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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2007
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Ravi Arora, New Albany, OH (US);
David Kilanowski, Dublin, OH (US);
Eric Daymo, Dublin, OH (US);
Anna Lee Tonkovich, Dublin, OH (US);
Ravi Arora, New Albany, OH (US);
David Kilanowski, Dublin, OH (US);
Eric Daymo, Dublin, OH (US);
Velocys, Inc., Plain City, OH (US);
Abstract
The disclosed invention relates to a process, comprising: conducting unit operations in at least two process zones in a process microchannel to treat and/or form a non-Newtonian fluid, a different unit operation being conducted in each process zone; and applying an effective amount of shear stress to the non-Newtonian fluid to reduce the viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid in each process zone, the average shear rate in one process zone differing from the average shear rate in another process zone by a factor of at least about 1.2.