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US 8,298,491 B2Granted
Process for treating and/or forming a non-newtonian fluid using microchannel process technology
AssigneeVelocys, Inc.
InventorsAnna Lee Tonkovich, Ravi Arora, David Kilanowski, Eric Daymo
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Abstract
The disclosed invention relates to a process, comprising: conducting unit operations in at least two process zones in a process microchannel to treat and/or form a non-Newtonian fluid, a different unit operation being conducted in each process zone; and applying an effective amount of shear stress to the non-Newtonian fluid to reduce the viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid in each process zone, the average shear rate in one process zone differing from the average shear rate in another process zone by a factor of at least about 1.2.
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A process, comprising:
- conducting unit operations in at least two process zones in a process microchannel to treat and/or form a non-Newtonian fluid, a different unit operation being conducted in each process zone;
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- applying an effective amount of shear stress to the non-Newtonian fluid to reduce the viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid in each process zone, the average shear rate in one process zone differing from the average shear rate in another process zone by a factor of at least about 1.2;
- wherein the unit operations are selected from conducting a chemical reaction using two or more fluids to form a non-Newtonian fluid, conducting a chemical reaction using one or more non-Newtonian fluids as a reactant or a combination of two or more thereof.
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