Ordered open-cellular materials for mass transfer and/or phase separation applications
First Claim
1. A mass transfer system comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets; and
a three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material within the housing for a mass transfer application, wherein the housing is configured with the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material to transport a first stream to contact a second stream to pass one or more material masses from the first stream to the second stream;
wherein the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material comprises;
a plurality of first truss elements defined by a plurality of first self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a first direction;
a plurality of second truss elements defined by a plurality of second self- propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a second direction; and
a plurality of third truss elements defined by a plurality of third self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a third direction,wherein the first, second, and third truss elements interpenetrate each other at a plurality of first nodes to form a first continuous material; and
wherein the inlets and outlets are configured to transport a plurality of streams to and from the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material for the mass transfer application.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A mass transfer system including a housing and a three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material within the housing for a mass transfer application. Here, the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material includes a plurality of first truss elements defined by a plurality of first self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a first direction, a plurality of second truss elements defined by a plurality of second self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a second direction, and a plurality of third truss elements defined by a plurality of third self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a third direction. The first, second, and third ordered truss elements interpenetrate each other at a plurality of nodes to form a continuous material. In one embodiment, the continuous material is a metal material.
53 Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A mass transfer system comprising:
-
a housing comprising a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets; and a three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material within the housing for a mass transfer application, wherein the housing is configured with the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material to transport a first stream to contact a second stream to pass one or more material masses from the first stream to the second stream; wherein the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material comprises; a plurality of first truss elements defined by a plurality of first self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a first direction; a plurality of second truss elements defined by a plurality of second self- propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a second direction; and a plurality of third truss elements defined by a plurality of third self-propagating polymer waveguides and extending along a third direction, wherein the first, second, and third truss elements interpenetrate each other at a plurality of first nodes to form a first continuous material; and wherein the inlets and outlets are configured to transport a plurality of streams to and from the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss material for the mass transfer application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
25. A solid particle sorting apparatus comprising:
-
a three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss sorter; a collector of larger particles; and a collector of smaller particles, wherein an inlet is configured to receive small and large particles and to provide the small and large particles to the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss sorter via a chute such that the small and large particles are sorted in three dimensions and collected at the collector of larger particles and the collector of smaller particles, wherein the three-dimensional ordered open-cellular micro-truss sorter comprises a plurality of first truss elements extending along a first direction, a plurality of second truss elements extending along a second direction, and a plurality of third truss elements extending along a third direction, such that the first, second, and third truss elements interpenetrate each other at a plurality of first nodes to form an arrangement of regions of solid material and gaps between the regions of solid material, wherein the both the gaps and the regions of solid material are periodic in three orthogonal directions.
-
Specification