{"title":"The electrochemical reduction of N/sub 2/ gas and its application to energy systems","authors":"Y. Ito, T. Goto","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.660266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.660266","url":null,"abstract":"We have found that N/sub 2/ gas is subject to a cathodic reduction to form N/sup 3-/ ion in a molten chloride system. This new finding is encouraging us to consider the possibility of several energy conversion related electrochemical processes, i.e., thermally regenerative fuel cell with Li-N/sub 2/ couple, ammonia synthesis from N/sub 2/ and H/sub 2/O, and electrochemical implantation of N atom into metal surface to form energy material. In order to provide available data for considering these possibilities, cathodic reduction of N/sub 2/ gas, anodic oxidation of N/sup 3-/ ion and electrochemical surface nitriding reaction in molten chloride were investigated in detail.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125052926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review and status of reported innovative energy conversion technologies, contrasted using a consistent R&D ranking scale","authors":"P. Bailey, T. Grotz, J. Hurtak","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.658222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.658222","url":null,"abstract":"A summary review and status is presented of the experiments, motors, generators, devices and demonstrations that have been reported in the past several years to produce near-unity or over-unity operation. The concepts of free-energy, zero-point energy and over-unity devices are not new, and many examples of such devices have been built within the last 100 years. Several devices are reviewed and ranked by a consistent research, development and commercialization ranking scale. Those devices nearest to commercialization are identified and summarized. Whether new forms of potential energy can be demonstrated and successfully utilized within the near future for the ultimate benefit of the human race remains to be seen.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"171 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121098037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parasitic heat loss reduction in AMTEC cells by heat shield optimization","authors":"C. Borkowski, R.C. Svedberg, T.J. Hendricks","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.661929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.661929","url":null,"abstract":"Alkali metal thermal to electric conversion (AMTEC) cell performance can be increased by the proper design of thermal radiative shielding internal to the AMTEC cell. These heat shields essentially lower the radiative heat transfer between the heat input zone of the cell and the heat rejection zone of the cell. In addition to lowering the radiative heat transfer between the heat input and heat rejection surfaces of the cell, the shields raise the AMTEC cell performance by increasing the temperature of the beta'' alumina solid electrolyte (BASE). This increase in temperature of the BASE tube allows the evaporator temperature to be increased without sodium condensing within the BASE tubes. Experimental testing and theoretical analysis have been performed to compare the relative merits of two candidate heat shield packages: 1) chevron, and 2) cylindrical heat shields. These two heat shield packages were compared to each other and a baseline cell which had no heat shields installed. For the two heat shield packages, the reduction in total heat transfer is between 17% to 27% for the heat input surface temperature varying from 700/spl deg/C, 750/spl deg/C, and 800/spl deg/C with the heat rejection surface temperature kept at 300/spl deg/C.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"427 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126716484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Nakaiwa, K. Huang, M. Owa, T. Akiya, T. Nakane, M. Sato, T. Takamatsu
{"title":"Characteristics of energy savings in an ideal heat-integrated distillation column (HIDiC)","authors":"H. Nakaiwa, K. Huang, M. Owa, T. Akiya, T. Nakane, M. Sato, T. Takamatsu","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.656658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.656658","url":null,"abstract":"Distillation columns are major energy consumers in the chemical and petrochemical industries. In order to reduce energy consumption, considerable studies have been carried out and many distillation columns have been proposed. A heat-integrated distillation column (HIDiC) is constructed in such a manner that its rectifying and stripping sections are separated, while connected through a compressor and a throttling valve. Separation is benefited by heat integration between the two sections. To provide the driving forces for heat transfers from the rectifying to the stripping sections, the former must be operated at a higher pressure than the latter. The HIDiC is expected to be more energy efficient than conventional columns, while at the expenses of some energy to raise up the pressure of the rectifying section. In this paper, it is shown by thermodynamical consideration that the HIDiC has high potential of energy loss reduction compared with conventional columns. The effects of pressure difference on energy saving are analyzed, and possibility of energy saving is found in some case studies.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"39 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113969021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Sievers, J.E. Pantolin, R.C. Svedberg, D. Butkiewicz, C. Borkowski, C. Huang, T.J. Hendricks, T. K. Hunt
{"title":"Series II AMTEC cell design and development","authors":"R. Sievers, J.E. Pantolin, R.C. Svedberg, D. Butkiewicz, C. Borkowski, C. Huang, T.J. Hendricks, T. K. Hunt","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.661928","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.661928","url":null,"abstract":"The Series II alkali metal thermoelectric converter (AMTEC) cell, developed in the last year, represents a significant engineering advance in AMTEC technology, and major step toward first market applications. This cell still retains the single artery that characterizes the Series I cell, but has multiple /spl beta/\"-alumina solid electrolyte (BASE) tubes connected in electrical series for higher voltage output and improved efficiency. A number of Series II cell design configurations have been tested. The test results have generally confirmed the performance predictions, but have also shown areas where continued development is needed. This paper provides an overview of the Series II cell technology and discusses the implications of results to date.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127108348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combustion and emissions","authors":"S. Pasini, U. Ghezzi, L. Ferri","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.661892","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.661892","url":null,"abstract":"The paper examines the relation to emissions of substances of environmental interest, deriving from combustion. Such substances, generally referred to as emissions (acid gases, nitrogen oxides, particulate, micropollutant of different origin, etc.), show specific effects upon the ecosystem and need therefore to be kept under control. As a consequence, standards, rules, and regulations have been introduced to limit, in certain ways, the admissible concentrations. This fact from one side has brought to development of control systems based upon gas cleaning after combustion, and from the other has introduced the need to modify the combustion process in order to minimize the production of pollutants. This latter aspect of the problem is specifically considered in this paper. After a general discussion about criteria employed to contain emissions, the influence upon the process of a specific parameter, namely turbulence, is analyzed. Emphasis is given to the fundamental role of this parameter in order to optimize the process; evidence is also given to how the introduction of more severe rules brings as a consequence the need to modify turbulence parameters in order to meet the required standard emissions. A model is introduced to allow to relate the turbulence parameters to the required emissions concentrations. Such a relation allows the designer of the combustion system to meet the required standards. Particular evidence is given to the fact that, when very low emission levels are imposed, high turbulence levels are required in order to optimize the process.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121982056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Hashimoto, H. Kudo, J. Adachi, M. Shinagawa, N. Yamaga, A. Igarashi
{"title":"Development of reforming technology for a portable generator","authors":"N. Hashimoto, H. Kudo, J. Adachi, M. Shinagawa, N. Yamaga, A. Igarashi","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.661879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.661879","url":null,"abstract":"Butane was investigated as a fuel for a portable generator using a polymer membrane fuel cell (PEFC). A steam reforming technology was applied and Ru was investigated as a catalyst for a reforming process and a selective oxidation process. It was found that Ru realized a high space velocity (SV) which enables reduction of a volume of the reformer. The reformer manufactured was connected with PEFC and operated using butane, indicating that a drop of the cell voltage was small enough. Concentration of CO in the reformate gas was less than 10 ppm.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129589011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hydrogen as an additive to methane for spark ignition engine applications","authors":"S. Bade Shrestha, G. Karim","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.661890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.661890","url":null,"abstract":"It is shown that the performance of a gas fuelled spark ignition engine can be enhanced considerably when relatively small amounts of hydrogen are present with methane. This improvement in performance which is especially pronounced at operational equivalence ratios that are much leaner than the stoichiometric value, can be attributed largely to the faster and cleaner burning characteristics of hydrogen in comparison to methane. Through analytical simulation of engine performance, the addition of hydrogen is considered through its production in-situ on board the engine by electrolysis of water with the necessary energy supplied from engine power. It is shown that when the work energy required for the production of hydrogen by electrolysis is taken into account, the range of viable operation of such an engine is very narrow. This would render the whole concept of in situ hydrogen production through water electrolysis uneconomical in conjunction with engine operation, even though the presence of additional oxygen produced with the hydrogen tends, in principle, to improve engine performance beyond that observed with hydrogen addition.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131666220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Takashima, T. Doi, Y. Ando, T. Tanaka, R. Miyahara, J. Kamoshida
{"title":"Experimental results of exothermic reaction with concentration gradient catalyst in a solar chemical heat pump","authors":"T. Takashima, T. Doi, Y. Ando, T. Tanaka, R. Miyahara, J. Kamoshida","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.656713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.656713","url":null,"abstract":"A solar chemical heat pump can upgrade low-temperature solar heat of about 80/spl deg/C to about 150-200/spl deg/C by using the reversible chemical reactions of 2-propanol/acetone/hydrogen, which are composed of endothermic and exothermic reactions. In the exothermic process of the above reaction, a temperature peak occurs near the inlet of the reaction zone in the case of uniform catalyst arrangement. Such a temperature distribution is not suitable for heat exchange. Therefore, the authors arranged the concentration of catalyst gradationally so as not to incur the temperature peak. In this paper, experimental results of exothermic reactions with a concentration gradient catalyst in a double tubular exothermic reactor are presented. These results show that the arrangement of concentration gradient catalyst has the possibility of temperature control in the catalytic reactor.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130921029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrical characterization testing of sealed nickel-zinc batteries","authors":"D. Coates, A. Charkey","doi":"10.1109/IECEC.1997.661881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IECEC.1997.661881","url":null,"abstract":"Sealed nickel-zinc batteries are being developed for commercial applications. The nickel-zinc system offers many advantages including a unique combination of high performance and low-cost. Electrical characterization testing currently underway includes electrical performance and charge efficiency as function of temperature and charge efficiency as a function of state-of-charge. Thermal testing includes basic calorimetry and thermal modeling and analysis at the cell and battery level. Life cycle testing includes discharge capacity and voltage performance as a function of cycling, charging characteristics as a function of cycling, the effect of overcharge on performance and cycle life, cell internal impedance as a function of cycling and cycle life as a function of depth-of-discharge (DOD). Cells currently yield more than 600 cycles at 80% DOD and 11,000 cycles at 10% DOD.","PeriodicalId":183668,"journal":{"name":"IECEC-97 Proceedings of the Thirty-Second Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (Cat. No.97CH6203)","volume":"74 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113940708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}