Past work in this laboratory has shown that nuclear particles generated during electrolysis can be registered by CR39 plastic detectors held within the electrolyte solution, suspended in the vapor above the solution, or placed just below the metal cathode that serves as the bottom of the electrolyte compartment of the electrolysis cell. However, not every electrolysis experiment produced nuclea...

Three electrolysis cells with built-in ultrasonic transmitters were developed by Energetics Technologies. The ultrasonic transmitters induce cavitation in the electrolyte in the vicinity of the palladium cathode for in-situ cleaning and activation of the cathode surface, generation of dislocations, assistance in loading and excitation of the Pd-D system. The ultrasonically assisted electrolysis...

This paper presents a neural network model based on the cell resistance signal. In the model, the anode current spectral energy is set as the input vector; the normal production, anode anomaly and metal wave are set as the output sample. By using genetic algorithm to optimize the initial weights and thresholds of the network, the model realized the diagnosis of the anode anomaly and metal wave ...

BACKGROUND This work studied the treatment of and metal recovery from a synthetic acid mine drainage (AMD) containing 500 mg L−1 copper (Cu2+) iron (Fe+3), 50 nickel (Ni2+) tin (Sn2+) by using bioelectrochemical system (BES). The presence electroactive bacteria improved performance such reactor configuration, contrast with systems abiotic anodes. RESULTS Operating as microbial fuel cell (MFC), ...

Electrochemical boriding of the graphite plates in potassium cryolite based electrolytes was studied. The were carried out a cell with vertical electrodes. procedure included 2 stages: 1) electrolysis KF–AlF3–KBF4 melt (CR=1.3) at low current density (0.01–0.02 A/cm2), required for boron reduction, 700 and 750 °C; 2) KF–AlF3–Al2O3 higher (0.2 aluminum reduction. optimal conditions electrodeposi...

Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) can be used as a downstream process to dark fermentation to further capture electron in volatile fatty acids that remain after fermentation, improving this way the viability of the overall process. Acetic and propionic acid are common products of dark fermentation. The main objective of this work was to investigate the effect of different initial concentratio...

We are investigating two processes as potential sources of hydrogen for the “hydrogen economy”. One of these hydrogen production processes is water electrolysis at high temperatures using heat from a nuclear reactor, known as high temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE). The feasibility of this process is currently being demonstrated at Idaho National Laboratory using solid oxide fuel cell design...