Inductively heated microchannel reactor
AssigneeKontak LLC
InventorDavid O'Connor
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Abstract
The current document is directed to an efficient multi-channel chemical reactor having a multichannel core containing a plurality of parallel channels, with conductive walls, having a varying composition along their lengths. The channels are heated by a frequency-addressing different regions within the reactor with an inductive coil, driven by an agile frequency or spread spectrum emission controller.
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A chemical reactor comprising a plurality of channels through a core, having a plurality of regions having respectively different frequency-dependent inductive coupling characteristics to an externally applied oscillating magnetic field.
A method of operating a chemical reactor, comprising a plurality of channels through a core, having a plurality of regions having respectively different frequency-dependent inductive coupling characteristics to an externally applied oscillating magnetic field, the method comprising:
- exciting an oscillating magnetic field comprising a plurality of different frequencies, surrounding the core;
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- passing at least one chemical reactant through the plurality of channels.
A chemical reactor, comprising:
- a core, having a plurality of reactant flow channels, the plurality of flow channels having a plurality of regions having respectively different frequency-dependent inductive coupling characteristics to an externally applied oscillating magnetic field;
- a controller, configured to generate an oscillating electrical signal having a controllable frequency having a range of at least 2:1;
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- a coil, receiving the oscillating electrical signal and generating the externally applied oscillating magnetic field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.