Hollow porous materials with architected fluid interfaces for reduced overall pressure loss
US9453604B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 5, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 27, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F2260/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A structure including a hollow porous material with an architected fluid interface to the hollow porous material and methods of forming the same. The architected fluid interface may be in the form of a manifold with tapered openings, each providing a gradually narrowing transition to the hollow channels within which fluid may flow through the hollow porous material. The material may be formed by forming an open-celled sacrificial scaffold, immersing one surface of the open-celled sacrificial scaffold in a bonding agent, attaching a face sheet to the surface to form a sacrificial scaffold assembly, coating the assembly with a coating material, and removing the sacrificial scaffold assembly.
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