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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1996
Robert S Wegeng, Richland, WA (US);
M Kevin Drost, Richland, WA (US);
Charles J Call, Pasco, WA (US);
Joseph G Birmingham, Richland, WA (US);
Carolyn Evans McDonald, Richland, WA (US);
Dean E Kurath, Benton County, WA (US);
Michele Friedrich, Prosser, WA (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
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.