Substrate fabrication
AssigneeErrcive, Inc.
InventorsCharles E. Ramberg, Stephen A. Dynan
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Abstract
Systems and methods for fabricating bodies (e.g., porous bodies) are described. Various aspects provide for reactors and the fabrication of reactors. Some reactors include surfaces that provide for heterogeneous reactions involving a fluid (and/or components thereof). A fluid may be a gas and/or a liquid. A contaminant in the fluid (e.g., a dissolved or suspended substance) may react in a reaction. A contaminant may be filtered from a fluid. Some reactors provide for independent control of heat transfer (between the fluid, the reactor, and the environment) with respect to mass transfer (e.g., fluid flow through the reactor).
Claims27
A substrate for use in a reactor having an inlet and an outlet, a line from the inlet to the outlet defining a flow direction, the substrate comprising:
- a first end configured to be in fluid communication with the inlet;
- a second end configured to be in fluid communication with the outlet;
- and a first channel having a porous wall having a porosity between 20% and 70% and open to at least one of the inlet and the outlet, the first channel having a shape that causes a fluid flowing through the first channel to take a second direction that deviates from the flow direction by at least 5 degrees, wherein the flow direction and the second direction define a plane, and at least a portion of the first channel has a shape that causes the fluid flowing through the portion to follow a third direction that is not coplanar with the plane.
A substrate for use in a reactor having an inlet and an outlet, a line from the inlet to the outlet defining a flow direction, the substrate comprising:
- a first end configured to be in fluid communication with the inlet;
- a second end configured to be in fluid communication with the outlet;
- and a first channel having a porous wall having a porosity between 20% and 70% and open to at least one of the inlet and the outlet, the first channel having a shape that causes a fluid flowing through the first channel to take a second direction that deviates from the flow direction by at least 5 degrees, wherein the first channel includes a first section and a second section:
- the first section causing the fluid flowing through the first section to flow in a direction that is within 5 degrees of opposite the flow direction, and the second section causing the fluid flowing through the second section to flow in a direction that is within 5 degrees of the flow direction.
A substrate for use in a reactor having an inlet and an outlet, a line from the inlet to the outlet defining a flow direction, the substrate comprising:
- a first end configured to be in fluid communication with the inlet;
- a second end configured to be in fluid communication with the outlet;
- and a first channel having a porous wall having a porosity between 20% and 70% and open to at least one of the inlet and the outlet, the first channel having a shape that causes a fluid flowing through the first channel to take a second direction that deviates from the flow direction by at least 5 degrees, wherein at least a portion of the first channel forms at least one of a helix and a ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.