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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2000
Wendy D. Bennett, Kennewick, WA (US);
Peter M. Martin, Kennewick, WA (US);
Dean W. Matson, Kennewick, WA (US);
Gary L. Roberts, West Richland, WA (US);
Donald C. Stewart, Richland, WA (US);
Annalee Y. Tonkovich, Pasco, WA (US);
Jennifer L. Zilka, Pasco, WA (US);
Stephen C. Schmitt, Dublin, OH (US);
Timothy M. Werner, Columbus, OH (US);
Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is an active microchannel fluid processing unit and method of making, both relying on having (a) at least one inner thin sheet; (b) at least one outer thin sheet; (c) defining at least one first sub-assembly for performing at least one first unit operation by stacking a first of the at least one inner thin sheet in alternating contact with a first of the at least one outer thin sheet into a first stack and placing an end block on the at least one inner thin sheet, the at least one first sub-assembly having at least a first inlet and a first outlet; and (d) defining at least one second sub-assembly for performing at least one second unit operation either as a second flow path within the first stack or by stacking a second of the at least one inner thin sheet in alternating contact with second of the at least one outer thin sheet as a second stack, the at least one second sub-assembly having at least a second inlet and a second outlet.