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2021-089 PASSIVE FREEZING DESALINATION DRIVEN BY RADIATIVE COOLING

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a passive method for water desalination that does not require direct solar irradiation. BACKGROUND: With increasing water scarcity there is now a significant push to find efficient and low-cost methods to generate fresh water from seawater or other...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Pattabhi "Aaswath" Raman, Jyotirmoy Mandal, Xin Huang

Keywords(s): Desalination, Desalination Wastewater, Energy & Water, Energy Efficiency, Functional Materials, Mechanical, Renewable Energy

Category(s): Mechanical, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Materials > Water Treatment

2020-816-Ceramic Tiles with Defined Porosity as Near-ideal Radiative Cooling Materials

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a ceramic tile-based material that can assist in passive cooling for buildings and other structures. Background: Passive radiative cooling (PRC) is a promising and sustainable way to cool buildings and outdoor structures. Due to global warming, there...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Jyotirmoy Mandal

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Category(s): Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Energy & Environment > Thermal

2020-931 Spectrally Selective Structured Materials and Designs for Thermal Optics

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed materials which can be structured to create spectrally selective transmitters and reflectors, which filter out undesirable radiation (e.g. sunlight) and reflect or transmit thermal radiation onto imaging sensors.BACKGROUNDThermal imaging, popularly known as...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Jyotirmoy Mandal, Pattabhi "Aaswath" Raman

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Category(s): Materials > Functional Materials, Electrical > Imaging, Optics & Photonics

2020-464 UV-Reflective Paints with High Overall Solar Reflectance for Passive Cooling of Buildings

SUMMARY UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering have developed coatings with exceptional solar-ultraviolet (UV) reflectance for efficient passive daytime radiative cooling of buildings. BACKGROUND ‘Cool’ white exterior coatings reflect sunlight (0.3-2.5 μm) and radiate heat (4-40 μm, particularly...

Published: 9/14/2023 | Inventor(s): Pattabhi "Aaswath" Raman, Jyotirmoy Mandal

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Category(s): Materials > Functional Materials, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Energy & Environment > Thermal

2020-388 Spectrally Selective Thermal Radiators for Cooling of Vertical or Horizontal Surfaces with Limited View of the Sky

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a passive radiative cooling design for building surfaces that have a limited view of the sky by using spectrally selective thermal radiating materials.BACKGROUNDPassive radiative cooling (PRC), a process where objects on Earth radiate heat into outer space,...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Jyotirmoy Mandal, Pattabhi "Aaswath" Raman

Keywords(s): Chemical Manufacturing & Industrial/Bulk Chemicals, Heat Transfer, Materials, Mechanical Systems

Category(s): Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals, Energy & Environment > Thermal