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| 20090056604 | Apparatus and Method of Electric Arc Incineration - A method and apparatus for incinerating a medical waste material. The method includes introducing a volume of the medical waste material into a plasma zone of a non-thermal plasma generator. The method also includes introducing a volume of oxidizer into the plasma zone of the non-thermal plasma generator. The method also includes generating an electrical discharge between electrodes within the plasma zone of the non-thermal plasma generator to incinerate the medical waste material. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090090637 | Reliable, Fault-Tolerant, Electrolyzer Cell Stack Architecture - A method for increasing the reliability of an electrolyzer cell stack includes providing multiple electrolyzer cell stacks. Each electrolyzer cell stack includes multiple cells separated by electrically conductive interconnects. The method may further include generating, using an external power source, an electrical current through each of the electrolyzer cell stacks to produce a fuel. The method may further include electrically connecting an interconnect of a first electrolyzer cell stack to an interconnect of a second electrolyzer cell stack located at a substantially equivalent electrical potential. This allows current to flow from one electrolyzer cell stack to another in the event a cell fails or creates a point of high resistance. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090181274 | Electrodes for Lanthanum Gallate Electrolyte-Based Electrochemical Systems - An electrochemical cell is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including an oxygen electrode and a solid oxide electrolyte coupled to the oxygen electrode to transport oxygen ions. A hydrogen electrode is coupled to the solid oxide electrolyte and contains nickel combined with a material tending to reduce the reactivity of the nickel with the solid oxide electrolyte. In selected embodiments, the solid oxide electrolyte is lanthanum gallate. Similarly, the material combined with the nickel may be an oxide such as magnesium oxide. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20100003556 | PLASMA-CATALYZED FUEL REFORMER - A reformer is disclosed that includes a plasma zone to receive a pre-heated mixture of reactants and ionize the reactants by applying an electrical potential thereto. A first thermally conductive surface surrounds the plasma zone and is configured to transfer heat from an external heat source into the plasma zone. The reformer further includes a reaction zone to chemically transform the ionized reactants into synthesis gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide. A second thermally conductive surface surrounds the reaction zone and is configured to transfer heat from the external heat source into the reaction zone. The first thermally conductive surface and second thermally conductive surface are both directly exposed to the external heat source. A corresponding method and system are also disclosed and claimed herein. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100279194 | Sulfur Tolerant Anode For Solid Oxide Fuel Cell - A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) for use in generating electricity while tolerating sulfur content in a fuel input stream. The solid oxide fuel cell includes an electrolyte, a cathode, and a sulfur tolerant anode. The cathode is disposed on a first side of the electrolyte. The sulfur tolerant anode is disposed on a second side of the electrolyte opposite the cathode. The sulfur tolerant anode includes a composition of nickel, copper, and ceria to exhibit a substantially stable operating voltage at a constant current density in the presence of the sulfur content within the fuel input stream. The solid oxide fuel cell is useful within a SOFC stack to generate electricity from reformate which includes synthesis gas (syngas) and sulfur content. The solid oxide fuel cell is also useful within a SOFC stack to generate electricity from unreformed hydrocarbon fuel. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110062017 | EFFICIENT REVERSIBLE ELECTRODES FOR SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYZER CELLS - An electrolyzer cell is disclosed which includes a cathode to reduce an oxygen-containing molecule, such as H2O, CO | 03-17-2011 |
| 20120043219 | ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SYNTHESIS GAS USING ATMOSPHERIC AIR AND WATER - A process is provided for synthesizing synthesis gas from carbon dioxide obtained from atmospheric air or other available carbon dioxide source and water using a sodium-conducting electrochemical cell. Synthesis gas is also produced by the coelectrolysis of carbon dioxide and steam in a solid oxide fuel cell or solid oxide electrolytic cell. The synthesis gas produced may then be further processed and eventually converted into a liquid fuel suitable for transportation or other applications. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120118862 | Apparatus and Method of Oxidation Utilizing a Gliding Electric Arc - A method and apparatus for oxidizing a combustible material. The method includes introducing a volume of the combustible material into a plasma zone of a gliding electric arc oxidation system. The method also includes introducing a volume of oxidizer into the plasma zone of the gliding electric arc oxidation system. The volume of oxidizer includes a stoichiometrically excessive amount of oxygen. The method also includes generating an electrical discharge between electrodes within the plasma zone of the gliding electric arc oxidation system to oxidize the combustible material. | 05-17-2012 |
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| 20080209270 | Automation Of Testing In Remote Sessions - Systems and methods are described for implementing automation of testing in remote sessions. In an implementation, a test agent is deployed at a remote server to automate testing of various components in a remote session between the remote server and a remote client. The test agent enables automation, synchronization and monitoring of test commands between the remote client and the remote server. The test agent communicates with test applications deployed at the remote client to test the components in the remote session. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080244062 | Scenario based performance testing - A framework for simulating user scenarios is provided in which actions defined by a script are automated and sent to a remote application in a terminal services environment. The scenarios may be created, modified, reused, or extended to a particular use case (i.e., a description of events used to achieve a product design goal) by reflecting different types of users, a combination of applications employed by such users, and characteristics associated with actions of the users. An automation engine is provided that interacts with one or more productivity applications through an object model. A scripting engine parses actions described by script (e.g., an XML (extensible Markup Language) script) and maps them to instructions sent to a corresponding component in the automation engine to be implemented through an interface with the application. The script establishes a profile schema that expresses the scenario. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244081 | Automated testing of audio and multimedia over remote desktop protocol - A framework for automated testing of audio and/or multimedia rendering capabilities in a terminal services environment is provided in which a terminal server is arranged with a media player that is controllable by a client to playback one or more of a variety of pieces of media content over a terminal service protocol. At the client, a recorder makes a recording of the remotely played audio/multimedia content which is compared using a fuzzy verifier against the original content. The fuzzy verifier is arranged to take into account variations in the fidelity of the recorded content that may occur as a result of the network type (e.g., broadband vs. dial-up), network conditions, and data compression when making an assessment to thereby increase the accuracy and reliability of the audio and multimedia testing and eliminate the need for subjective analysis. | 10-02-2008 |
