发明申请
- 专利标题: WOOD-BASED SOLAR THERMAL DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATION AND USE THEREOF
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申请号: US17029414申请日: 2020-09-23
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公开(公告)号: US20210088252A1公开(公告)日: 2021-03-25
- 发明人: Liangbing Hu , Mingwei Zhu , Yiju Li , Chaoji Chen , Tian Li , He Liu , Amy Gong , Yudi Kuang
- 申请人: University of Maryland, College Park
- 申请人地址: US MD College Park
- 专利权人: University of Maryland, College Park
- 当前专利权人: University of Maryland, College Park
- 当前专利权人地址: US MD College Park
- 主分类号: F24S10/80
- IPC分类号: F24S10/80 ; C02F1/14 ; C02F1/04 ; B01D1/00 ; B05D7/06 ; F04B19/00 ; F24S10/95 ; F24S10/90 ; B01D5/00 ; F24S70/10 ; F04B17/00 ; F04B19/16 ; B01D17/04
摘要:
Solar thermal devices are formed from a block of wood, where the natural cell lumens of the wood form an interconnected network that transports fluid or material therein. The block of wood can be modified to increase absorption of solar radiation. Combining the solar absorption effects with the natural transport network can be used for various applications. In some embodiments, heating of the modified block of wood by insolation can be used to evaporate a fluid, for example, evaporating water for extraction, distillation, or desalination. In other embodiments, heating of the modified block of wood by insolation can be used to change transport properties of a material to allow it to be transported in the interconnected network, for example, heating crude oil to adsorb the oil within the block of wood.