title: A microvascular system for chemical reactions using surface waste heat.
abstract: Coffee-powered chemistry: Low-grade waste heat on surfaces can be used to drive chemical reactions, including the regeneration of a CO2 capture solution. Flowing two-phase heat transfer has been implemented within microvascular systems. This stripping system can be adapted to pre-fabricated surfaces, as demonstrated by a coffee mug containing a 1.2 m long microchannel. MEA=monoethanolamine.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, 3038A Frederick Reines Hall, Irvine, CA 92697 (USA).
authors.forename: Du Thai
authors.initials: du T
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Aaron P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Esser-Kahn
keywords: carbon dioxide fixation; energy transfer; microfluidics; waste heat