Electrochemical modulation of the flammability of ionic liquid fuels
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsMichael R. Zachariah, Prithwish Biswas, Yujie Wang
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Abstract
A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for controlling flammability of a fuel. The method includes applying a voltage across a nonvolatile ionic liquid to convert the nonvolatile ionic liquid into a flammable liquid; and removing the applied voltage across the nonvolatile ionic liquid to revert the flammable liquid back to the nonvolatile ionic liquid.
Claims20
A method for controlling flammability of a fuel, the method comprising:
- applying a voltage across a nonvolatile ionic liquid to convert the nonvolatile ionic liquid into a flammable liquid;
- and
- removing the applied voltage across the nonvolatile ionic liquid to revert the flammable liquid back to the nonvolatile ionic liquid.
A system for controlling flammability of a fuel, the system comprising:
- a nonvolatile ionic liquid;
- a power supply configured to supply a voltage across the nonvolatile ionic liquid;
- and
- a processor configured to control the voltage across the nonvolatile ionic liquid to convert the nonvolatile ionic liquid into a flammable liquid by applying the voltage across the nonvolatile liquid and to revert the flammable liquid back to the nonvolatile ionic liquid by removing the applied voltage across the nonvolatile ionic liquid.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium (CRM) storing computer program code executed by a computer processor that performs a process for controlling flammability of a fuel, the processing comprising:
- applying a voltage across a nonvolatile ionic liquid to convert the nonvolatile ionic liquid into a flammable liquid;
- and
- removing the voltage across the nonvolatile ionic liquid to revert the flammable liquid back to the nonvolatile ionic liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.