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Title: Method and system for small scale pumping

Patent ·
OSTI ID:979024

The present invention relates generally to the field of small scale pumping and, more specifically, to a method and system for very small scale pumping media through microtubes. One preferred embodiment of the invention generally comprises: method for small scale pumping, comprising the following steps: providing one or more media; providing one or more microtubes, the one or more tubes having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of one or more tubes is in contact with the media; and creating surface waves on the tubes, wherein at least a portion of the media is pumped through the tube.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
7,651,673
Application Number:
12/467,987
OSTI ID:
979024
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Sound wave propagation in multiwall carbon nanotubes journal April 2003
Nanopumping Using Carbon Nanotubes journal September 2006

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