Micromanufacturing for Energy Efficiency

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Micromanufacturing for Energy Efficiency
Example Micro-channel heat exchangers have
demonstrated heat fluxes 3 to 5 times higher than
conventional heat exchangers Paul 2005
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• Specific challenge
• Energy efficiency, energy storage and energy
  generation
• Idea for meeting the challenge
• Attack the problem at the micro-level while the
  accumulated effect is at the macro-level
• Approach
• Innovative micro-manufacturing technologies for
  high volume production
• What is the manufacturing challenge?
• Fabricate millions of thin stocks with thousands
  of microchannels or micro-features within a few
  microns accuracy
• Perfect bounding of those thin stocks
• High temperature and high pressure applications