Micro-ratcheted surfaces for a heat engine biomass conveyor

Krumm, Christoph; Maduskar, Saurabh; Paulsen, Alex D.; Anderson, Anthony D.; Barberio, Nicholas L.; Damen, Jonathan N.; Beach, Connor A.; Kumar, Satish; Dauenhauer, Paul J.

doi:10.1039/c6ee00519e

Title: Micro-ratcheted surfaces for a heat engine biomass conveyor

Journal Article · Mon Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ee00519e· OSTI ID:1387888

Krumm, Christoph ^[1]; Maduskar, Saurabh ^[1]; Paulsen, Alex D. ^[2]; Anderson, Anthony D. ^[1]; Barberio, Nicholas L. ^[1]; Damen, Jonathan N. ^[1]; Beach, Connor A. ^[1]; Kumar, Satish ^[1]; Dauenhauer, Paul J. ^[2]

Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States). Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)

Cellulosic particles on surfaces consisting of microstructured, asymmetric ratchets (100 by 400 μm) were observed to spontaneously move orthogonal to ratchet wells above the cellulose reactive Leidenfrost temperature (>750 °C). Evaluation of the accelerating particles supported the mechanism of propelling viscous forces (50–200 nN) from rectified pyrolysis vapors, thus providing the first example of biomass conveyors with no moving parts driven by high temperature for biofuel reactors.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States). Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001004

OSTI ID:: 1387888

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 9, Issue 5; Related Information: CCEI partners with the University of Delaware (lead); Brookhaven National Laboratory; California Institute of Technology; Columbia University; University of Delaware; Lehigh University; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Minnesota; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; University of Pennsylvania; Princeton University; Rutgers University; ISSN 1754-5692

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