Microcomponent chemical process sheet architecture

Wegeng, Robert S; Drost, M Kevin; Call, Charles J; Birmingham, Joseph G; McDonald, Carolyn Evans; Kurath, Dean E; Friedrich, Michele

Title: Microcomponent chemical process sheet architecture

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Abstract

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.

Inventors:

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]

Richland, WA
Pasco, WA
Benton County, WA
Prosser, WA

Issue Date:: 1998-01-01

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 871855

Patent Number(s):: 5811062

Assignee:: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY

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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
Y10S366/03 - Micromixers

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2219/00783 - Laminate assemblies, i.e. the reactor comprising a stack of plates

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
F25B9/00 - Compression machines, plant, or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/1241 - Natural gas or methane

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2219/00891 - Feeding or evacuation

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01F - MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING
B01F13/0059 - {Micromixers}

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/066 - with fuel cells
C01B2203/047 - the impurity being carbon monoxide
C01B3/48 - followed by reaction of water vapour with carbon monoxide
C01B2203/82 - Several process steps of C01B2203/02 - C01B2203/08 integrated into a single apparatus
C01B2203/127 - Catalytic desulfurisation

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J19/0093 - {Microreactors, e.g. miniaturised or microfabricated reactors
B01J2219/00907 - using membranes
B01J2219/00835 - Comprising catalytically active material

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02G - HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS
F02G2254/11 - Catalytic burners

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/044 - Selective oxidation of carbon monoxide

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01B - BOILING
B01B1/005 - {Evaporation for physical or chemical purposes

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/80 - Aspect of integrated processes for the production of hydrogen or synthesis gas not covered by groups C01B2203/02 - C01B2203/1695
C01B2203/0805 - Methods of heating the process for making hydrogen or synthesis gas

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2219/00822 - Metal

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL F01K - STEAM ENGINE PLANTS
F01K13/00 - General layout or general methods of operation of complete plants

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01F - MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING
B01F5/0604 - {the mixer being composed of stacked plates between which the material is moving, e.g. the plates being provided with grooves or orifices}

H - ELECTRICITY H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS
H05K7/20254 - {Cold plates transferring heat from heat source to coolant}

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/1064 - Platinum group metal catalysts
C01B2203/0283 - containing a CO-shift step, i.e. a water gas shift step

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
F28D9/00 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall {

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/1035 - Catalyst coated on equipment surfaces, e.g. reactor walls
C01B2203/0838 - by heat exchange with exothermic reactions, other than by combustion of fuel

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2219/00869 - Microreactors placed in parallel, on the same or on different supports

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02G - HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS
F02G1/043 - the engine being operated by expansion and contraction of a mass of working gas which is heated and cooled in one of a plurality of constantly communicating expansible chambers, e.g. Stirling cycle type engines

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
F25B2309/1401 - Ericsson or Ericcson cycles

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/0261 - containing a catalytic partial oxidation step [CPO]
C01B2203/0894 - Generation of steam
C01B2203/0883 - by indirect heat exchange

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02C - GAS-TURBINE PLANTS
F02C7/08 - Heating air supply before combustion, e.g. by exhaust gases

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2219/00844 - Comprising porous material
B01J2219/00824 - Ceramic

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
F28F2260/02 - having microchannels

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2219/00873 - Heat exchange
B01J2219/00833 - Plastic

C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C01B2203/1052 - Nickel or cobalt catalysts

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J2219/00918 - by adsorption

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DOE Contract Number:: AC06-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: microcomponent; chemical; process; sheet; architecture; macroscale; unit; processes; performed; microscale; components; single; laminate; plurality; separate; sections; laminates; microcomponents; perform; operation; combined; combining; operations; achieve; sheet architecture; chemical process; unit operations; microcomponent sheet; unit operation; separate microcomponent; single laminate; microscale components; unit processes; macroscale unit; /422/

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                    Wegeng, Robert S, Drost, M Kevin, Call, Charles J, Birmingham, Joseph G, McDonald, Carolyn Evans, Kurath, Dean E, and Friedrich, Michele. Microcomponent chemical process sheet architecture.  United States: N. p., 1998. 
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                    Wegeng, Robert S, Drost, M Kevin, Call, Charles J, Birmingham, Joseph G, McDonald, Carolyn Evans, Kurath, Dean E, & Friedrich, Michele. Microcomponent chemical process sheet architecture.  United States.

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                    Wegeng, Robert S, Drost, M Kevin, Call, Charles J, Birmingham, Joseph G, McDonald, Carolyn Evans, Kurath, Dean E, and Friedrich, Michele. Thu .  
        "Microcomponent chemical process sheet architecture".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871855.

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