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US 2008/0073545 A1Published application
Microreactor device and microchannel cleaning method
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyojiro Akashi, Daisuke Nakayama, Masaki Hirota
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Abstract
A microreactor device includes: a microchannel; magnetic particles that are introduced into the microchannel; and a magnet that is arranged on an outside of the microchannel and exerts a magnetic force on the magnetic particles.
Claims20
A microreactor device comprising:
- a microchannel;
- magnetic particles that are introduced into the microchannel;
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- a magnet that is arranged on an outside of the microchannel and exerts a magnetic force on the magnetic particles.
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A microchannel cleaning method comprising:
- introducing magnetic particles into a microchannel;
- bringing the magnetic particles into contact with an inner wall of the microchannel by exerting a magnetic force from an outside of the microchannel;
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- reciprocating the magnetic particles along the inner wall of the microchannel while keeping a contact state of the magnetic particles to the inner wall of the microchannel.
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