Power generation through artificial transpiration
    2.
    发明授权
    Power generation through artificial transpiration 有权
    通过人工蒸腾发电

    公开(公告)号:US08857182B1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-14

    申请号:US12783551

    申请日:2010-05-19

    IPC分类号: B60K16/00 F01K25/08

    CPC分类号: F01K25/08 F01K27/005

    摘要: A method and apparatus for transporting a fluid wherein a pressure difference for causing transport of the fluid to occur is generated by membrane, which may include a network of pores, preferably arranged in artificial leaves, in fluid communication with the fluid and in contact with an environment facilitating vaporization of the fluid via the membrane, the apparatus including a mechanical apparatus for recovering useable energy from the transport of the fluid across the membrane.

    摘要翻译: 用于输送流体的方法和装置,其中通过膜产生用于引起流体发生的压力差的方法和装置,膜可以包括优选布置在人造叶中的与流体流体连通并与其接触的孔网络 便于通过膜蒸发流体的环境,该装置包括用于从流体通过膜的输送回收可用能量的机械装置。

    Personal artificial transpiration cooling system
    3.
    发明授权
    Personal artificial transpiration cooling system 有权
    个人人工蒸腾冷却系统

    公开(公告)号:US08771330B1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-08

    申请号:US12783542

    申请日:2010-05-19

    IPC分类号: A61F7/00

    摘要: A personal artificial transpiration cooling system having a transpiration surface with a substrate, a transpiration membrane layer which is spaced from the substrate layer by one or more spacers to define one or more interior fluid flow channels between a first surface of the transpiration membrane layer and the substrate; and a stoma layer disposed adjacent a second surface of the permeable membrane layer, the stoma layer being spaced from the second surface of permeable membrane layer by a predetermined distance to define one or more cavities disposed between pores in the at least one stoma layer and the second surface of the permeable membrane layer. A fluid reservoir is provided in fluid communication with the one or more interior fluid flow channels, while the transpiration surface is configured to be worn by a human or an animal and the fluid reservoir is designed to be supported, in use, by the human or animal wearing the transpiration surface.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有蒸发表面的个人人造蒸腾冷却系统,其具有基底,蒸发膜层,其通过一个或多个间隔物与所述基底层间隔开以限定所述蒸发膜层的第一表面和所述蒸发膜层之间的一个或多个内部流体流动通道 基质; 以及邻近所述可渗透膜层的第二表面设置的造口层,所述造口层与所述可渗透膜层的所述第二表面隔开预定距离,以限定设置在所述至少一个造口层中的孔之间的一个或多个空腔, 渗透膜层的第二表面。 流体储存器设置成与一个或多个内部流体流动通道流体连通,而蒸腾表面被构造成由人或动物佩戴,并且流体储存器被设计为在使用中由人类或 动物穿着蒸腾表面。

    Micro-architected materials for heat exchanger applications
    5.
    发明授权
    Micro-architected materials for heat exchanger applications 有权
    用于热交换器应用的微结构材料

    公开(公告)号:US08573289B1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-05

    申请号:US12506014

    申请日:2009-07-20

    IPC分类号: F28D7/00

    摘要: A Heat Exchanger comprising a three-dimensional ordered microstructure material within a shell. The three-dimensional ordered microstructure material has dimensions that allow for large surface area to volume ratios, between 300 and 15000 m2/m3. Alternatively the three-dimensional ordered microstructure may have an open volume fraction between 0.4 and 0.6. The three-dimensional ordered microstructure may be comprised of hollow truss elements and partially filled with a thermally conductive material or a fluid. The Heat Exchanger has a heat transfer coefficient multiplied by the surface area to volume ratio between 3.7*107 and 7*109 Watts per M3K.

    摘要翻译: 一种热交换器,包括壳内的三维有序微结构材料。 三维有序微结构材料具有允许大的表面积与体积比在300至15000m 2 / m 3之间的尺寸。 或者,三维有序微结构可以具有介于0.4和0.6之间的开放体积分数。 三维有序微结构可以由中空桁架元件组成并且部分地填充有导热材料或流体。 换热器的传热系数乘以每M3K的表面积与体积比在3.7 * 107和7 * 109瓦特之间。

    Shape memory polymer-based tunable photonic device
    8.
    发明授权
    Shape memory polymer-based tunable photonic device 有权
    形状记忆聚合物基可调谐光子器件

    公开(公告)号:US09074090B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-07

    申请号:US13087444

    申请日:2011-04-15

    摘要: A photonic device is provided having a two or three-dimensionally periodic structure of interconnected members with alterable spacing between the members. The structure is composed of a shape memory polymer configured to be thermo-mechanically tunable to display a plurality of optical properties under a series of temperature changes and stress. A method of producing a photonic device based on a shape memory polymer is provided. A mold, having a two or three-dimensionally periodic structure of interconnected components with a characteristic spacing between the components, is infiltrated with a shape memory polymer precursor to form a composite structure. The composite structure is solidified. The mold is removed from the composite structure to form a photonic device as an inverse replica of the mold.

    摘要翻译: 提供光子器件,其具有互连构件的两维或三维周期性结构,并且在构件之间具有可变的间隔。 该结构由形状记忆聚合物构成,该形状记忆聚合物被配置为在一系列温度变化和应力下显示多个光学性质的热机械可调谐。 提供了一种基于形状记忆聚合物制造光子器件的方法。 具有两个或三维周期性结构的具有特征间隔的部件之间的特征间隔的模具被形状记忆聚合物前体渗透以形成复合结构。 复合结构固化。 将模具从复合结构中移除以形成作为模具的反向复制品的光子装置。

    Method to produce a fuel cell flowfield with photopolymer walls
    9.
    发明授权
    Method to produce a fuel cell flowfield with photopolymer walls 有权
    用光聚合物壁生产燃料电池流场的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08546064B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-10-01

    申请号:US13053745

    申请日:2011-03-22

    IPC分类号: G03F7/26

    CPC分类号: H01M8/0258 H01M8/026

    摘要: A method for fabricating a flowfield for a fuel cell includes the steps of: providing a substrate; providing a plurality of radiation sources configured to generate a plurality of radiation beams; disposing a radiation-sensitive material on the substrate; placing an imaging mask between the plurality of radiation sources and the radiation-sensitive material; and exposing the radiation-sensitive material to the plurality of radiation beams through a first portion of the radiation-transparent apertures and a second portion of the radiation-transparent apertures in the imaging mask to form the plurality of truss elements and the plurality of wall elements in the radiation-sensitive material, the truss elements forming a plurality of trusses configured to support an adjacent diffusion medium layer, and the wall elements defining a fluid path along a length of the substrate.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于制造燃料电池的流场的方法包括以下步骤:提供衬底; 提供被配置为产生多个辐射束的多个辐射源; 在基板上设置辐射敏感材料; 将成像掩模放置在所述多个辐射源和所述辐射敏感材料之间; 以及将所述辐射敏感材料暴露于穿过所述辐射透明孔的第一部分的多个辐射束和所述成像掩模中的所述辐射透明孔的第二部分以形成所述多个桁架元件和所述多个壁元件 在辐射敏感材料中,桁架元件形成多个桁架,构造成支撑相邻的扩散介质层,并且壁元件限定了沿衬底长度的流体路径。