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Carbon-Negative Desalination With High-Value Materials Recovery (Case No. 2024-008)

Summary: Researchers led by Dr. Eric Hoek have developed a carbon-negative method to desalinate brine and seawater and extract valuable materials from the source solution. Background: Increased global temperatures and extreme droughts are driving water shortages throughout the world. To address this, water recycling and desalination efforts have...

Published: 10/8/2024 | Inventor(s): Eric Hoek, Yongho Ju, Yoram Cohen, David Jassby

Keywords(s): brine, brine concentrate, carbon negative, carbon neutral, carbon sequestration, Desalination Wastewater, Energy & Water, freshwater generation, global carbon utilization, Half-Reaction Electrolysis Of Water Oxygen Evolution, Membrane bioreactor, membrane fouling, membrane scaling, Membranes, mineral harvesting, nanofiltration, renewable fuel, reverse osmosis (RO), Seawater, treatment efficacy, Wastewater treatment, Water Injection (Oil Production), Water Purification, Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration, water recovery, Water treatment

Category(s): Chemical, Chemical > Chemical Processing & Manufacturing, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation, Energy & Environment > Water Monitoring & Treatment, Energy & Environment > Carbon Capture, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Water Treatment, Materials > Membranes

Electrically Gated Solid-State Molecular Thermal Transistor (Case No. 2024-099)

Summary: UCLA researchers have introduced a solid-state thermal transistor that achieves groundbreaking performance and facilitates improved heat flow manipulation. Background: The forefront of thermal management is marked by the exploration of molecular thermal transistors, driven by the quest for more efficient electronic devices. Researchers are...

Published: 10/23/2024 | Inventor(s): Yongjie Hu, Paul Weiss, Man Li

Keywords(s): ; self-assembled molecule, Composite Material, Doping (Semiconductor), Elastic Modulus Thermal Grease, Electronics & Semiconductors, field-effect transistors (FETs), Functional Materials, heat control, heat controlling devices, infrared thermal imaging, Microelectronics Semiconductor Device Fabrication, molecular design, molecular engineering, molecular junction, Nanomaterials, Optoelectronic materials, Optomechanical Thermal Imaging Transducer, organic field effect transistors, Organic Semiconductor, phase change materials, Rechargeable Battery Thermal Conductivity, self-assembled molecule, Semiconductor, semiconductor chip foundries, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, Semiconductor Ohmic Contact, Semiconductor Risk Assessment, Semiconductor Sapphire, Semiconductors, solid-state thermal transistor, strength-thermal stability, switching reversibility, thermal circuit, thermal compression bonding, thermal conductance, Thermal Energy Storage, thermal fusion, thermal imaging, thermal management systems, thermal stability, thermal switching speed, thermal switching speeds, thermal transistor, Thin-Film Transistor, Transistor, transistors, zzsemiconducting materials

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Energy & Environment > Thermal, Electrical > Instrumentation, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology

Non-Noble Metal Catalysts for Effective Electrochemical Acidic Oxygen Evolution (Case No. 2024-114)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a novel catalytic material that improves the oxygen evolution reaction for clean hydrogen production. Background: Hydrogen is a promising green alternative to lessen reliance on non-renewable, polluting fuel sources. Current hydrogen production is mainly...

Published: 5/16/2024 | Inventor(s): Yu Huang, Haotian Liu

Keywords(s): acidic water splitting, anode material, green energy, hydrogen evolution reaction, hydrogen production, mass stability, overpotential, oxygen evolution reaction, proton exchange water membrane electrolyzer (PEMWE), Renewable energy sources, spinel oxide, water splitting

Category(s): Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage, Chemical, Chemical > Catalysts

Method and System for Using Quantum Incompressible Fluid to Achieve Fusion from Cavitation (UCLA Case No. 2022-110)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have developed a novel system and method to achieve thermonuclear fusion in a laboratory scale device. Background: Many energy experts believe that nuclear has a key role to play as a clean, stable, and readily-available source of power, despite a contentious history. Nuclear power...

Published: 7/19/2023 | Inventor(s): Seth Putterman, John Koulakis

Keywords(s): acoustics, cavitation, clean energy, Fermi exclusion, Fermi fluid, fusion, fusion cavitation, incompressible fluid, molten salt, nuclear fusion, quantum incompressible fluid, sonoluminescence, thermal fusion, thermonuclear fusion, zero-carbon emission power

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Instrumentation, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation

Discovering Giant Magnetoelastic Effect in a Soft Body for Electricity Generation (Case No. 2021-231)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Bioengineering have developed an innovative wearable generator that efficiently harnesses energy from biomechanical motion and conforms to human skin. Background: Due to increasing prominence of wearable technology, there is a simultaneous rise in the demand for portable energy systems. Typically,...

Published: 5/30/2024 | Inventor(s): Jun Chen

Keywords(s): Biocompatibility, Biomechanics, Energy Generation & Storage, Energy Generation, Transmission, or Storage, Energy Harvesting, Flexible Electronics

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

2012-408 Microstructured Cathode for Self-Regulated Oxygen Generation and Consumption

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a cathode that generates oxygen, consumes the oxygen as needed, and stops the oxygen generation when it is not consumed, all in a self-regulated fashion. Background Despite anticipated promise in high energy densities and efficiency, fuel cells have failed to reach practical applications for portable electronics...

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

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Category(s): Energy & Environment > Energy Generation

2014-519 Phase Transformation in Ferroelectric Piezocrystals

Innovation Professor Christopher Lynch and colleagues have developed an efficient energy harvesting apparatus based on a single crystal ferroelectric material to convert external changes in force and temperature to electrical energy. This technology utilizes the phase transitioning behavior of ferroelectric piezocrystals to achieve high energy density....

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

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Category(s): Energy & Environment > Energy Generation

2017-396 Adaptive Any-Fuel Camless Reciprocating Engine

SUMMARY:UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed an adaptive camless engine that can manage grid stability at the local level and provide a path towards meeting renewable energy goals.BACKGROUND:California has set aggressive renewable energy goals for the power sector which has led to a growth in intermittent...

Published: 11/15/2024 | Inventor(s): Tsu-Chin Tsao, Raymond ("Mitchell") Spearrin, Peter Sinsheimer

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Category(s): Energy & Environment > Energy Generation