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US 8,622,606 B2Granted
Micro-channels, micro-mixers, and micro-reactors
AssigneeState of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University
InventorRichard T. Miller
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Abstract
A fluid micro-mixer and micro-reactor array is provided having at least two bonded layers of micro-channels. The micro-mixer can include at least one input port and one output port, and a mixing and/or reaction port. At least one inlet stream separator layer can isolate the inlet ports from one another.
Claims18
A fluid micro-mixer apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of first microchannels, comprising at least one input port and at least one output port, the first microchannels being configured to receive a first fluid;
- and a plurality of second microchannels, comprising at least one input port and at least one output port, the second microchannels being configured to receive a second fluid, wherein a plurality of patterned laminae are stacked so that adjacent patterned laminae define the first or second microchannels therebetween, the first and second microchannels having a width in a direction that is generally parallel to a plane of an adjacent lamina and a height in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the plane of the adjacent lamina, and the width of the first microchannels is greater than the height of the first microchannels and the width of the second microchannels is greater than the height of the second microchannels, and comprising at least one separating structure within one or more of the first and second microchannels configured to mechanically separate dispersed phase components from a continuous phase of the first or second fluids.
A fluid micro-mixer apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of patterned laminae that are stacked so that adjacent patterned laminae define microchannels therebetween, wherein at least some of the microchannels comprise first outlet ports, the first outlet ports having a width in a direction that is generally parallel to a plane of an adjacent lamina and a height in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the plane of the adjacent lamina, and the width of the plurality of first outlet ports is greater than the height of the outlet ports wherein at least some of the microchannels comprise second outlet ports, the second outlet ports comprising nozzles that have a smaller area than the first outlet ports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.