Ohio University

Jason Patrick Trembly

David James Bayless

Matthew Ellis Cooper

David Drown Ogden

A method of, and apparatus and system for, decontaminating a liquid containing dissolved solids including subjecting liquid containing dissolved solids to Joule heating under conditions effective to cause said dissolved solids to precipitate out of solution.

Decontamination of fluids via joule-heating

An apparatus for converting carbon dioxide and natural gas liquids into other chemicals and/or fuels, comprising at least one electrochemical cell, wherein the electrochemical cell reduces the endothermic load associated with electrochemical COreduction, and a method for converting carbon dioxide and natural gas liquids into carbon monoxide and other chemicals and/or fuels, comprising converting COinto CO and converting CHinto CHat a temperature in the range of 650° C.-750° C.

Modular electrocatalytic processing for simultaneous conversion of carbon dioxide and wet shale gas

Flow and product waste water from fracturing can be cleaned and reused utilizing a precipitation methodology incorporating, in part, a super critical reactor. Initially, the waste water is treated to remove solids, destroy bacteria, and precipitate out certain salts, such as barium, strontium, calcium, magnesium and iron. The waste water then can be passed through a radioactive material adsorption unitto remove radium, as well as other radioactive materials, and then introduced into the super critical reactor. The super critical reactor is designed to bring the waste water to super critical conditions at a central portion of the reactor. This causes any dissolve solids, in particular sodium chloride and the like, to precipitate out of solution in the centerof the reactorthereby avoiding scale formation on the walls of the reactor. A catalyst can be utilized to promote the breakdown of carbon bonds and promote the water/gas shift reaction. The effluent from the super critical reactor is then cooled and any formed gases separated from the remaining liquid. The remaining liquid can then be introduced back into the environment and the gases can be used to heat the super critical reactor.

Technique for removal of organics and dissolved solids from aqueous medias via supercritical treatment

Conveying gas containing sulfur through a sulfur tolerant planar solid oxide fuel cell (PSOFC) stack for sulfur scrubbing, followed by conveying the gas through a non-sulfur tolerant PSOFC stack. The sulfur tolerant PSOFC stack utilizes anode materials, such as LSV, that selectively convert HS present in the fuel stream to other non-poisoning sulfur compounds. The remaining balance of gases remaining in the completely or near HS-free exhaust fuel stream is then used as the fuel for the conventional PSOFC stack that is downstream of the sulfur-tolerant PSOFC. A broad range of fuels such as gasified coal, natural gas and reformed hydrocarbons are used to produce electricity.

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Athens, OH, United States of America

Jason Patrick Trembly