Bio-inspired counter-current multiplier for enrichment of solutes

Kyle Brubaker; Armand Garewal; Rachel C. Steinhardt; Aaron P. Esser-Kahn

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03052-y

Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Bio-inspired counter-current multiplier for enrichment of solutes

Kyle Brubaker,
Armand Garewal,
Rachel C. Steinhardt,
Aaron P. Esser-Kahn

Affiliations

Kyle Brubaker: Institute of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
Armand Garewal: Department of Chemistry, University of California - Irvine
Rachel C. Steinhardt: Institute of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
Aaron P. Esser-Kahn: Institute of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03052-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Improving the efficiency of gas separation technology is needed, since existing methods represent a significant portion of the world’s energy consumption. Here, the authors report an enhancement in the release rate of carbon dioxide and oxygen using a counter-current amplification method inspired by fish.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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