Lehigh University

Alparslan Oztekin

Xuanhong Cheng

Chao Zhao

Carlos E Romero

Muhannad Suleiman

Spencer Quiel

Zheng Yao

Sudhakar Neti

A thermal energy storage device may include a heat storage medium, one or more thermosyphons, a discharging plenum chamber, and a discharging plenum chamber. The one or more thermosyphons may include an evaporative section configured to charge the thermal energy storage device, a condensing section configured to discharge the thermal energy storage device, and a heat transfer section extending between the evaporative section and the condensing section and fluidically coupled to the evaporative section and the condensing section. At least a portion of the heat transfer section may be disposed in the solid heat storage medium. At least a portion of the evaporative section and the condensing section may be disposed outside the solid heat storage medium.

Thermal energy storage device and system

Disclosed herein are apparatuses comprising, for example, a microfluidic channel device comprising a main body comprising a channel configured to provide for helical fluid motion of material within the channel; and a temperature control system that applies a temperature gradient to the channel. Methods of making and using the apparatus are also described.

Microfluidic concentrator for label-free, continuous nanoparticle processing

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Center Valley, PA, United States of America

Alparslan Oztekin