Microcomponent chemical process sheet architecture

Patent · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:871855

Wegeng, Robert S ^[1]; Drost, M Kevin ^[1]; Call, Charles J ^[2]; Birmingham, Joseph G ^[1]; McDonald, Carolyn Evans ^[1]; Kurath, Dean E ^[3]; Friedrich, Michele ^[4]

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1. Richland, WA
2. Pasco, WA
3. Benton County, WA
4. Prosser, WA

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 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.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5811062
• OSTI ID: 871855
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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