Battelle Memorial Institute

Daniel T Howe

Greg A Whyatt

Michael Roy Powell

Jamelyn D Holladay

Charles J Freeman

Matthew S Fountain

Oliver Y Gutiérrez Tinoco

Yang Qiu

Ismael A Rodriguez Perez

Juan A Lopez-Ruiz

Jonathan D Egbert

An anode, a flow cell including the anode, and a method for electrocatalytic treatment of bio-oil and/or wastewater are disclosed. The anode comprises RuOparticles on a titanium support. The method includes flowing a process stream through the flow cell in the absence of added hydrogen, at a temperature of 0° C. to 50° C. and atmospheric pressure, and applying a potential across the flow cell such that the anode is positive with respect to the cathode, thereby electrocatalytically oxidizing compounds in the process stream to produce a treated process stream at the anode and generating hydrogen gas as a byproduct at the cathode.

Electrocatalytic bio-oil and wastewater treatment

The efficiency and effectiveness of apparatuses for vaporizing and combusting liquid fuel can be improved using thermal conductors. For example, an apparatus having a liquid fuel vaporizer and a combustion chamber can be characterized by a thermal conductor that conducts heat from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The thermal conductor can be a movable member positioned at an insertion depth within the combustion chamber that corresponds to a rate of heat conduction from the combustion chamber to the vaporizer. The rate of heat conduction can, therefore, be adjusted by positioning the movable member at a different insertion depth.

Liquid fuel vaporizer and combustion chamber having an adjustable thermal conductor

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Pasco, WA, United States of America

Daniel T Howe