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Film Condensation of R-134a and R-236fa, Part 1: Experimental Results and Predictive Correlation for Single-Row Condensation on Enhanced Tubes

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In this work, we provide the first 2D spatially resolved description of radiative detachment in MAST-U Super-X L-mode divertor plasmas. The Super-X magnetic configuration was designed to achieve reduced heat- and particle loads at the divertor target compa ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2023

Spectroscopic characterisation of TCV divertor towards a detached regime

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The challenge of power exhaust of the high heat and particle fluxes foreseen for ITER and the forthcoming nuclear fusion reactors can be mitigated by operating in a detached divertor regime. This regime has been the object of three decades of studies, as i ...

EPFL2023

Mitochondrial matrix protein LETMD1 maintains thermogenic capacity of brown adipose tissue in male mice

Johan Auwerx, Maroun Bou Sleiman, Jun Yong Kim, Xiaoxu Li

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has abundant mitochondria with the unique capability of generating heat via uncoupled respiration. Here, Park et al. identify LETMD1 as a mitochondrial matrix protein enriched in brown adipose tissue (BAT) and reveal a crucial ro ...

Nature Portfolio2023

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The prediction of departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) has always been a crucial aspect of thermal-hydraulic codes for the analysis of Light Water Reactors. In this paper, GeN-Foam, a multi-physics code developed based on OpenFOAM, has been enhanced to in ...

Elsevier Science Sa2023

Optical manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles: Applications in surface chemistry and nano-optics

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Optical tweezers are devices that can manipulate nano- and microparticles using a laser. The principle of optical tweezers is to apply a force to an object using the momentum of light. This force is very small, but it is sufficient to move things in the mi ...

EPFL2023

Heat transfer of flow boiling carbon dioxide in vertical upward direction

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Heat transfer measurements of flow boiling Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in vertical upward direction have been carried out with a dedicated test facility at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The experiments have been conducted in a vertical up ...

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Multi-Scale Study of High-Temperature Latent Heat Storage With Metallic Phase Change Materials

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Energy storage is a central issue in the green economy with half the global end energy usage being heat. Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) provides an energy dense heat storage solution with a well-defined discharge temperature. Utilizing low-cost ...

EPFL2022

Flow Boiling of Carbon Dioxide at Different Channel Orientations for the Thermal Management of Future Detector Technologies at the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider at CERN

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The global warming potential (GWP) of working fluids in thermodynamic cycles and their environmental impact have been gaining considerable attention within the recent years. The global objectives on climate protection are becoming increasingly ambitious, w ...

EPFL2022

Conductive Heat Transfer in Partially Saturated Gas Diffusion Layers with Evaporative Cooling

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Heat transport is an important, though often neglected function of gas diffusion layers (GDLs) of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Thermal conductivity is a key property, especially in partially water saturated GDLs and when the phase change of wat ...

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Near-junction microfluidic cooling for high power-density GaN-on-Si electronics: A wafer, device, packaging, and system-level investigation

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Electrification of the energy section, from generation to end-use, plays an essential role in reducing global CO2 emission. Innovations in power electronics are required to increase conversion efficiency and power density. Gallium nitride (GaN) transistors ...

EPFL2022