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US 9,752,831 B2Granted
Flow distribution channels to control flow in process channels
AssigneeVelocys, Inc.
InventorsAnna Lee Tonkovich, Ravi Arora, David Kilanowski
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Abstract
The invention describes features that can be used to control flow to an array of microchannels. The invention also describes methods in which a process stream is distributed to plural microchannels.
Claims9
A process of combining fluids, comprising:
- passing a first fluid through a process channel, wherein the process channel is a channel in an array of parallel process channels in a layer;
- passing a second fluid through a FDC and into the process channel where the first and second fluids combine, where the FDC comprises a series of turns, comprising at least four turns that are 90° or less, or comprising at least two turns that are greater than 90°;
- wherein the first and second fluids are different;
- and wherein the FDC comprises at least two turns that have different angles.
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A process of combining fluids, comprising:
- passing a first fluid through a process channel, wherein the process channel is a channel in an array of parallel process channels in a layer;
- passing a second fluid through a FDC and into the process channel where the first and second fluids combine, where the FDC comprises a series of turns, comprising at least four turns that are 90° or less, or comprising at least two turns that are greater than 90°;
- wherein the first and second fluids are different;
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- wherein the second fluid flows through channels in a second layer that is adjacent to the layer comprising the array of parallel process channels.
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A process of combining fluids, comprising:
- passing a first fluid through a process channel, wherein the process channel is a channel in an array of parallel process channels in a layer;
- passing a second fluid through a FDC and into the process channel where the first and second fluids combine, where the FDC comprises a series of turns, comprising at least four turns that are 90° or less, or comprising at least two turns that are greater than 90°;
- wherein the first and second fluids are different;
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- wherein an emulsion is formed by passing the first fluid through the array of parallel process channels that have channel walls with orifices and the second fluid, which is immiscible with the first fluid, passes through the orifices into the first fluid to form an emulsion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.