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US 9,174,387 B2Granted
Microchannel reactors and fabrication processes
AssigneeVelocys, Inc.
InventorsRobert Luzenski, Jeffery Slane, Thomas Yuschak, Paul Neagle, Michael Marchiando
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Abstract
A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising: (a) loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels; and, (b) ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit.
Claims29
A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising:
- loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels;
- and,
- assembling the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit within a pressure vessel housing the plurality of microchannels prior to the act of ultrasonically packing the particulates;
- and,
- ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit;
- and
- disassembling the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit and removing the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit from the pressure vessel housing the plurality of microchannels subsequent to the act of ultrasonically packing the particulates;
- and
- wherein the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit is assembled within the pressure vessel from multiple sections;
- and
- wherein the ultrasonic unit comprises an ultrasonic horn;
- and wherein the act of ultrasonically packing the particulates includes:
- vertically repositioning an ultrasonic horn to contact a first set of a plurality of coolant microchannels adjacent the plurality of microchannels;
- and,
- activating the ultrasonic horn after contacting the first set of the plurality of coolant microchannels.
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A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising:
- loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels;
- and,
- assembling the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit within a pressure vessel housing the plurality of microchannels prior to the act of ultrasonically packing the particulates;
- and,
- ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit;
- and
- disassembling the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit and removing the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit from the pressure vessel housing the plurality of microchannels subsequent to the act of ultrasonically packing the Particulates;
- and
- wherein the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit is assembled within the pressure vessel from multiple sections;
- and
- wherein:
- the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit includes a programmable ultrasonic packer;
- the step of ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels includes using the programmable ultrasonic packer
- to autonomously reposition the ultrasonic packer with respect to the plurality of microchannels.
11 more elements
A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising:
- loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels;
- and,
- assembling the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit within a pressure vessel housing the plurality of microchannels prior to the act of ultrasonically packing the particulates;
- and,
- ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit;
- and
- disassembling the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit and removing the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit from the pressure vessel housing the plurality of microchannels subsequent to the act of ultrasonically packing the Particulates;
- and
- wherein the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit is assembled within the pressure vessel from multiple sections;
- and
- wherein the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit comprises a carriage assembly that traverses along a pair of spaced apart rails.
8 more elements
A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising:
- loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels;
- and,
- placing the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit within a pressure vessel housing the plurality of microchannels prior to the act of ultrasonically packing the particulates;
- and,
- ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit;
- and
- removing the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit from the pressure vessel housing the plurality of microchannels subsequent to the act of ultrasonically packing the particulates;
- and
- wherein the portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit comprises a carriage assembly that traverses along a pair of spaced apart rails.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.