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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

Micro-Trenches That Retain Trapped Gas Under High-Speed Water Flows (UCLA Case No. 2023-204)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a design of microstructured surfaces capable of retaining air pockets under water at flow speeds above 10 knots so that watercraft can travel with a reduced drag. Background: A major challenge limiting efficiency and speed of watercraft is the friction...

Published: 8/14/2024 | Inventor(s): Chang-Jin Kim, Ning Yu

Keywords(s): boats, Drag (Physics), drag reduction, fluid mechanics, friction reduction, fuel efficiency, hull, Hydrophobic, liquid-air interface, marine applications, maritime, microtrenches, navy, planing hull, Seawater, ships, Superhydrophobic, water sports, watercraft

Category(s): Mechanical, Materials

2022-194 GEOSPATIAL TREND DETECTION METHOD

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Geography have developed a robust geospatial trend detection method that works with any combination of spatial aggregations, dimensions and variables, allowing researchers to compare geospatial trends across a variety of resolution levels. BACKGROUND: Since the adaptation of satellites that were capable...

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

Keywords(s): Algorithm, Communications Satellite, Energy & Water, Geographic Profiling, Image Processing, Seawater, Software, Software & Algorithms

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing, Energy & Environment > Water Monitoring & Treatment