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Multiple-Electron Aqueous Battery
Published Sunday, February 21, 2016Background:Lithium-ion batteries power much of our digital and mobile lifestyle. However, their adoption in more strategically important applications such as vehicle-electrification and grid-storage has been slower, mainly due to the concerns raised over their safety, cost, and environmental impact, which mostly arise from the non-aqueous...
Categories: Power Electronics, Engineering, Chemical, Materials
Keyword(s): Lithium-ion, battery, Grid-storage, Energy storage, Electric Vehicles
Docket: PS-2015-136
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Engineering Thermalization and Chemical Potential for Photons
Published Sunday, May 17, 2015Background:Due to the lack of photon number conservation, in thermodynamics of photons, the chemical potential is absent. However, having a non-zero chemical potential is crucial in understanding a wide variety of single and many-body effects, from transport in conductors and semi-conductors to phase transitions in electronic and atomic...
Categories: Engineering, Chemical
Keyword(s): optomechanics Quantum simulation
Docket: PS-2015-013
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Thermostabilization of DNA Polymerase with Novel Chaperones
Published Thursday, May 29, 2014Dr. Frank Robb has considerable expertise in the study of microbes found in extreme environments and their mechanisms of survival. These astonishing organisms have protein chaperone systems that enable them to survive and even thrive in extreme heat and harsh chemical conditions. An important application for these chaperones is to enhance...
Investigator(s): Frank Robb, Pongpan Laksanalamai
Categories: Research Tools, Antibodies, & Reagents, Engineering, Chemical
Docket: FR-2010-087
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Novel Filamentous Hyperstable Chaperone with Protein and Cellular Stabilization
Published Wednesday, May 28, 2014Ethanol, butanol, acetone and many other chemicals have traditionally been employed as a chemical feed stock for a variety of industrial chemicals. However, many of the byproducts produced during fermentation is cytotoxic and limits product generation. The disadvantages of low productivity, low cell density, longer fermentation, and prolonged...
Investigator(s): Frank Robb, Pongpan Laksanalamai, Anchalee Jiemjit, Douglas Clark, Timothy Whitehead
Categories: Engineering, Chemical
Docket: FR-2010-088
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Expander-TE Subcooler
Published Monday, July 27, 2009The Expander-TE Subcooler is a device which improves both the coefficient of performance (COP) and the cooling capacity of a vapor compression cycle simultaneously. The device includes two components: a thermoelectric (TE) subcooler heat exchanger and an expander with a coupled generator.In summary, the Expander-TE subcooler greatly...
Categories: Engineering, Chemical
Keyword(s): thermoelectric subcooler heat exchanger expander generator
Docket: PS-2007-050
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Efficient Sulfur and Energy Recovery With Novel Isothermal Thermal Flame Reactor
Published Tuesday, June 2, 2009The Claus process is considered to be an industry standard for recovering elemental sulfur from gaseous hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The removal of H2S is desirable due to the detrimental effect H2S has on the environment and human health. However, the gases which accompany H2S in the recovery/removal process impact the optimum reactor temperature...
Categories: Chemical, Engineering, Clean Technology, Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): Efficient Sulfur Energy Recovery Novel Isothermal Thermal Flame Reactor
Docket: PS-2008-120
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Separate and/or Combined Sensible and Latent Cooling
Published Monday, May 18, 2009This invention provides an improved energy efficiency and better thermal comfort for cooling systems via an automatic adaptation of operating modes according to the sensible and latent load ratio. Conventional air conditioning systems are designed to simultaneously meet sensible and latent loads in order to meet a typical sensible heat factor (...
Categories: Engineering, Chemical, Clean Technology, Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): separate combined sensible latent cooling
Docket: PS-2007-109
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Sensible and Latent Cooling
Published Monday, May 18, 2009This invention provides an improved energy efficiency and better thermal comfort for cooling systems via an automatic adaptation of operating modes according to the sensible and latent load ratio. Conventional air conditioning systems are designed to simultaneously meet sensible and latent loads in order to meet a typical sensible heat factor (...
Categories: Industrial Processing, Engineering, Chemical
Keyword(s): sensible latent cooling
Docket: PS-2007-112
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Post-Forming Extruded Profiles for Heat Transfer Applications Resulting in High Efficiency Cooling
Published Tuesday, April 14, 2009A majority of electronic devices are comprised of circuit boards with multiple heat generating chips of different height. Usually, machined high specification aluminum conduction plates or separate heat sinks are used for each chip. However, machined conduction plates are expensive and the use of separate heat sinks is complicated. Both have...
Categories: Materials, Engineering, Chemical, Devices
Keyword(s): extruded profiles heat transfer high efficiency cooling
Docket: PS-2007-058
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Flexible-Actively Controlled Heat Exchanger Based on Thin-Film Technology
Published Wednesday, May 7, 2008The microscale heat exchanger manufactured using the wafer technology can’t be scaled for large applications. Also macroscale heat exchangers are usually rigid and require fins to have a secondary heat transfer area for better heat transfer on the air side. Besides, installing bypass valves and temperature sensor in conventional heat exchanger can...
Categories: Engineering, Chemical
Keyword(s): flexible actively controlled heat exchanger thin-film
Docket: PS-2007-051