuel cell system consisting of at least - a fuel cell (12), - a coolant circuit (16) having a coolant pump (18) and a heat exchanger (20), - a water separator (34), and - a fan (22), which generates a gaseous medium flow, in particular an air flow, in the direction of the heat exchanger (20), wherein by means of a cooling device, which has a conveying device (46), the water separated in the water separator (34) reaches a discharge device (50) which, by means of spray nozzles (52), sprays the water into the environment, characterised in that by means of the spray nozzles (52), the discharge device (50) sprays the water in a direction opposite the direction of the medium flow generated by the fan (22).
Resumen de: US20260091358A1
A hollow fiber membrane module including a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, a case, in an accommodation interior of which the plurality of hollow fiber membranes are accommodated, the accommodation interior being open at both ends, and a pair of sealing and fixing portions that seal gaps among the plurality of hollow fiber membranes in a state where each of hollow interiors of the plurality of hollow fiber membranes is open on each of one end side and the other end side of the case, wherein the hollow fiber membrane module further including a holding member provided in the case and configured to hold the plurality of hollow fiber membranes, and the plurality of hollow fiber membranes are fixed to the holding member by the pair of sealing and fixing portions.
Resumen de: US20260091352A1
A method of reducing the greenhouse gas impact of livestock farming includes feeding a fuel gas comprising one or more hydrocarbons to an anode of a solid oxide fuel cell stack, withdrawing air, that includes methane originating from livestock, from a livestock housing or enclosure and feeding the withdrawn air to a cathode of the solid oxide fuel cell stack. The oxygen in the air is allowed exothermically to react with the one or more hydrocarbons in the fuel gas to form at the anode a heated first exhaust stream comprising water and carbon dioxide and at the cathode a heated second exhaust stream comprising methane, thereby generating an electrical current from the solid oxide fuel cell stack through an external electrical circuit. At least the heated second exhaust stream is fed to a combustor and combusted, producing a heated tail gas stream.
Resumen de: US20260091708A1
A coordinated optimization method and system for a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, a device, and a medium. The method includes: determining a target output voltage and a target output current corresponding to a stack in a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle; determining a sub-stack efficiency score corresponding to one of sub-stacks, and determining a sub-stack stability score corresponding to the sub-stack; obtaining a comprehensive score of the sub-stack efficiency score and the sub-stack stability score, and determining a primary stack and a secondary stack from the sub-stacks according to a comprehensive score result; generating, according to the target output voltage and the target output current, a primary stack output parameter corresponding to the primary stack and a secondary stack output parameter corresponding to the secondary stack; and dynamically adjusting an operating state of the primary stack, and dynamically adjusting an operating state of the secondary stack.
Resumen de: AU2024337772A1
There is provided herein a static energy storage cell comprising: (i) a first electrode and a second electrode, (ii) an electrolyte system comprising: a a membrane comprising a cross-linked hydrophilic polymer hydrated in an aqueous solution, wherein the membrane is situated between the first electrode and the second electrode, b. a first electrolyte comprising a first species which can undergo a redox reaction at the first electrode, wherein the first electrolyte is situated between the membrane and the first electrode, c. a second electrolyte comprising a second species which can undergo a redox reaction at the second electrode, wherein the second electrolyte is situated between the membrane and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are carbon electrodes, wherein the first species is a metallic species, and wherein the second species is a halogen species. Method of manufacture of the static energy storage cell is also provided.
Resumen de: US20260094854A1
A fuel cell stack comprising a compression plate assembly comprising a second end plate having a first planar surface and an opposing second planar surface, wherein the first planar surface is adjacent a fuel cell stack and the second planar surface is adjacent a compression housing, wherein the compression housing comprises: a spring recess and a plurality of discrete grooves on its inner axial surface of the spring recess; a spring assembly in the spring recess; a load disc in the spring recess and in contact with the spring assembly; and a resilient retaining apparatus in the spring recess and in contact with the load disc; wherein the resilient retaining apparatus engages with one of the plurality of discrete grooves and the load disc and the spring assembly are physically separated from the inner axial surface of the spring recess.
Resumen de: US20260092385A1
The sensor device comprises: at least one optical fiber probe having a sensing region; a light source apparatus providing an input light to the optical fiber probe; a processing apparatus for processing an output light emitted by the optical fiber probe after receiving the input light from the light source apparatus; characterized by: a temperature sensor and/or a pressure sensor located in the vicinity of the sensing region to measure a temperature and/or pressure of the fluid in contact with the sensing region, the temperature sensor and/or pressure sensor being connected to the processing apparatus for processing simultaneously the output light and the measured fluid temperature and/or pressure.
Resumen de: US20260094846A1
An electrochemical cell is disclosed having a porous metal support, a gas transport layer on the porous metal support, and an electrode layer on the gas transport layer. The gas transport layer is electrically conductive and has an open pore structure comprising a pore volume fraction of 20% by volume or higher and wherein the electrode layer has a pore volume fraction lower than the pore volume fraction of the gas transport layer. Also disclosed is a stack of such electrochemical cells and a method of producing such an electrochemical cell.
Resumen de: AU2026201995A1
Systems and methods of the various embodiments may provide metal electrodes for electrochemical cells. In various embodiments, the electrodes may comprise iron. Various methods may enable achieving high surface area with low cost for production of metal electrodes, such as iron electrodes. ar a r
Resumen de: US20260092380A1
Provided herein are methods for operating carbon oxide (COx) reduction reactors (CRR) and related apparatus. In some embodiments, the methods involve shutting off, reducing, or otherwise controlling current during various operation stages including hydration, break-in, normal operation, planned shut-offs, and extended shutoff or storage periods.
Resumen de: US20260092542A1
An energy storage system (TES) converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 900° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. The delivered heat which may be used for processes including power generation and cogeneration. In one application, thermal energy storage systems are used to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions associated with processing materials or other industrial applications.
Nº publicación: US20260094848A1 02/04/2026
Solicitante:
NAWAH [FR]
LAIR LIQUIDE SA POUR LETUDE ET LEXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE [FR]
NAWAH,
L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE
Resumen de: US20260094848A1
A method of preparing an array of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes for use in catalytic electrodes for fuel cell or electrolytic cell, comprising: providing an array of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes obtained by a gas phase growth process in which the precursor of a carbon nanotube growth catalyst is added continuously to the feed gas; and depositing a plurality of platinum nanodots onto the outer surface of said vertically aligned carbon nanotubes by using a gas phase deposition process such as ALD. The ALD process advantageously uses a platinum source gas which is Pt(PF3)4. The nanodots can be protected by nanocaging.