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Fuel Cell Flow Path Design for Improved Efficiency and Power Density
Thermodynamic equipartitioning can improve the energy efficiency of a fuel cell at fixed size and fuel utilization by varying local …
Madhusmita Ray, Chirag G. Patel, Seongpil Jeong, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Flowpath Modification to Reduce Electrodialysis Module Size and Energy Consumption
Thermodynamic equipartition of ideal electrodialysis (ED) through the time-varying batch operation that maintains a constant current or …
Chirag G. Patel, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Integrated Internal Feed Preheating Design for Modular Multieffect Membrane Distillation
A modular permeate gap forward-feed multi-effect membrane distillation (PG-MEMD) system with integrated internal feed preheating …
Rishabh Srivastava, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Two-Staged Multi-Effect Distillation for Energy Efficient Brine Concentration
Multi-effect distillation (with or without a membrane, MEMD/MED) can achieve a high product recovery in a single pass of feed and is …
Rishabh Srivastava, Ankush Kumar Jaiswal, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Membrane Compaction in Batch Reverse Osmosis Operation and Its Impact on Specific Energy Consumption
Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane water permeability is measured under cyclic pressure loading conditions corresponding to batch and …
Chirag G. Patel, Mrugesh Joshi, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Evaporative Cooling and Sensible Heat Recovery Enable Practical Waste-Heat Driven Water Purification
Waste heat capture from systems such as photovoltaics (PV) and refrigerators can lower their energy efficiency by increasing their …
Ankush Kumar Jaiswal, Rishabh Srivastava, Arjun Jayakumar, Aqbal Ahmad, Gayathri Naidu, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Evaporative Cooling and Sensible Heat Recovery Enable Practical Waste-Heat Driven Water Purification
Coupling Biogas Upgradation and Dairy Wastewater Treatment for Simultaneous Carbon Capture and Bioelectricity Generation Using an Algae-Assisted Microbial Fuel Cell
This study demonstrates the application of an algae-assisted microbial fuel cell (AMFC) in biogas upgradation. A proof-of-concept …
Amitap Khandelwal, Jaichander Swaminathan, Stephen Nolan, Piet N. L. Lens
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Saline Brine Separation: Thermodynamic and Techno-Economic Comparison of Counterflow Reverse Osmosis with Electrodialysis
Separation into a more concentrated and a diluted stream is an energy-efficient alternative to thermal distillation for saline brine …
Chirag G. Patel, Priyanshu R. Gupta, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Saline Brine Separation: Thermodynamic and Techno-Economic Comparison of Counterflow Reverse Osmosis with Electrodialysis
Hybrid Indirect and Regenerative Evaporative Cooling Design for Enhanced Cooling Density
Indirect evaporative coolers (IEC) enable low-energy cooling of air without humidification. While a conventional IEC is limited to …
Rishabh Srivastava, Sunilkumar Turpati, Sarun Kumar Kochunni, Jaichander Swaminathan
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Comparing Efficacy of Anodic and Cathodic Chambers in a Low-Cost Algae-Assisted Microbial Fuel Cell for Textile Wastewater Remediation
Remediation of industrial textile effluent using both the anodic and cathodic chambers of an algae-assisted microbial fuel cell (AMFC) …
Amitap Khandelwal, Jaichander Swaminathan, Akshat Mangal, Chinmay Ghoroi, Piet N. L. Lens
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