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BackgroundSimilar to how microelectronics transformed computers, microchannel technology has the potential to transform the energy and chemical processing industries by greatly reducing the size of chemical reactor hardware. However, size reduction faces several control challenges. The combination of unit operations (heat exchange, reaction, fluid flow)...

Inventor(s): Michael Baldea, Richard Pattison, Melissa Donahue, Akash Gupta | Published: 3/13/2025

Category(s): Physical sciences > Process instrumentation

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A new efficient and cost-effective method for coffee roasting

An invention that allows for more precision and automation with less operator intervention, limiting the variability from batch to batch in the large-scale coffee bean roasting processBackgroundCoffee is an essential commodity that has a $30 billion-dollar annual market. The energy required to roast the necessary coffee beans to supply this demand costs...

Inventor(s): Preston Wilson, Mark Wochner | Published: 12/11/2023

Category(s): Physical sciences > Process instrumentation

Keyword(s): Acoustics, Coffee, Food processing, Food production