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Solar Redox Flow Batteries: Microfluidic Chamber Construction

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ME-314: Concurrent engineering project

L'étudiant apprend à appliquer les compétences acquises en travaillant dans une équipe responsable d'une portion d'un projet plus vaste. ...

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This lecture presents a Bachelor Project in Mechanical Engineering focusing on constructing microfluidic chambers for solar redox flow batteries. The students, Thibault Bardet and Etienne Bacciarini, under the supervision of Jiaming Ma, explore the main components of a solar redox flow battery, flow simulations, new design considerations, materials used, leakage tests, and conclude with future improvements and personal reflections.

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