Hierarchical triply periodic minimal surface structures as heat exchangers and reactors

Roy, Pratanu; Nguyen, Du; Stolaroff, Joshuah K.

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Title: Hierarchical triply periodic minimal surface structures as heat exchangers and reactors

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The present disclosure relates to a transport mechanism apparatus for transporting at least one of a gas or a fluid. The transport mechanism may have an inlet, an outlet and a triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structure. The TPMS structure is formed in a layer-by-layer three dimensional (3D) printing operation to include cells propagating in three dimensions, where the cells include wall portions having openings, and where the cells form a plurality of flow paths throughout the transport mechanism from the inlet to the outlet, and where the cells form the inlet and the outlet.

Inventors:: Roy, Pratanu; Nguyen, Du; Stolaroff, Joshuah K.

Issue Date:: 2022-07-19

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1924906

Patent Number(s):: 11389765

Application Number:: 16/243,810

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY

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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
B01D2253/1122 - Metals
B01D2253/202 - Polymeric adsorbents
B01D2253/342 - Monoliths
B01D2257/504 - Carbon dioxide
B01D53/02 - by adsorption, e.g. preparative gas chromatography {
B01D53/228 - {characterised by specific membranes}
B01D63/066 - {with a porous block having membrane coated passages}
B01D67/0032 - {by elimination of segments of the precurdor, e.g. nucleation-track membranes, lithography or laser methods}
B01D67/0041 - {by agglomeration of particles in the dry state, e.g. sintering}
B01D69/10 - Supported membranes
B01D69/12 - Composite membranes
B01D71/022 - {Metals}
B01D71/70 - Polymers having silicon in the main chain, with or without sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen or carbon only

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J19/1893 - {Membrane reactors
B01J20/28045 - {Honeycomb or cellular structures

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B33 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
B33Y10/00 - Processes of additive manufacturing
B33Y80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 01/09/2019

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Devices and methods for separating cellular components of blood from liquid portion of blood
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Minimal surface area mass and heat transfer packing
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Hierarchically structured, nitrogen-doped carbon membranes
patent-application, October 2018

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Methods For Removing Viral Contaminants During Protein Purification
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