Affiliation:
1. Department of Fluid Mechanics, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, ESEIAAT C/ Colom 11, 08222 Barcelona, Spain
Abstract
Abstract
The possibility for harnessing energy from thermal or concentration gradients by the use of ducts lined with hydrophobic microcavities is discussed. Utilizing a physical and simplified model an expression for the attainable pumping power was derived.
Subject
Geochemistry and Petrology,Mechanical Engineering,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Fuel Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment