Scalable chemical reactor and method of operation thereof

A chemical reactor, designed for enabling N pairwise fluid contacts among k chemical fluids, with k≥2 and N≥4, the reactor comprising:

• a reaction layer extending in a 2D plane subtended by two directions (x, y), perpendicular to each other, the reactor layer comprising:
• N chemical cells, each including a plurality of circuit portions, two circuit portions of said plurality of circuit portions being designed for enabling circulation of two of the k chemical fluids, respectively, said two circuit portions of said plurality of circuit portions further intersecting each other, thereby enabling one of the N pairwise fluid contacts for said two of the k chemical fluids;
• a fluid distribution circuit comprising k sets of inlet orifices and k sets of outlet orifices,
• wherein inlet orifices in one set of the k sets of inlet orifices and another inlet orifices in another set of the k sets of inlet orifices are arranged in an alternate manner along lines parallel to one of the two directions (x, y), each of the k sets of inlet orifices dispensing a corresponding one of the k chemical fluids to the reaction layer;
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• wherein outlet orifices in one set of the k sets of outlet orifices and another outlet orifices in another set of the k sets of outlet orifices are arranged in an alternate manner along another lines parallel to the one of the two directions, each of the k sets of outlet orifices collecting a corresponding one of the k chemical fluids from the reaction layer, the k sets of outlet orifices arranged to be shifted by a predetermined distance along said one of the two directions with respect to each of the k sets of inlet orifices, and wherein,
• each of the plurality of circuit portions connects, via respective ends thereof, an inlet orifice of the k sets of inlet orifices to an outlet orifice of the k sets of outlet orifices;
• and
• wherein a corresponding one of the k chemical fluids are dispensed to the reaction layer, k≥2, via each of the k sets of inlet orifices, such that, in each of the N chemical cells, two of the k chemical fluids circulate in said two circuit portions of said plurality of circuit portions, make contact and thereby enable a chemical reaction, the k sets of outlet orifices collecting k chemical fluids from the reaction layer, and wherein
• electrical charges are dispensed to electrodes or collected from electrodes, respectively, wherein each of said electrodes separates two circuit portions that connect, each, a same inlet orifice of the k sets of inlet orifices to a same outlet orifice of the k sets of outlet orifices, whereby each of said electrodes is shared by two chemical cells of the N chemical cells adjacent along said one of the two directions.