Lab on a chip for a low-carbon future

SS Datta, I Battiato, MA Fernø, R Juanes, S Parsa… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Transitioning our society to a sustainable future, with low or net-zero carbon emissions to the
atmosphere, will require a wide-spread transformation of energy and environmental …

Past, present, and future of microfluidic fluid analysis in the energy industry

A Abedini, S Ahitan, Z Barikbin, V Soni… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics presents an unprecedented opportunity to understand fluid properties and
phase measurements at extreme conditions relevant to energy applications. Since the …

Rheological behavior of phase change slurries for thermal energy applications

H McPhee, V Soni, S Saber, M Zargartalebi, J Riordon… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Phase change materials that leverage the latent heat of solid–liquid transition have many
applications in thermal energy transport and storage. When employed as particles within a …

Differential microthermometry enables high-throughput calorimetry

A Kazemi, M Zargartalebi, D Sinton - Energy & Environmental Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The assessment of heat capacity, or calorimetry, is critical to the development of fluids that
will cool electrified processes and systems, such as computing infrastructure, data centres …

Performance analysis of phase change slurries for closed-loop geothermal system

V Soni, A Darzi, H McPhee, S Saber, M Zargartalebi… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Geothermal energy offers a route to clean power generation with baseload reliability that is
unique among renewable sources. Current geothermal energy systems employ water, brine …

High-performance phase change material capsule by Janus particle

H Gui, Y Li, D Du, F Liang, Z Yang - Materials Today Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A new method is proposed to fabricate high-performance phase change material capsules
with high thermal storage capacity and increased thermal conductivity. The capsules are …

Evaluation of a microencapsulated phase change slurry for subsurface energy recovery

V Soni, S Saber, H McPhee, J Riordon… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Geothermal energy offers the potential to provide continuous baseload renewable energy.
Unlike conventional geothermal approaches, emerging closed-loop geothermal can employ …

Pickering phase change slurries

S Saber, M Zargartalebi, A Kazemi, D Sinton - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Phase change slurries (PCS) have emerged as a promising class of oil-in-water
emulsions for energy applications, but stability remains an issue. Pickering phase change …

Thermophysical behavior of phase change slurries in the presence of charged particles

S Saber, M Zargartalebi, V Soni, H McPhee… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
The thermal energy recovery of a closed-loop geothermal system can increase with the use
of latent-heat storage phase change slurries as working fluids. To date, the thermophysical …

Asymptotic model of breakthrough pressure in partially saturated porous media with microvisualization step-by-step breakthrough experiments

M Wen, Z Liu, X Gao, Y Li - Energy & Fuels, 2020 - ACS Publications
Mastering the breakthrough process and predicting the breakthrough pressure in partially
saturated porous media (PSPM) are crucial for evaluating the sealing ability of reservoir …