Global Good Models Insulated Passive Vaccine Storage Device
D. Gasperino, O. Yildirim
Intellectual Ventures, WA, USA
When medical professionals transport vaccines, their cargo needs to be kept at a cool temperature. This limits their ability to travel to regions where there is not enough electricity. Intellectual Ventures’ Global Good program designed a thermos-like container that is powered by ice and keeps vaccines cool for long periods of time. They used COMSOL Multiphysics and its Heat Transfer Module and Molecular Flow Module to model the device and maximize its cold storage capacity while minimizing outgassing within the vacuum space. With their simulation, they were able to increase storage time immensely and will continue to improve their model.
Suggested Stories
Designing Next-Generation CO2 Removal Technology for Better Life in Space
NASA combines thermal modeling and experimental testing to find the best compressor design for the system that keeps ...
Simulation Helps Improve Atmosphere Revitalization Systems for Manned Spacecraft
To ensure astronaut safety on space missions, it is necessary to routinely revitalize the atmosphere in manned ...
Producing Power, Protecting Fish with a Darrieus Water Turbine
Physixfactor used simulation to design a water turbine for use in coastal flood control structures in the Netherlands. ...
Simulation Summit Panel: The Multiphysics Roadmap
Speakers from NVIDIA, Stanford University, and MathWorks, as well as COMSOL and moderator DE 24/7, discuss the future ...
