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Title: Cooling systems and hybrid A/C systems using an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing complex

Abstract

A method for powering a cooling unit. The method including applying electromagnetic (EM) radiation to a complex, where the complex absorbs the EM radiation to generate heat, transforming, using the heat generated by the complex, a fluid to vapor, and sending the vapor from the vessel to a turbine coupled to a generator by a shaft, where the vapor causes the turbine to rotate, which turns the shaft and causes the generator to generate the electric power, wherein the electric powers supplements the power needed to power the cooling unit

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1179826
Patent Number(s):
9032731
Application Number:
13/326,521
Assignee:
William Marsh Rice University (Houston, TX)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS F03G - SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Halas, Nancy J., Nordlander, Peter, and Neumann, Oara. Cooling systems and hybrid A/C systems using an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing complex. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Halas, Nancy J., Nordlander, Peter, & Neumann, Oara. Cooling systems and hybrid A/C systems using an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing complex. United States.
Halas, Nancy J., Nordlander, Peter, and Neumann, Oara. Tue . "Cooling systems and hybrid A/C systems using an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing complex". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1179826.
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abstractNote = {A method for powering a cooling unit. The method including applying electromagnetic (EM) radiation to a complex, where the complex absorbs the EM radiation to generate heat, transforming, using the heat generated by the complex, a fluid to vapor, and sending the vapor from the vessel to a turbine coupled to a generator by a shaft, where the vapor causes the turbine to rotate, which turns the shaft and causes the generator to generate the electric power, wherein the electric powers supplements the power needed to power the cooling unit},
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year = {Tue May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
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