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Class 204/248 - Internal battery

Subclass of Class 204 - Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Definition: Electrolytic cells in which the current supply is provided
No. of patents: 75
Last issue date: 03/04/2014

NumberTitleIssue Date
8663435Optical semiconductor and method for producing the same, optical semiconductor device, photocatalyst, hydrogen producing device, and energy system
The method for producing the optical semiconductor of the present disclosure includes a mixing step of producing a mixture containing a reduction inhibitor and a niobium compound that contains at least oxygen in its composition; a nitriding step of nitriding the mix...
8540855Water battery device
The water battery device has a sterilizing unit composed of a non-noble metal body and a noble metal body that are overlapped coaxially via an interval keeping member. The sterilizing unit is disposed in a passing water or flowing water or immersed in a stored water...
8454807Photoelectrochemical cell
A photoelectrochemical cell (1) is a photoelectrochemical cell for decomposing water by irradiation with light so as to produce hydrogen. This photoelectrochemical cell (1) includes: a conductive substrate; a first electrode (optical semiconductor elec...
8388818Photoelectrochemical generation of hydrogen
Lightweight photoelectrochemical system for real-time hydrogen production from water and sunlight, using lightweight multi-junction photo electrodes made from the highly reliable and efficient copper indium selenide thin films, preferably made by low-cost electrodep...
8236146Photoelectrochemical cell and energy system using the same
A photoelectrochemical cell (100) includes: a semiconductor electrode (120) including a conductor (121) and an n-type semiconductor layer (122); a counter electrode (130) connected electrically to the conductor (121); an ele...
8216436Hetero-nanostructures for solar energy conversions and methods of fabricating same
The embodiments disclosed herein relate to hetero-nanostructures for efficient solar energy conversions, and more particularly to the fabrication of titanium dioxide hetero-nanostructures and methods of using same for water splitting. In an embodiment, a hetero-nano...
7867367Fluid treatment apparatus
A fluid treatment apparatus capable of maximizing contact area between a fluid and electrodes in the apparatus to improve corrosion resistance or combustion efficiency includes a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port for the water at both ends of the housi...
7820022Photoelectrochemical cell and method of manufacture
A photoelectrochemical cell may include a cell housing defining an interior volume with a window affixed to the cell housing for allowing the passage of light into the interior volume of the cell. A polymeric film may be affixed within the interior volume defining a...
7815779Water treatment device
The invention relates to a water treatment device comprising a metallic sleeve inside which at least one metallic sacrificial anode is disposed, said sacrificial anode being connected to the sleeve in an electrically conducting manner. At least one metallic swirling...
7459065Hydrogen generator photovoltaic electrolysis reactor system
An apparatus for creating hydrogen from the disassociation of water using sunlight (photoelectrolysis) is provided. The system utilizes an aqueous fluid filled container which functions both to hold the water to be disassociated and as a light collecting lens. A pho...
7393440Hydrogen generation system
The present invention provides a system for generating hydrogen gas in an aqueous solution based electrolytic or galvanic cell wherein the cathode is made from aluminum or an aluminum alloy. In a preferred arrangement the cell is a galvanic cell and cathode is made ...
7238278Apparatus for purifying water
The invention relates to a method for purifying water by forming in an electrolytic cell molecular halogen, hypohalic acid, hypohalite ions or combinations thereof, from halide ions dissolved in the water; and dissolving one or more soluble metal salts in the water ...
7157840Illuminating devices employing titanium dioxide photocatalysts
An illuminating device is made from a transparent hollow envelope that encloses a filler gas. The envelope has inner and outer surfaces. The illuminating device has a coating of a fluorescent material deposited on the inner surface of the transparent envelope where ...
7052600Apparatus for treating water
The inventive method and apparatus for treating water and water systems. The apparatus and method also assures the retention of calcium in drinking water provided to an animal by suppling water to a water feed line which is connected to a drinking device, oxidizing ...
6989095Fluid conditioner for reducing scale, corrosion and paraffin buildup in hydrocarbon piping
A device utilizing a catalytic alloy, preferably the Walker Alloy, to reduced scale and paraffin buildup in surface hydrocarbon piping is disclosed. The device is presented in a basket filter configuration for ready servicing. A series of alternate embodiments for t...
6939611Window glass employing titanium dioxide photocatalyst
A titanium dioxide film (2) having at least photocatalytic activity, whose light linear transmittance corresponding to light having a wavelength of 550 nm is not less than 50% and whose thickness is 0.1 to 5 μm or so, is formed on a transparent substrate (
6937686Iron control in BWR's with sacrificial electrodes
Method for controlling the level of iron in feedwater of a BWR wherein an iron-containing sacrificial electrode in placed contact with the feed water dissolution of the electrode is induced at a rate which provides a desired level of iron in the feedwater. ...
6929734Apparatus and method for feeding wire in treatment liquid
The apparatus is provided with a wire guiding means disposed in a liquid bath for turning the direction of a wire to feed the wire into and out of the bath contained by the liquid. The wire guiding means includes a tubular conduit having a first open end disposed in...
6926811Arc-coating process with rotating cathodes
A method is provided for coating objects in a vacuum chamber in which a physical vapor deposition (PVD) can be carried out. The chamber has at least one anode means, at least one cathode and at least one magnetic field source. An arc can be ignited between the at le...
6837985External counter electrode
A system and process for cleaning a hollow interior or a passageway of a metal member including an external container having counter electrode material with a higher potential than the metal member with the counter electrode material being dc coupled to the metal me...
6689270Water treatment apparatus reducing hard water deposits in a conduit
Water having dissolved salts therein causing scaling is treated by flowing through a passage in an elongate tubular member. The tubular member has a first metal inside surface exposed to the water. A second metal surface is positioned therein and the two ...
6672382Downhole electrical power system
A downhole electrical power system provides long term electrical power in a downhole environment. In a described embodiment, a downhole electrical power system includes a power source which supplies electrical power to a well tool interconnected in a tubu...
6645365Chemical milling
A system and process for chemical milling or stripping a surface portion and/or surface deposit from metal products, such as chemically milling a metal to remove surface defects and/or stripping non-metallic deposits from a metal surface. The metal produc...
6605212Removal of pollution from aqueous bodies
A method and device for removing pollution from polluted water, consisting of a rod on which are mounted an array of spaced magnesium plates and an array of spaced copper plates. The copper plates are in contact with the magnesium plates. Polluted water p...
6332979Cooling tower water cleaning system
A cooling tower water purification system uses an electrical cleaning method by passing water over or through an anode and a cathode. The pH of the water is monitored and adjusted using injected CO2 gas. The water can also be mechanically filte...
6294072Removal of metal oxide scale from metal products
A system and process is provided for stripping metal oxide scale from metal products, such as stripping iron oxide scale from steel sheet and steel mill products. Steel having iron oxide scale compiling a layer of one or more iron oxide phases is associat...
6287450Apparatus and method for purifying water with an immersed galvanic cell
A water purification system and method suitable for use in swimming pools, spas, hot tubs, water storage tanks, wells and water cooling towers employs a galvanic cell having a silver or copper or zinc anode electrically connected to a cathode made from a ...
6267883Water conditioner for eliminating scale
A water and fuel conditioning device includes a core or casting made of 40-66% copper, 2-30% zinc, 10-25% nickel, 2-5% tin, 0-1.5% iron and 0-2% lead, all percentages being by weight. Water flowing in contact with this core exhibits greater electrical cha...
6264837Removal of pollution from aqueous bodies
6126820Apparatus for purifying liquids
A liquid purification system comprises a flow cell housing electrodes capable of introducing ions into a liquid passing through the flow cell when a current supplied by a controller is applied across the electrodes. The controller is capable of supplying ...
6113779Electrical water purification apparatus
An apparatus for water treatment, and in particular for electrical water purification in combination with a filtering apparatus for providing purified water for drinking and other application common in the home, farm or business. Metal, hydrogen and oxyge...
6017461Water purification systems
An ion supply unit for a water system which is to have its contents purified includes a tank fed from a main water supply and an electrolytic ion generator including silver alloy electrodes. A pump circulates water from the tank through the ion generator ...
5935412Method and apparatus for eliminating odors in sewage systems
A scrubber and method for precipitating a sulfide in water which contains hydrogen sulfide or a mercaptan. The scrubber includes a sacrificial first metal anode and a second metal cathode which are in physical and electrical contact and suspended into the...
5876575Method and apparatus for treatment of water
There is disclosed a method, and the apparatus useful in the method, for the treatment of water in which the treatment unit is formed of a vessel having a treatment chamber with interior surfaces formed entirely of a nonferrous metal, preferably of copper...
5728288Apparatus and method for producing air containing minus alkali ion
Production of air containing minus alkali ion. As shown in FIG. 2, there is shown an electric stone fine powder 20 having the grain size of 0.3 to 3 microns on the average, an electric stone carrier having the electric stone fine powder 20 uniformly mixed...
5658450Method of and device for industrial waste water treatment
Waste water is purified by passing through a vessel in which small particles of insoluble cathodes interact with anodes to form galvanic couples. During this process, chemical reduction of ions of heavy metals in the water occurs by ions and hydroxides fo...
5543040Apparatus for purification of water-based fluids in closed-loop flow systems
The present industrial purification system consists of an electronic power supply and control unit, an ionization delivery unit, having at least one unique Copper/Silver electrode rods. It's objective as applied to water-based fluids in a closed-loop flow...
5480522Self-energizing fluid treatment apparatus employing external electrodes
In a method and apparatus for treating fluid flowing through piping so as to prevent the deposition of a calcium and magnesium scale on the piping, for example, positive and negative electrodes of electrically conductive materials having different electro...
5478458Water purifier
A water purifier capable of accomplishing water purification in a water area in which water purification is desired by merely dipping it in water without any additional operation. The water purifier includes a hollow cylindrical cell chamber member, a sea...
5454917Apparatus and process for recovering metal from an aqueous solution
The invention is an apparatus and process for recovering metal from a solution. This apparatus is a structure having an anode formed from a plurality of reducing metal elements and a cathode formed from a high surface area electrically conductive material...
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