JAMES C MANKIN
Engineers in Port Matilda, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE051980E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Port Matilda, PA 16870
Professional information
Oxygen Storage And Retrieval System
US Patent:
5376352, Dec 27, 1994
Filed:
Oct 5, 1993
Appl. No.:
8/132021
Inventors:
Jonathan A. Peters - State College PA
Martin Klanchar - State College PA
Thomas G. Hughes - State College PA
James C. Mankin - Port Matilda PA
Martin Klanchar - State College PA
Thomas G. Hughes - State College PA
James C. Mankin - Port Matilda PA
Assignee:
The Penn State Research Foundation - University Park PA
International Classification:
C01B 1302, A62B 2100
US Classification:
423579
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving oxygen are provided on a steady flow basis. The temperature of a storage vessel containing lithium perchlorate (LiClO. sub. 4) in the solid state is raised until a molten bath of the LiClO. sub. 4 is formed. The molten bath of LiClO. sub. 4 is maintained at a setpoint temperature which is less than the temperature at which substantial decomposition of the LiClO. sub. 4 occurs. The molten LiClO. sub. 4 is then caused to flow from the storage vessel to a reaction vessel whose temperature is raised sufficiently to assure essentially instantaneous and complete decomposition of the LiClO. sub. 4. Specifically, within the reaction vessel, a spray of the molten LiClO. sub. 4 is directed toward an internal target surface, upon the impingement with which decomposition of the molten LiClO. sub. 4 into LiCl and O. sub. 2 occurs.