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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2005
James A. Mathias, Carbondale, IL (US);
G. Bradley Chadwell, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Dongming Qiu, Bothell, WA (US);
Annalee Y. Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Steven T. Perry, Galloway, OH (US);
Matthew B. Schmidt, Columbus, OH (US);
Sean P. Fitzgerald, Columbus, OH (US);
David J. Hesse, Columbus, OH (US);
Thomas D. Yuschak, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Bin Yang, Columbus, OH (US);
James A. Mathias, Carbondale, IL (US);
G. Bradley Chadwell, Reynoldsburg, OH (US);
Dongming Qiu, Bothell, WA (US);
Annalee Y. Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Steven T. Perry, Galloway, OH (US);
Matthew B. Schmidt, Columbus, OH (US);
Sean P. Fitzgerald, Columbus, OH (US);
David J. Hesse, Columbus, OH (US);
Thomas D. Yuschak, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Bin Yang, Columbus, OH (US);
Velocys, Inc., Plain City, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention is a process and device for exchanging heat energy between three or more streams in a microchannel heat exchanger which can be integrated with a microchannel reactor to form an integrated microchannel processing unit. The invention enables the combining of a plurality of integrated microchannel devices to provide the benefits of large-scale operation. In particular, the microchannel heat exchanger of the present invention enables flexible heat transfer between multiple streams and total heat transfer rates of about 1 Watt or more per core unit volume expressed as W/cc.