Susan A Townsend

US Patent:

20040062142, Apr 1, 2004

Filed:

Sep 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/261247

Inventors:

Chang Wei - Niskayuna NY, US
John Lemmon - Schoharic NY, US
Susan Townsend - Niskayuna NY, US

International Classification:

B01F015/02

US Classification:

366/177100, 366/184000

Abstract:

A system and associated methods for the fabrication and evaluation of an array of electrode or electrolyte materials for use in a solid oxide fuel cell, the system including a material handling device operable for individually containing a plurality of materials, a mixing device operable for mixing the plurality of materials to form a plurality of combinations of the plurality of materials, and a material delivery device operable for delivering a predetermined one of the plurality of combinations of the plurality of materials to each of a plurality of regions of a substrate, wherein the plurality of regions of the substrate form an array. The system also including a temperature control device operable for heating the array, thereby sintering the array. The system further including one or more sampling mechanisms operable for gathering performance data from each of the plurality of regions of the substrate and a testing device operably coupled to the one or more sampling mechanisms, wherein the testing device is operable for receiving the performance data associated with each of the plurality of regions of the substrate and evaluating the relative performance of each of the plurality of regions of the substrate.

US Patent:

20050148466, Jul 7, 2005

Filed:

Dec 29, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/747838

Inventors:

John Lemmon - Schoharie NY, US
William Minnear - Clifton Park NY, US
Luke Brewer - Albuquerque NM, US
Susan Townsend - Niskayuna NY, US

International Classification:

B01J023/24
B01J020/02
B01J020/10

US Classification:

502416000, 502305000, 502407000, 502526000

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is a hydrogen storage composition comprising a catalyst composition disposed upon a storage composition; wherein the catalyst composition comprises an alloy of calcium, barium, platinum, palladium, nickel, titanium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, silicon, germanium, rhodium, rhodium, ruthenium, molybdenum, niobium, zirconium, yttrium, barium, lanthanum, hafnium, tungsten, rhenium, osmium, iridium, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing metals.

US Patent:

20070014683, Jan 18, 2007

Filed:

Sep 15, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/522251

Inventors:

Ji-Cheng Zhao - Latham NY, US
John Lemmon - Schoharie NY, US
Susan Townsend - Niskayuna NY, US
William Minnear - Clifton Park NY, US
Luke Brewer - Albuquerque NM, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

C01B 31/30
C22C 23/02
C22C 21/06
C22C 24/00

US Classification:

420400000, 423439000, 423289000, 420407000, 420542000, 420900000

Abstract:

A composition that includes a storage material is provided. The storage material includes at least one of AlLi, AlLi, AlLi, AlMg, AlMg, AlB, AlC, AlTiC, AlTiC, AlZrC, AlZrC, AlZrC, AlZrC, AlB, AlB, AlSi, BCa, BK, BLi, BLi, BLi, BLi, BLi, BLi, BLi, BLi, CaSi, CaSi, CaSi, GeK, GeK, GeK, GeLi, GeLi, MgGe, GeNa, GeNa, GeNa, KSi, KC, KSi, KC, LiC, LiC, LiC, LiSi, LiSi, LiSi, LiSi, MgB, MgB, MgB, MgC, MgC, MgSi, NaB, NaB, NaB, NaC, NaC, NaSi, NaSi, or NaSi. An article including the storage material, and a system including the article are also provided.