Processing apparatus fabrication
AssigneeJMP Laboratories, Inc.
InventorJames M. Pinchot
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Abstract
A processing apparatus that is formed from a plurality of metal layers that are stacked and aligned together and then connected together to form one or more portions of the processing apparatus.
Claims8
A processing apparatus designed to enable a reaction or combustion of one or more fluids flowing through the processing apparatus, said processing apparatus comprising a plurality of metal layers and a catalyst system, at least two of said metal layers stacked and aligned together and connected together by at least one metal laminate, at least two of said metal layers including an opening, said opening spaced from an outer edge of said at least two metal layers, said openings of adjacently positioned metal layers forming at least one fluid channel through said metal layers that is designed to enable fluid to flow through the at least one fluid channel when said metal layers are connected together, said catalyst system including one or more catalysts selected from the group consisting of i) at least one of said metal layers is a catalyst that at least partially contacts fluid flowing through said opening in said metal layer, ii) at least one of said metal laminates is a catalyst that at least partially contacts fluid flowing through said opening in said metal layer, and iii) a catalyst located in said at least one fluid channel and formed of a different composition from at least one of said metal layers, said metal laminate having a different composition from said plurality of said metal layers.
A method of manufacturing at least portion of a metal device for use in a fluid reactor, said metal device designed to allow fluid to flow through a fluid passageway in said metal device, said method comprising:
- providing a plurality of one piece metal foil layers;
- providing a catalyst system;
- forming a plurality of said one piece metal foil layers into specific shapes, at least two of said one piece foil layers including a plurality of fluid openings through said one piece metal foil layer, said fluid openings designed to formed a portion of said fluid passageway;
- stacking and aligning a plurality of said formed one piece metal foil layers such that a plurality of said formed one piece metal foil layers contact one another, said fluid openings in said formed one piece metal foil layers forming said fluid passageways, each of said fluid openings in a plurality of said formed one piece metal foil layers is at least partially aligned with said fluid openings in an adjacently positioned formed one piece metal foil layers;
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- connecting together said plurality of said formed one piece metal layers to form at least a portion of said metal device, said fluid passageway only formed by said fluid openings, said fluid passageways including said catalyst system, said catalyst system including one or more catalysts selected from the group consisting of i) at least one of said metal layers is a catalyst that at least partially contacts fluid flowing through said opening in said metal layer, ii) at least one of said metal laminates is a catalyst that at least partially contacts fluid flowing through said opening in said metal layer, and iii) a catalyst located in said at least one fluid channel and formed of a different composition from at least one of said metal layers.
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