Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for accomplishing heat transfer and/or power conversion, or chemical process including conversions and separations. There is disclosed a microcomponent chemical process comprising: performing at least one chemical process unit operation which is a chemical conversion or chemical separation in a first laminate having at least one first microcomponent (2,4) by receiving a chemical reactant and rejecting a product, and performing an additional unit operation in at least one second microcomponent, the chemical process unit operation and the additional unit operation producing a system operation, and exchanging heat with the at least one first microcomponent (2,4), wherein the at least one first microcomponent comprises a plurality of lands (10) and flow paths (3,5,6,8) arranged as a pair of headers and a plurality of laterals.
Abstract:
Microcomponent chemical process assembly wherein macroscale unit processes are performed by microscale components. The sheet architecture may be a single laminate (1) with a plurality of separate microcomponent sections (2) or the sheet architecture may be a plurality of laminates (31-36) with one or more microcomponent sections on each laminate. Each microcomponent (2) or plurality of like microcomponents (31-36) perform at least one chemical process unit operation. A first laminate having a plurality of like first microcomponents is combined with at least a second laminate having a plurality of like second microcomponents thereby combining at least two unit operations to achieve a system operation.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an active microchannel heat exchanger, comprising a plurality of assemblies comprising microchannels, each of said plurality of assemblies comprising an exothermic reaction chamber, an exhaust chamber, and a heat exchanger chamber and a plurality of valves that permit taking at least one of said plurality of assemblies off line for clean up or regeneration while the remaining assemblies or units continue operation.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an active microchannel heat exchanger, comprising a plurality of assemblies comprising microchannels, each of said plurality of assemblies comprising an exothermic reaction chamber, an exhaust chamber, and a heat exchanger chamber and a plurality of valves that permit taking at least one of said plurality of assemblies off line for clean up or regeneration while the remaining assemblies or units continue operation.
Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for accomplishing heat transfer and/or power conversion, or chemical process including conversions and separations. There is disclosed a microcomponent chemical process comprising: performing at least one chemical process unit operation which is a chemical conversion or chemical separation in a first laminate having at least one first microcomponent (2,4) by receiving a chemical reactant and rejecting a product, and performing an additional unit operation in at least one second microcomponent, the chemical process unit operation and the additional unit operation producing a system operation, and exchanging heat with the at least one first microcomponent (2,4), wherein the at least one first microcomponent comprises a plurality of lands (10) and flow paths (3,5,6,8) arranged as a pair of headers and a plurality of laterals.
Abstract:
Microcomponent chemical process assembly wherein macroscale unit processes are performed by microscale components. The sheet architecture may be a single laminate (1) with a plurality of separate microcomponent sections (2) or the sheet architecture may be a plurality of laminates (31-36) with one or more microcomponent sections on each laminate. Each microcomponent (2) or plurality of like microcomponents (31-36) perform at least one chemical process unit operation. A first laminate having a plurality of like first microcomponents is combined with at least a second laminate having a plurality of like second microcomponents thereby combining at least two unit operations to achieve a system operation.