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Systems and Methods of Using Phase Change Material in Power Plants
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY Cooling systems and methods for cooling in a power plant using a phase change material. In one embodiment, a phase change material container includes at least one phase change material which may be in the form of a slurry; and at least one conduit for transporting the fluid through the phase change material when located...
Published: 7/24/2024   |   Inventor(s): Matthew Mccarthy, Ying Sun, Young Cho, Baolan (jessica) Shi, Han Hu, Philipp Boettcher, Qinghua (tim) Xie
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Category(s): Energy, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Energy > Energy: Heat Exchangers, Energy > Energy: Power Plants, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: HVAC
Libra: Comparative Metagenomics With MapReduce
Libra is an algorithm for all-vs-all genome sequencing tool to identify problematic microbes. It handles large data sets with speed, accuracy and efficiency. Background: Most bioinformatics methods need a reference source of known genomes to ensure accurate measurements of depth and variance. Sequencing and comparing wholly unknown genomes with...
Published: 4/3/2023   |   Inventor(s): Bonnie Hurwitz, George Watts, Illyoung Choi, John Hartman
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios, Technology Classifications > Life Sciences
Improved heat pump water heater
PAGE TITLE Energy-efficient heat pump system PAGE SUMMARY Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University have developed an energy-efficient, standalone, single heat pump water heater. Electric heat pump water heaters use about half of the energy of conventional electric resistance or gas water heaters,...
Published: 7/22/2024   |   Inventor(s): Young Cho
Keywords(s): Water
Category(s): Energy, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Energy > Energy: Energy Efficiency, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: HVAC, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Smart Buildings
Desalination System and Process
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY The present invention pertains to an effective system and method for reducing or eliminating the formation of scale in desalination systems. The system utilizes at least one pair of electrodes in direct contact with a liquid to induce an oscillating electric field directly in a portion of the liquid or a liquid stream...
Published: 7/11/2024   |   Inventor(s): Young Cho
Keywords(s): Water
Category(s): Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Desalination
Pre-treating water with non-thermal plasma
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY The present invention consists of a method of pre-treatment of adulterated water for distillation, including adulterated water produced during hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) of shale rock during natural gas drilling. In particular, the invention is directed to a method of treating adulterated water, said...
Published: 7/16/2024   |   Inventor(s): Young Cho, Alexander Fridman, Alexander Rabinovich, Daniel Cho
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Category(s): Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Plasma > Plasma: Liquid Treatment, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Environmental Purification and Protection, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Mechanical Device
Vortex Reactor and method of using it
PAGE TITLEOverview PAGE SUMMARY A vortex reactor is provided. The vortex reactor includes a substantially cylindrical shaped portion forming a reaction chamber therein, wherein said substantially cylindrical shaped portion forms a first charged electrode; a circumferential flow apparatus fluidly connected to the reaction chamber for creating a circumferential...
Published: 7/11/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Fridman, Alexander Gutsol, Young Cho, Kenneth Blank, Lawrence Kennedy (retired), Alexei Saveliev, Andrey Romanets, Igor (ihor) Matveev
Keywords(s): Plasma
Category(s): Energy, Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Plasma > Plasma: Fuel Conversion, Plasma > Plasma: Reactors
Plasma Spark Discharge Reactor and Durable Electrode
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY In spite of the recent oil price declines the shale oil production is recovering at a rapid rate. With it, the amount of water used in hydraulic fracturing grows as well, including the water used both at the front end of this process, in fracking liquid, and at the back end, the flowback and produced water. The front-end...
Published: 7/24/2024   |   Inventor(s): Young Cho, Alexander Fridman, Daniel Cho, Hyoungsup Kim
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Category(s): Plasma, Plasma > Plasma: Liquid Treatment
System and Method for Disinfection and Fouling Prevention in the Treatment of Water
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY In spite of the recent oil price declines the shale oil production is recovering at a rapid rate. With it, the amount of water used in hydraulic fracturing grows as well, including the water used both at the front end of this process, in fracking liquid, and at the back end, the flowback and produced water. The front-end...
Published: 7/24/2024   |   Inventor(s): Young Cho, Alexander Fridman, Alexander Rabinovich, Daniel Cho
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Category(s): Plasma, Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Plasma > Plasma: Liquid Treatment, Plasma > Plasma: Sterilization & Sanitation, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Environmental Purification and Protection, Mechanical & Civil Engineering > ME-CE: Mechanical Device
Hand-held Nitric Oxide Generator for Wound Treatment
PAGE TITLEOverviewPAGE SUMMARY Plasma discharges have been used in medicine since the 1960s beginning with the plasma afterglow jet of an inert gas being used for tissue sectioning with instant blood coagulation, which earned it the name “plasma scalpel”. Subsequent studies have demonstrated additional beneficial uses of plasma, particularly...
Published: 8/27/2024   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Fridman, Alexander Gutsol, Young Cho, Yong Yang, Danil Dobrynin
Keywords(s): Inflammation, Instrumentation, Ischemic, Plasma, Ulcer, Veterenary, Wound, Wound treatment
Category(s): Plasma, Medical Devices & Diagnostics, Plasma > Plasma: Medical Devices, Plasma > Plasma: Sterilization & Sanitation, Plasma > Plasma: Surface Treatment, Medical Devices & Diagnostics > MDD: Therapeutic Devices