Solar-Thermal Microfluidic Spinning Disc Reactor

An apparatus and method for enhancing mass-transfer rate of reactive species.  The apparatus includes an optically transparent stator, a rotor, a pressurized fluid bearing, and a microfluidic channel.  The rotor includes a target.  The pressurized fluid bearing acts on the target.  The pressurized fluid bearing maintains a height of the microfluidic channel. The microfluidic channel is positioned between the optically transparent stator and a reactive surface of the target.

Application No. 18/953,338

Application Date 11/20/2024

Date Added to Site: 3/24/2026

Tech ID: SD 16692.0

Patent Type: Pending

This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention.