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Microcomponent sheet architecture

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OSTI ID:870866

The invention is a microcomponent sheet architecture wherein macroscale unit processes are performed by microscale components. The sheet architecture may be a single laminate with a plurality of separate microcomponent sections or the sheet architecture may be a plurality of laminates with one or more microcomponent sections on each laminate. Each microcomponent or plurality of like microcomponents perform at least one 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.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5611214
OSTI ID:
870866
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

High flux boiling in low flow rate, low pressure drop mini-channel and micro-channel heat sinks journal January 1994